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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.
Yea, he lets them know with whom he had to do, that God designed by his works so far to reveal himself unto them, as the true and living God, the Maker and Governor of all things, as that they ought to have enquired more diligently after him, and not to look on him alone as the Unknown God, who alone might be known: all their Idols being vain and nothing. But of the discovery of Pardon and forgiveness in God by these ways and means, he speaks not; yea, he plainly shows that this was not done thereby. For the Great Call to saving Repentance is by the Revelation of forgiveness. But now by these works of his Providence God called not the Gentiles to saving Repentance. No saith he, he suffered them to walk still in their own ways, Chap. 14. 16. and winked at the times of their ignorance; but now, that is, by the Word of the Gospel, commandeth them to Repent, Chap. 17. 30.
Yea, he lets them know with whom he had to do, that God designed by his works so far to reveal himself unto them, as the true and living God, the Maker and Governour of all things, as that they ought to have enquired more diligently after him, and not to look on him alone as the Unknown God, who alone might be known: all their Idols being vain and nothing. But of the discovery of Pardon and forgiveness in God by these wayes and means, he speaks not; yea, he plainly shews that this was not done thereby. For the Great Call to saving Repentance is by the Revelation of forgiveness. But now by these works of his Providence God called not the Gentiles to saving Repentance. No saith he, he suffered them to walk still in their own wayes, Chap. 14. 16. and winked at the times of their ignorance; but now, that is, by the Word of the Gospel, commandeth them to Repent, Chap. 17. 30.
1II. Whereas there had been one signal Act of Gods Providence about sin, when man first fell into the snares of it: It was so far from the revealing forgiveness in God that it rather severely intimated the contrary. This was Gods dealing with sinning Angels. The Angels were the first sinners; and God dealt first with them about sin. And what was his dealing with them, the Holy Ghost tells us,