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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.
1First, It is the duty of every Believer, to labour after an Assurance of a Personal interest in forgiveness; and to be diligent in the cherishing and preservation of it when it is attained. The Apostle exhorts us all unto it, Heb. 10. 22. Let us draw near in full Assurance of faith; that is, of our Acceptance with God through forgiveness in the blood of Jesus. This he plainly discourseth of. And this Principle of our faith and confidence, he would have us to hold fast unto the end, Chap. 3. 14. It is no small evil in Believers not to be pressing after perfection in believing and obedience. Oft-times some sinful indulgence to self or the world or sloth is the cause of it. Hence few come up to Gospel Assurance. But yet most of our Privileges, and upon the matter all our comforts depend on this one thing. A little by the way, to encourage unto this duty, I shall desire you to consider both whence this Assurance is produced, and what it doth produce; what it is the fruit of, and what fruit it bears.
1First, It is the duty of every Believer, to labour after an Assurance of a Personal interest in forgiveness; and to be diligent in the cherishing and preservation of it when it is attained. The Apostle exhorts us all unto it, Heb. 10. 22. Let us draw near in full Assurance of faith; that is, of our Acceptance with God through forgiveness in the blood of Jesus. This he plainly discourseth of. And this Principle of our faith and confidence, he would have us to hold fast unto the end, Chap. 3. 14. It is no small evil in Believers not to be pressing after perfection in believing and obedience. Oft-times some sinful indulgence to self or the world or sloth is the cause of it. Hence few come up to Gospel Assurance. But yet most of our Priviledges, and upon the matter all our comforts depend on this one thing. A little by the way, to encourage unto this duty, I shall desire you to consider both whence this Assurance is produced, and what it doth produce; what it is the fruit of, and what fruit it bears.
- 1Duty of Believers to endeavour Assurance.