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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 › 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.
Greatness and rareness of the Discovery of Forgiveness in God. Reasons of it. Testimonies of Conscience, and Law against it, &c.
1Secondly, This discovery of Forgiveness in God is great, holy and Mysterious, and which very few on Gospel grounds do attain unto.
- 1Forgiveness a great Mystery.Forgiveness a great Mysterie.
All men indeed say there is; most men are persuaded that they think so. Only men in great and desperate extremities, like Cain, or Spira, seem to call it into question. But their thoughts are empty, groundless, yea, for the most part wicked, and Atheistical. Elihu tells us, that to declare this aright to a sinful soul, it is the work of a Messenger, an Interpreter, one among a thousand, Job 33. 23. that is indeed, of Christ himself. The common thoughts of men about this thing are slight and foolish; and may be resolved into those mentioned by the Psalmist, Psal. 50. 21. They think that God is altogether such a one as themselves. That indeed he takes little or no care about these things, but passeth them over as slightly as they do themselves; That, notwithstanding all their pretences, the most of men never had indeed, any real discovery of forgiveness, shall ⟨p. 79⟩be afterwards undeniably evinced; and I shall speedily show the difference that is between their vain credulity, and a Gracious, Gospel discovery of forgiveness in God. For it must be observed, that by this Discovery, I intend, both the Revelation of it made by God, and our understanding, and Reception of that Revelation to our own advantage, as shall be showed immediately.