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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.
4. God takes this name, the God of forgiveness to be his in a peculiar manner, as that whereby he will be distinguished and known. He appropriates it to himself as expressing that, which the Power and Goodness of no other can extend unto. There are Lords many, and Gods many, saith the Apostle; [Greek or Hebrew], some that are called so; such as some account so to be. How is the true God distinguished from these Gods by Reputation? He is so by this name, He is the God of Pardons, Micah 7. 18. Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity? This is his Prerogative; herein none is equal to him, like him, or a sharer with him. Who is a God like unto thee, that may be called a God of Pardons. The Vanities of the Nations cannot give them this rain; they have no refreshing showers of mercy and Pardon in their power. Neither Angels, ⟨p. 200⟩nor Saints, nor Images, nor Popes, can Pardon Sin. By this name doth he distinguish himself from them all.
4. God takes this name, the God of forgiveness to be his in a peculiar manner, as that whereby he will be distinguished and known. He appropriates it to himself as expressing that, which the Power and Goodness of no other can extend unto. There are Lords many, and Gods many, saith the Apostle; 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, some that are called so; such as some account so to be. How is the true God distinguished from these Gods by Reputation? He is so by this name, He is the God of Pardons, Micah 7. 18. Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity? This is his Prerogative; herein none is equal to him, like him, or a sharer with him. Who is a God like unto thee, that may be called a God of Pardons. The Vanities of the Nations cannot give them this rain; they have no refreshing showers of mercy and Pardon in their power. Neither Angels, ⟨p. 200⟩nor Saints, nor Images, nor Popes, can Pardon Sin. By this name doth he distinguish himself from them all.