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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.
As when Jacob had seen the beauty of Rachel and loved her, he was contented to wait seven years for the enjoyment of her to be his wife; and thought no time long, no toil too hard that he might obtain her; so the soul having discovered the beauty and excellency of forgiveness, as it is with God, as it is in his gracious Heart, in his eternal purpose, in the Blood of Christ, in the Promise of the Gospel, is resolved to wait quietly and patiently for the time wherein God will clear up unto it, its own personal interest therein; Even one experimental embracement of it, even at the hour of death, doth well deserve the waiting, and obedience of the whole course of a mans life.
As when Jacob had seen the beauty of Rachel and loved her, he was contented to wait seven years for the enjoyment of her to be his wife; and thought no time long, no toyle too hard that he might obtain her; so the soul having discovered the beauty and excellency of forgiveness, as it is with God, as it is in his gracious Heart, in his eternal purpose, in the Blood of Christ, in the Promise of the Gospel, is resolved to wait quietly and patiently for the time wherein God will clear up unto it, its own personal interest therein; Even one experimental embracement of it, even at the hour of death, doth well deserve the waiting, and obedience of the whole course of a mans life.
And this the Psalmist manifests to have been the Effect produced in his heart and spirit; For upon this discovery of forgiveness in God, he resolveth both to wait upon him himself, and encourageth others so to do.
13. This prepares the soul, for the receiving of that consolation and deliverance out of its pressures, by an evidence of a special interest in forgiveness, which it waiteth for.