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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.
5. To be known by this name is the Great Glory of God in this world. When Moses desired to see the Glory of God, the Lord tells him that he could not see his face, Exod. 33. 18, 20. The face of God or the glorious Majesty of his Being, his Essential Glory, is not to be seen of any in this life; We cannot see him as he is. But the glorious manifestation of himself we may behold and contemplate. This we may see as the back parts of God; That shadow of his excellencies which he casteth forth in his passing by us in his works and dispensations. This Moses shall see. And wherein did it consist? Why in the Revelation and Declaration of this name of God, Chap. 34. 6, 7. The Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, the Lord, the Lord God, Merciful and Gracious, long-suffering, and Abundant in Goodness and in Truth, keeping Mercy for thousands, Forgiving Iniquity, Transgressions, and Sin. To be known by this Name, to be honoured, feared, believed as that declares him, is the great glory of God. And shall this fail us? Can we be deceived trusting in it, or expecting that we shall find him to be what his name declares? God forbid.
5. To be known by this name is the Great Glory of God in this world. When Moses desired to see the Glory of God, the Lord tells him that he could not see his face, Exod. 33. 18, 20. The face of God or the glorious Majesty of his Being, his Essential Glory, is not to be seen of any in this life; We cannot see him as he is. But the glorious manifestation of himself we may behold and contemplate. This we may see as the back parts of God; That shaddow of his excellencies which he casteth forth in his passing by us in his works and dispensations. This Moses shall see. And wherein did it consist? Why in the Revelation and Declaration of this name of God, Chap. 34. 6, 7. The Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, the Lord, the Lord God, Merciful and Gracious, long-suffering, and Abundant in Goodness and in Truth, keeping Mercy for thousands, Forgiving Iniquity, Transgressions, and Sin. To be known by this Name, to be honoured, feared, believed as that declares him, is the great glory of God. And shall this fail us? Can we be deceived trusting in it, or expecting that we shall find him to be what his name declares? God forbid.