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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.
First, The Ordinance of Baptism. This was accompanied with the dawning of the Gospel, in the Ministry of John Baptist. And he expressly declared in his Sermons upon it, that it was instituted of God to declare the Remission of sins, Mark 1. 4.
First, The Ordinance of Baptism. This was accompanied with the dawning of the Gospel, in the Ministry of John Baptist. And he expresly declared in his Sermons upon it, that it was instituted of God to declare the Remission of sins, Mark 1. 4.
It is true, the Lord Christ submitted unto that Ordinance, (and was baptized by John) who had no sin. But this belonged ⟨p. 180⟩unto the Obedience which God required of him, as for our sakes, he was made under the Law. He was to observe all Ordinances and Institutions of the Worship of God; not for any need he had in his own Person of the especial Ends and significations of some of them; yet as he was our Sponsor, surety, and Mediator standing in our stead in all that he so did, he was to yield obedience unto them, that so he might fulfil all Righteousness, Matth. 3. 13. So was he circumcised, so he was baptized, both which had respect unto sin, though absolutely free from all sin in his own Person; and that because he was free from no Obedience unto any Command of God.
It is true, the Lord Christ submitted unto that Ordinance, (and was baptized by John) who had no sin. But this belonged ⟨p. 180⟩unto the Obedience which God required of him, as for our sakes, he was made under the Law. He was to observe all Ordinances and Institutions of the Worship of God; not for any need he had in his own Person of the especial Ends and significations of some of them; yet as he was our Sponsor, surety, and Mediator standing in our stead in all that he so did, he was to yield obedience unto them, that so he might fulfill all Righteousness,