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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.
4. But yet further. What the Law says, it speaks in the name and authority of God. What it says then, must be believed, or we make God a Liar. It comes not in its own name, but in the name of him who appointed it; you will say then, is it so indeed? Is there no forgiveness with God? for this is the constant voice of the Law, which you say speaks in the name and Authority of God, and is therefore to be believed. I answer briefly with the Apostle; What the Law speaks, it speaks to them that are under the Law. It doth not speak to them that are in Christ, whom the Law of the Spirit of life, hath set free from the Law of sin and death; but to them that are under the Law it speaks, and it speaks the very Truth; and it speaks in the name of God, and its Testimony is to be received; It says there is no forgiveness in God, namely, to them that are under the Law; and they that shall flatter themselves with a contrary ⟨p. 85⟩persuasion will find themselves woefully mistaken at the great day.
4. But yet further. What the Law sayes, it speaks in the name and authority of God. What it sayes then, must be believed, or we make God a Lyar. It comes not in its own name, but in the name of him who appointed it; you will say then, is it so indeed? Is there no forgiveness with God? for this is the constant voyce of the Law, which you say speaks in the name and Authority of God, and is therefore to be believed. I answer briefly with the Apostle; What the Law speaks, it speaks to them that are under the Law. It doth not speak to them that are in Christ, whom the Law of the Spirit of life, hath set free from the Law of sin and death; but to them that are under the Law it speaks, and it speaks the very Truth; and it speaks in the name of God, and its Testimony is to be received; It sayes there is no forgiveness in God, namely, to them that are under the Law; and they that shall flatter themselves with a contrary ⟨p. 85⟩perswasion will find themselves wofully mistaken at the great day.