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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. That you would seriously consider, whether the forgiveness you rest on, and hope in, be that Gospel Forgiveness which we have before described? or is it only a General Apprehension of Impunity, though you are Sinners? That God is merciful, and you hope in him, that you shall escape the Vengeance of Hell-fire. If it be thus with you, forgiveness it self will not relieve you. This is that of the presumptuous man, Deut. 29. 19. Gospel-pardon is a thing of another nature; It hath its spring in the Gracious heart of the Father, is made out by a Sovereign Act of his Will; rendered consistent with the Glory of his Justice and Holiness by the blood of Christ, by which it is purchased in a Covenant of Grace, as ⟨p. 272⟩hath been showed; If you shall say, yea, this is the forgiveness we rely upon, it is that which you have described. Then I desire further that you would
1. That you would seriously consider, whether the forgiveness you rest on, and hope in, be that Gospel Forgiveness which we have before described? or is it only a General Apprehension of Impunity, though you are Sinners? That God is mercifull, and you hope in him, that you shall escape the Vengeance of Hell-fire. If it be thus with you, forgiveness it self will not relieve you. This is that of the presumptuous man, Deut. 29. 19. Gospel-pardon is a thing of another nature; It hath its spring in the Gracious heart of the Father, is made out by a Soveraign Act of his Will; rendred consistent with the Glory of his Justice and Holyness by the blood of Christ, by which it is purchased in a Covenant of Grace, as ⟨p. 272⟩hath been shewed; If you shall say, yea, this is the forgiveness we rely upon, it is that which you have described. Then I desire further that you would