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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.
He shall give in unto him a right determination of his interest in God, and of the state and frame of his heart towards God; whereupon God shall speak peace unto his Soul, and deliver him from his entanglements, v. 24. Jesus Christ hath in the Word of the Gospel stated the condition of every man. He tells us, that sinners, of what sort soever they are, that believe, are accepted with him; and shall receive forgiveness from God; that none shall be refused or cast off that come unto God by him. The Soul of whom we are treating is now upon the work of coming unto God for forgiveness by Jesus Christ. Many and weighty Objections it hath in and against its self, why it should not come, why it shall not be accepted. Our Lord Jesus the Wisdom of God foresaw all these Objections; he foreknew what could be said in the case, and yet he hath determined the matter, as hath been declared. In General, mens arguings against themselves arise from Sin and the Law. Christ knows what is in them both. He tried them to the uttermost, as to their penalties; and yet he hath so determined as we have showed. Their particular Objections, are from particular considerations of sin; their Greatness, their Number, their Aggravations. Christ knows all these also; ⟨p. 282⟩And yet stands to his firmer determination. Upon the whole matter then, it is meet his Word should stand. I know when a Soul brings it self to be judged by the Word of the Gospel, it doth not always in a like manner receive and rest in the sentence given. But when Christ is pleased to speak the word with power to men, they shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and be concluded by it. Let the Soul then that is rising out of depths, and pressing towards a sense of forgiveness, lay it self down before the Word of Christ in the Gospel. Let him attend to what he speaks; and if for a while it hath not power upon him to quiet his heart, let him wait a season, and light shall arise unto him out of darkness. Christ will give in his sentence into his Conscience with that power and efficacy, as he shall find rest and peace in it. 2. Christ also judgeth by his Spirit; not only in making this sentence of the Gospel to be received effectually in the Soul, but in and by peculiar Actings of his upon the heart and soul of a Believer: 1. Cor. 2. 11.
He shall give in unto him a right determination of his interest in God, and of the state and frame of his heart towards God; whereupon God shall speak peace unto his Soul, and deliver him from his entanglements, v. 24. Jesus Christ hath in the Word of the Gospel stated the condition of every man. He tells us, that sinners, of what sort soever they are, that believe, are accepted with him; and shall receive forgiveness from God; that none shall be refused or cast off that come unto God by him. The Soul of whom we are treating is now upon the work of coming unto God for forgiveness by Jesus Christ. Many and weighty Objections it hath in and against its self, why it should not come, why it shall not be accepted. Our Lord Jesus the Wisdom of God foresaw all these Objections; he foreknew what could be said in the case, and yet he hath determined the matter, as hath been declared. In General, mens arguings against themselves arise from Sin and the Law. Christ knowes what is in them both. He tryed them to the uttermost, as to their penalties; and yet he hath so determined as we have shewed. Their particular Objections, are from particular considerations of sin; their Greatness, their Number, their Aggravations. Christ knows all these also;