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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.
Rules to be observed by them who would come to stability in Obedience. The first Rule. Christ the only infallible Judge of our spiritual condition. How he judgeth, by his Word and Spirit.
That which remaineth to be further carried on, upon the Principles laid down, is to persuade with Souls more or less entangled in the depths of sin, to close with this Forgiveness by Believing, unto their Peace and Consolation. And because such persons are full of pleas and objections against themselves, I shall chiefly in what I have to say, endeavour to obviate these Objections, so to encourage them unto believing, and bring them unto settlement. And herein whatever I have to offer, flows naturally from the Doctrine at large laid down and asserted. Yet I shall not in all particulars apply my self thereunto, but in General fix on those things that may tend to the Establishment and Consolation of both distressed and doubting Souls. And I shall do what I purpose these two ways.
That which remaineth to be further carried on, upon the Principles laid down, is to perswade with Souls more or less intangled in the depths of sin, to close with this Forgiveness by Believing, unto their Peace and Consolation. And because such persons are full of pleas and objections against themselves, I shall chiefly in what I have to say, endeavour to obviate these Objections, so to encourage them unto believing, and bring them unto settlement. And herein whatever I have to offer, flowes naturally from the Doctrine at large laid down and asserted. Yet I shall not in all particulars apply my self thereunto, but in Generall fix on those things that may tend to the Establishment and Consolation of both distressed and doubting Souls. And I shall do what I purpose these two wayes.