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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.
We have thus cleared the credit of the Testimony, now to be improved. It is evident on these grounds, that there is a great certainty in those Truths, whereof Believers have experience. Where they communicate their power unto the heart, they give an unquestionable Assurance of their Truths. And when that is once realized in the soul, all disputes about it are put to silence.
These things being so, let us enquire into the faith and experience of the Saints on the Earth, as to what they know of the Truth proposed unto confirmation; namely, that there is forgiveness with God. Let us go to some poor soul that now walks comfortably under the Light of Gods countenance, and say unto him, Did we not know you some while since to be full of sadness, and great anxiety of Spirit; yea, sorrowful almost to death and bitter in soul?
Answ. Yes saith he, so it was indeed; my days were consumed with mourning, and my life with sorrow; and I walked heavily in fear and bitterness of Spirit all the day long.
Answ. Yes saith he, so it was indeed; my dayes were consumed with mourning, and my life with sorrow; and I walked heavily in fear and bitterness of Spirit all the day long.