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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.
And of such importance is the right performance of this duty, that the promise of pardon is oft-times peculiarly annexed unto it, as that which certainly carries along with it, the other duties which make up a full returnal unto God, Prov. 28. 13. 1 John 1. 9. and that place in Job is remarkable, Chap. 33. 27, 28. He looketh upon men, and if any say I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not; He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light. He shall not only be made partaker of pardon, but of consolation also, and joy in the light of Gods countenance.
1Thirdly, There yet remains, self-condemnation with the Justification of God, which lies expressly in the words of the Verse under consideration, and hereof are two parts.
1Thirdly, There yet remains, self-condemnation with the Justification of God, which lyes expresly in the words of the Verse under consideration, and hereof are two parts.
- 1Self-condemnation, wherein it consists.