A practical exposition on the 130th Psalm

Secondly, God engageth his infinite Excellencies to demonstrate the Greatness and Boundlessness of his forgiveness. He proposeth them unto our Considerations to convince us, that we shall find pardon with him suitable and answerable unto them See Isa. 40. 27, 28, 29, 30, 31. Why sayest thou O Jacob, and speakest O Israel, my way is hid from the Lord, and my judgement is passed over from my God? Hast thou not known, hast thou not heard, that the Everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the Earth, fainteth not, neither is weary; there is no searching of his understanding; He ⟨p. 225⟩giveth power to the faint, and to them that have no might he increaseth strength: even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fail; but they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings as Eagles, they shall run and not be weary; and they shall walk and not be faint. The matter in question is whether Acceptance with God, which is only by forgiveness is to be obtained or no; This sinful Jacob either despairs of, or at least desponds about. But saith God, My thoughts are not as your thoughts in this matter. And what course doth he take to convince them of their mistake therein? What Argument doth he make use of to free them from their unbelief, and to rebuke their fears? Plainly, he calls them to the consideration of himself, both Who and What he is, with whom they had to do. That they might expect acceptance and forgiveness, such as did become him. Minding them of his power, his Immensity, his Infinite Wisdom, his Unchangeableness, all the Excellencies and Properties of his nature, he demands of them, whether they have not just ground to expect Forgiveness and Grace, above all their thoughts and apprehensions, because answering the infinite largeness of his heart from whence it doth proceed?

Secondly, God engageth his infinite Excellencies to demonstrate the Greatness and Boundlesness of his forgiveness. He proposeth them unto our Considerations to convince us, that we shall find pardon with him suitable and answerable unto them See Isa. 40. 27, 28, 29, 30, 31. Why sayest thou O Jacob, and speakest O Israel, my way is hid from the Lord, and my judgement is passed over from my God? Hast thou not known, hast thou not heard, that the Everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the Earth, fainteth not, neither is weary; there is no searching of his understanding; He