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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.
Thus Elihu describes it, Job 33. 24. God is gracious unto him, and saith, deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom. The whole of what is aimed at, lies in these words. (1.) There is Gods gracious and merciful heart towards a sinner; He is gracious unto him. (2.) There is Actual Condonation it self, of which we shall treat afterward; He saith, deliver him from going down to the pit. And (3.) There is the centre of the whole, wherein Gods gracious heart and actual pardon do meet; and that is the ransom, the propitiation or atonement ⟨p. 103⟩that is in the blood of Christ, of which we speak, I have found a ransom.
Thus Elihu describes it, Job 33. 24. God is gracious unto him, and saith, deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom. The whole of what is aimed at, lyes in these words. (1.) There is Gods gracious and merciful heart towards a sinner; He is gracious unto him. (2.) There is Actual Condonation it self, of which we shall treat afterward; He saith, deliver him from going down to the pit. And (3.) There is the center of the whole, wherein Gods gracious heart and actual pardon do meet; and that is the ransome, the propitiation or attonement ⟨p. 103⟩that is in the blood of Christ, of which we speak, I have found a ransome.
The same is expressed, Isa. 53. 11. My righteous servant shall justify many, for he shall bear their iniquities. Of the justification of sinners, Absolution or pardon is the first part. This ariseth from Christs bearing of their iniquities. Therein he finished the transgression, made an end of sin, and made Reconciliation for iniquity;