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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. › Verses 1, 2 › 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.
It is a sad Truth that we have proposed unto consideration. He that hears it ought to tremble in himself, that he may rest in the day of trouble; It speaks out the Apostles advice, Rom. 11. 20. Be not high minded, but fear: and that also, 1 Cor. 10. 12. Let him that thinketh he standeth, take heed lest he fall. When Peter had learned this truth by woeful experience, after all his boldness and forwardness, he gives this Council to all Saints: that they would pass the time of their sojourning here in fear, 1 Pet. 1. 14. Knowing how near in our greatest peace and serenity, evil and danger may lye at the door.
It is a sad Truth that we have proposed unto consideration. He that hears it ought to tremble in himself, that he may rest in the day of trouble; It speaks out the Apostles advice, Rom. 11. 20. Be not high minded, but fear: and that also, 1 Cor. 10. 12. Let him that thinketh he standeth, take heed lest he fall. When Peter had learned this truth by woful experience, after all his boldness and forwardness, he gives this Councel to all Saints: that they would pass the time of their sojourning here in fear, 1 Pet. 1. 14. Knowing how near in our greatest peace and serenity, evil and danger may lye at the door.
Some few instances of the many that are left on record, wherein this Truth is exemplified may be mentioned. Gen. 6. 9. Noah was a just man, perfect in his Generation, and Noah walked with God. He did so a long season, and that in an evil time, amidst all sorts of Temptations, When all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth, ver. 12. This put an eminency upon his obedience; and doubtless rendered the Communion which he had with God in walking before him, most sweet and precious to him. He was a gracious soul upon the redoubled Testimony of God himself. But we know what befell this holy Person. He that shall read the story that is recorded of him,