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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.
Answ. Alas no; had I not met with an effectual Remedy, I had sunk and everlastingly perished.
What course did you take?
Answ. I went unto him by Jesus Christ against whom I have sinned, and have found him better unto me, than I could expect, or ever should have believed, had not he overpowered my heart by his Spirit. Instead of wrath which I feared, and that justly because I had deserved it, he said unto me in Christ, fury is not in me. For a long time I could not believe it; I thought it impossible that there should be mercy and pardon for me, or such a one as I. But he still supported me, sometimes by one means, sometimes by another: until taking my soul near to himself, he caused me to see the folly of my unbelieving heart, and the vileness of the hard thoughts I had of him, and that indeed there is with him forgiveness and plenteous Redemption. This hath taken away all my sorrows, and given me quietness with Rest and Assurance.
Answ. I went unto him by Jesus Christ against whom I have sinned, and have found him better unto me, than I could expect, or ever should have believed, had not he overpowred my heart by his Spirit. Instead of wrath which I feared, and that justly because I had deserved it, he said unto me in Christ, fury is not in me. For a long time I could not believe it; I thought it impossible that there should be mercy and pardon for me, or such a one as I. But he still supported me, sometimes by one means, sometimes by another: untill taking my soul near to himself, he caused me to see the folly of my unbelieving heart, and the vileness of the hard thoughts I had of him, and that indeed there is with him forgiveness and plenteous Redemption. This hath taken away all my sorrows, and given me quietness with Rest and Assurance.