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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.
1. This is the way, these are Terms of Gods own choosing; He found out this way, he established it himself. He did it when all was lost, and undone. He did it not upon our desire, request, or proposal, but merely of his own Accord, and why should we contend with him about it? If God will have us saved in a way of mere mercy and forgiveness; If his Wisdom and Sovereignty be in it, shall we oppose him, and say we like it not? Yet this is the language of unbelief, Rom. 10. 3, 4. Many poor Creatures have disputed it with God, until at length being over-powered as it were by the Spirit, have said, If it must be so, and God will save us by Mercy and Grace, let it be so, we yield our selves to his will; and yet throughout their disputes dreamed of nothing but that their own unworthiness only kept them from closing with the Promise of the Gospel.
1. This is the way, these are Terms of Gods own choosing; He found out this way, he established it himself. He did it when all was lost, and undone. He did it not upon our desire, request, or proposal, but meerly of his own Accord, and why should we contend with him about it? If God will have us saved in a way of meer mercy and forgiveness; If his Wisdom and Soveraignty be in it, shall we oppose him, and say we like it not? Yet this is the language of unbelief, Rom. 10. 3, 4. Many poor Creatures have disputed it with God, untill at length being over-powered as it were by the Spirit, have said, If it must be so, and God will save us by Mercy and Grace, let it be so, we yield our selves to his will; and yet throughout their disputes dreamed of nothing but that their own unworthiness only kept them from closing with the Promise of the Gospel.
Of this nature was that way of Satan whereby he deceived our first Parents of their Interest in the Covenant of works; the terms of it, saith he, as apprehended by you, are unequal. Yea, hath God said, ye shall eat of every Tree of the Garden, but of the Tree of Knowledge of good and evil, ye shall not eat, lest ye die; come, you shall not dye, for God doth know in the day you eat thereof your eyes shall be opened. There is no proportion between the disobedience and the threatening. The Issue