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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.
12. That which is affirmed in it, is, That a discovery of forgiveness in God, without any particular Assurance of personal interest therein, is a great supportment to a sin entangled soul. And let no man despise the day of this small thing, small in the eyes of some, and those good men also, as if it did not deserve the name of faith. Now as hath been made to appear, this discovery of forgiveness, is the souls persuasion, on Gospel grounds, that however it be with him, and whatever his state and condition be, or is like to be, yet that God in his own Nature is infinitely gracious, and that he hath determined in a Sovereign Act of his Will from Eternity, to be gracious to sinners; and that he hath made way for the Administration of forgiveness by the Blood of his Son, according as he hath abundantly manifested, and declared in the Promises of the Gospel. However it be with me, yet thus it is with God; There is forgiveness with him. This is the first thing that a soul in its depths riseth up unto: And it is a supportment for it; enabling it unto all present duties until consolation come from above.
12. That which is affirmed in it, is, That a discovery of forgiveness in God, without any particular Assurance of personal interest therein, is a great supportment to a sin entangled soul. And let no man despise the day of this small thing, small in the eyes of some, and those good men also, as if it did not deserve the name of faith. Now as hath been made to appear, this discovery of forgiveness, is the souls perswasion, on Gospel grounds, that however it be with him, and whatever his state and condition be, or is like to be, yet that God in his own Nature is infinitely gracious, and that he hath determined in a Soveraign Act of his Will from Eternity, to be gracious to sinners; and that he hath made way for the Administration of forgiveness by the Blood of his Son, according as he hath abundantly manisested, and declared in the Promises of the Gospel. However it be with me, yet thus it is with God; There is forgiveness with him. This is the first thing that a soul in its depths riseth up unto: And it is a supportment for it; enabling it unto all present duties until consolation come from above.
- 1Discovery of forgiveness a great supportment to entangled souls.