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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. › Verses 1, 2
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.
But the obvious sense of the place, and the constant use of the word will not admit of this Interpretation: è Profund is, from [Greek or Hebrew] profundus fuit, is [Greek or Hebrew] in the plural number, Profunditates, or depths. It is commonly used for Valleys or any deep places whatever, but especially of Waters. Valleys and deep Places, because of their Darkness and Solitariness, are accounted places of horror, helplessness and trouble, Psal. 23. 4. When I walk in the Valley of the shadow of Death, that is, in the extremity of danger and trouble.
But the obvious sense of the place, and the constant use of the word will not admit of this Interpretation: è Profund is, from 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 profundus fuit, is 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 in the plural number, Profunditates, or depths. It is commonly used for Vallies or any deep places whatever, but especially of Waters. Vallies and deep Places, because of their Darkness and Solitariness, are accounted places of horror, helplesness and trouble, Psal. 23. 4. When I walk in the Valley of the shadow of Death, that is, in the extremity of danger and trouble.
The Moral use of the word, as expressing the state and condition of the souls of men, is metaphorical. These Depths then, are difficulties, or pressures, attended with fear, horror, danger and trouble.
And they are of two sorts: