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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.
3. There is then no cause, why those who are under a Call to Repentance, should question whether there be forgiveness in God or no. This concerns my second Proposition. Come, saith the Lord, unto the souls of men; leave your sinful ways, turn unto me, humble your selves with broken and contrite hearts: Alas, ⟨p. 148⟩say poor convinced sinners, we are poor, dark and ignorant creatures; or we are old in sin, or great sinners, or backsliders, or have fallen often into the same sins; can we expect there should be forgiveness for us? Why you are under Gods Invitation to Repentance; and to disbelieve forgiveness, is to call the Truth, Holiness and Faithfulness of God into question. If you will not believe forgiveness, pretend what you please, it is in truth because you hate Repentance. You do but deceive your souls when you pretend you come not up to Repentance, because you cannot believe forgiveness. For in the very Institution of this duty God engageth all his Properties to make it good that he hath pardon and mercy for sinners.
3. There is then no cause, why those who are under a Call to Repentance, should question whether there be forgiveness in God or no. This concerns my second Proposition. Come, saith the Lord, unto the souls of men; leave your sinful wayes, turn unto me, humble your selves with broken and contrite hearts: Alas, ⟨p. 148⟩say poor convinced sinners, we are poor, dark and ignorant creatures; or we are old in sin, or great sinners, or backsliders, or have fallen often into the same sins; can we expect there should be forgiveness for us? Why you are under Gods Invitation to Repentance; and to disbelieve forgiveness, is to call the Truth, Holiness and Faithfulness of God into question. If you will not believe forgiveness, pretend what you please, it is in truth because you hate Repentance. You do but deceive your souls when you pretend you come not up to Repentance, because you cannot believe forgiveness. For in the very Institution of this duty God engageth all his Properties to make it good that he hath pardon and mercy for sinners.