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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.
The giving and establishing of the New Covenant another Evidence of Forgiveness with God. The Oath of God engaged in the confirmation thereof.
1VIII. Another Evidence hereof may be taken from the making, establishing and ratifying of the New Covenant. That God would make a new Covenant with his people is often promised, often declared. See among other places, Jer. 31. 31, 32. and that he hath done so accordingly, the Apostle at large doth manifest, Heb. 8. 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Now herein sundry things unto our present purpose may be considered. For,
- 1Forgiveness manifested in the New Covenant.
1. It is supposed that God had before made another Covenant with mankind. With reference hereunto is this said to be a new one. It is opposed unto another that was before it, and in comparison whereof that is called old, and this said to be new, as the Apostle speaks expressly in the place before mentioned. Now a Covenant between God and man is a thing Great and Marvellous; whether we consider the nature of it, or the Ends of it; In its own nature it is a Convention, Compact and Agreement, for some certain ends and purposes between the Holy Creator and his poor creatures. How infinite, how unspeakable must needs the Grace and Condescension of God in this matter be? For what is poor miserable man, that God should set his heart upon him, that he should as it were give bounds to his Sovereignty over him, and enter into terms of Agreement with him? For whereas before, he was a mere object of his Absolute Dominion, made at his Will, and for his Pleasure,