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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.
2. To prescribe Repentance as a duty unto sinners, without a foundation of pardon and forgiveness in himself; is inconsistent with the Wisdom, Holiness, Goodness, Faithfulness, and all other glorious Excellencies and Perfections of the nature of God: for,
1. The Apostle lays this as the great foundation of all consolation; that God cannot lye or deceive, Heb. 6. 18. And again, he engageth the faithfulness and veracity of God to the same ⟨p. 147⟩purpose. Tit. 1. 2. God who cannot lye hath promised it. Now there is a lye, a deceit in Things as well as in Words. He that doth a thing, which in its own nature is apt to deceive them that consider it, with an intention of deceiving them, is no less a liar, than he which affirms that to be true, which he knows to be false. There is a lye in Actions as well as in Words. The whole life of an hypocrite is a lye; so saith the Prophet of Idolaters, there is a lye in their right hand, Isa. 44. 20.
1. The Apostle layes this as the great foundation of all consolation; that God cannot lye or deceive, Heb. 6. 18. And again, he engageth the faithfulness and veracity of God to the same ⟨p. 147⟩purpose. Tit. 1. 2. God who cannot lye hath promised it. Now there is a lye, a deceit in Things as well as in Words. He that doth a thing, which in its own nature is apt to deceive them that consider it, with an intention of deceiving them, is no less a lyar, than he which affirms that to be true, which he knows to be false. There is a lye in Actions as well as in Words. The whole life of an hyocrite is a lye; so saith the Prophet of Idolaters, there is a lye in their right hand,