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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 4: Verse 4.
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, The gracious, tender, merciful Heart and Will of God; who is the God of pardons and forgiveness; or one ready to forgive, to give out mercy, to add to pardon.
First, The gracious, tender, merciful Heart and Will of God; who is the God of pardons and forgiveness; or one ready to forgive, to give out mercy, to add to pardor.
Secondly, A respect unto Jesus Christ, the only [Greek or Hebrew], or propitiation for sin, as he is expressly called, Rom. 3. 25. 1 John 2. 2. And this is that which interposeth between the gracious heart of God, and the actual pardon of sinners: All forgiveness is founded on propitiation.
Secondly, A respect unto Jesus Christ, the only 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, or propitiation for sin, as he is expresly called, Rom. 3. 25. 1 John 2. 2. And this is that which interposeth between the gracious heart of God, and the actual pardon of sinners: All forgiveness is founded on propitiation.
Thirdly, It denotes condonation or actual forgiveness it self, as we are made partakers of it; comprising it both actively, as it is an Act of Grace in God, and passively as terminated in our souls, with the deliverance that attends it. In this sense as it looks downwards, and in its effects respects us, it is of mere Grace; as it looks upwards to its causes and respects the Lord Christ, it is from propitiation or atonement. And this is that pardon which is administered in the Covenant of Grace.