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A practical exposition on the 130th Psalm
A practical exposition on the 130th Psalm wherein the nature of the forgiveness of sin is declared, the truth and reality of it asserted, and the case of a soul distressed with the guilt of sin and relieved by a discovery of forgiveness with God is at large discoursed / by John Owen.
London: printed by Robert White for Nathaniel Ponder, 1669
AN EXPOSITION UPON PSALM CXXX. › General Scope of the whole Psalm. › Verse 3 › Section
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
First, Of the Judge we have spoken somewhat already. The present enquiry is, whether any thing may be hid from him or no; and so a door of escape be opened to a sinner. The Apostle tells us, that all things are open and naked unto him, Heb. 4. 12. and the Psalmist, that there is not a thought in our hearts, nor a word in our tongue, but he understandeth it afar off, and knoweth it altogether, Psal. 139. 2, 4. What the sinner knows of himself, that may cause him to fear, that God knows. And what he knows not of himself, that deserves his fear, that God knows also; for he is greater than our hearts, and knoweth all things, 1 John 3. 20. When God shall not only set in order before the sinner, the secret sins, which he retains some remembrance of; but also brings to mind and represents unto him, that world of filth and folly, which either he never took any real notice of, or hath utterly forgotten, it will trouble him, yea confound him.
First, Of the Judge we have spoken somewhat already. The present enquiry is, whether any thing may be hid from him or no; and so a door of escape be opened to a sinner. The Apostle tels us, that all things are open and naked unto him, Heb. 4. 12. and the Psalmist, that there is not a thought in our hearts, nor a word in our tongue, but he understandeth it asar off, and knoweth it altogether, Psal. 139. 2, 4. What the sinner knows of himself, that may cause him to fear, that God knows. And what he knows not of himself, that deserves his fear, that God knows also; for he is greater than our hearts, and knoweth all things, 1 John 3. 20. When God shall not only set in order before the sinner, the secret sins, which he retains some remembrance of; but also brings to mind and represents unto him, that world of filth and folly, which either he never took any real notice of, or hath utterly forgotten, it will trouble him, yea confound him.