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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.
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; Dan. 9. 24. Even all the Sacrifices, and so consequently the whole worship of the Old Testament, evinced this Relation between forgiveness and bloodshedding; whence the Apostle concludes, that without shedding of blood there is no remission, Heb. 9. 22. that is, all pardon ariseth from bloodsheding, even of the blood of the Son of God. So that we are said in him to have Redemption, even the forgiveness of sins, Ephes. 1. 17. Our Redemption in his blood is our forgiveness; not that we are all actually pardoned in the blood of his Cross, for thereunto must be added Gospel condonation, of which afterwards; but thereby it is procured, the grant of pardon is therein sealed, and security given, that it shall in due time be made out unto us. To which purpose is that discourse of the Apostle, Rom. 3. 24, 25, 26. The work there mentioned, proceeds from Grace, is managed to the interest of Righteousness, is carried on by the blood of Christ, and issues in forgiveness; now the blood of Christ relates variously to the pardon of sin.
The same is expressed, Isa. 53. 11. My rightoous servant shall justifie 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; Dan. 9. 24. Even all the Sacrifices, and so consequently the whole worship of the Old Testament, evinced this Relation between forgiveness and bloodshedding; whence the Apostle concludes, that without shedding of blood there is no remission,