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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.
O Lord, although this must be granted, that if thou shouldst mark iniquities according to the tenor of the Law, every man living must perish, and that for ever; yet there is hope for my soul, that even I who am in the depths of sin-entanglements, may find acceptance with thee; for whilst I am putting my mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope; I find that there is an Atonement, a propitiation made for sin, on the account whereof thou sayest thou hast found a Ransom, and wilt not deal with them that come unto thee according to the severity and exigence of thy Justice; but art gracious, loving, tender, ready to forgive and pardon, and dost so accordingly; THERE IS FORGIVENESS WITH THEE.
O Lord, although this must be granted, that if thou shouldst mark iniquities according to the tenor of the Law, every man living must perish, and that for ever; yet there is hope for my soul, that even I who am in the depths of sin-entanglements, may find acceptance with thee; for whilst I am putting my mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope; I find that there is an Attonement, a propitiation made for sin, on the account whereof thou sayest thou hast found a Ransome, and wilt not deal with them that come unto thee according to the severity and exigence of thy Justice; but art gracious, loving, tender, ready to forgive and pardon, and dost so accordingly; THERE IS FORGIVENESSE WITH THEE.
The following words, therefore thou shalt be feared, or that thou mayest be feared, though in the Original free from all Ambiguity, yet are so signally varied by Interpreters, that it may not be amiss to take notice of it in our passage.
The following words, therefore thou shalt be feared, or that thou maist be feared, though in the Original free from all Ambiguity, yet are so signally varyed by Interpreters, that it may not be amiss to take notice of it in our passage.