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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.
2. The same is the End of that other Great Ordinance of the Church, the Supper of the Lord. The same thing is therein confirmed unto us by another Sign, Pledge, Token, or Seal. We have showed before, what respect Gospel forgiveness hath unto the death or blood of Jesus Christ. That is the Means whereby for us it is procured, the Way whereby it comes forth from God, unto the Glory of his Righteousness and Grace, which afterwards must be more distinctly insisted on. This Ordinance therefore designed and appointed on purpose for the Representation and calling to Remembrance of the death of Christ, with the communication of the benefits thereof unto them that believe; doth principally intend our faith and comfort in the Truth under consideration. And therefore in the very Institution of it, besides the General End before mentioned, which had been sufficient for our security, there is moreover added an especial mention of the forgiveness of sin; for so speaks our Saviour in the Institution of it for the use of the Church unto the end of the world, Matth. 26. 28. This is my blood of the New Testament which is shed for many for the Remission of sins. As if he had said, The end for which I have appointed the Observance of this Duty and Service unto you, is that I may testify thereby unto you, that by my Blood, the Sacrifice of my self, and the Atonement made thereby, I have purchased for you the Remission of your sins, which you shall assuredly be made partakers of. And more I shall not add unto this consideration, because the death of Christ respected in this Ordinance, will again occur unto us.
2. The same is the End of that other Great Ordinance of the Church, the Supper of the Lord. The same thing is therein confirmed unto us by another Sign, Pledge, Token, or Seal. We have shewed before, what respect Gospel forgiveness hath unto the death or blood of Jesus Christ. That is the Means whereby for us it is procured, the Way whereby it comes forth from God, unto the Glory of his Righteousness and Grace, which afterwards must be more distinctly insisted on. This Ordinance therefore designed and appointed on purpose for the Representation and calling to Remembrance of the death of Christ, with the communication of the benefits thereof unto them that believe; doth principally intend our faith and comfort in the Truth under consideration. And therefore in the very Institution of it, besides the General End before mentioned, which had been sufficient for our security, there is moreover added an especial mention of the forgiveness of sin; for so speaks our Saviour in the Institution of it for the use of the Church unto the end of the world,