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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.
Thirdly, A revived sense of justly deserved wrath, belongs also to these depths. This is as the opening of old wounds. When men have passed through a sense of wrath, and have obtained deliverance and rest through the blood of Christ, to come to their old thoughts again, to be trading afresh with Hell, Curse, Law, and Wrath, it is a depth indeed. And this often befalls gracious souls on the account of sin, Psalm 88. 7. Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, saith Heman. It pressed and crushed him sorely. There is a self-judging as to the desert of wrath, which is consistent with a comforting persuasion of an Interest in Christ. This the soul finds sweetness in, as it lies in a subserviency to the exaltation of Grace. But in this case, the soul is left under it without that relief. It plungeth it self into the Curse of the Law and flames of Hell, without any cheering supportment from the blood of Christ. This is walking in the valley of the shadow of death. The soul converseth with death, and what seems to lye in a tendency thereunto. The Lord also to increase his perplexities, puts new life and spirit into the Law; gives it a fresh Commission as it were to take such a one into its Custody; and the Law will never in this world be wanting unto its Duty.
Thirdly, A revived sense of justly deserved wrath, belongs also to these depths. This is as the opening of old wounds. When men have passed through a sense of wrath, and have obtained deliverance and rest through the blood of Christ, to come to their old thoughts again, to be trading afresh with Hell, Curse, Law, and Wrath, it is a depth indeed. And this often befalls gracious souls on the account of sin, Psalm 88. 7. Thy wrath lyeth hard upon me, saith Heman. It pressed and crushed him sorely. There is a self-judging as to the desert of wrath, which is consistent with a comforting perswasion of an Interest in Christ. This the soul finds sweetness in, as it lyes in a subserviency to the exaltation of Grace. But in this case, the soul is left under it without that relief. It plungeth it self into the Curse of the Law and flames of Hell, without any cheering supportment from the blood of Christ. This is walking in the valley of the shadow of death. The soul converseth with death, and what seems to lye in a tendency thereunto. The Lord also to increase his perplexities, puts new life and spirit into the Law; gives it a fresh Commission as it were to take such a one into its Custody; and the Law will never in this world be wanting unto its Duty.