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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. Says the soul; I have not the least suspicion of any such matter; and if at any time ought doth arise to that purpose, it is quickly overcome.
Answ. Sayes the soul; I have not the least suspicion of any such matter; and if at any time ought doth arise to that purpose, it is quickly overcome.
But how are you confirmed in this persuasion?
But how are you confirmed in this perswasion?
Answ. That sense of it which I have in my heart, that sweetness and rest which I have experience of, that influence it hath upon my soul, that Obligation I find laid upon me by it unto all thankful Obedience; that Relief, Supportment and Consolation that it hath afforded me in trials and troubles, in the mouth of the Grave, and Entrances of Eternity, all answering ⟨p. 174⟩what is declared concerning these things in the Word, will not suffer me to be deceived. I could not indeed receive it, until God was pleased to speak it unto me. But now let Satan do his utmost, I shall never cease to bear this Testimony, that there is mercy and forgiveness with him.
Answ. That sense of it which I have in my heart, that sweetness and rest which I have experience of, that influence it hath upon my soul, that Obligation I find laid upon me by it unto all thankful Obedience; that Relief, Supportment and Consolation that it hath afforded me in tryals and troubles, in the mouth of the Grave, and Entrances of Eternity, all answering ⟨p. 174⟩