A practical exposition on the 130th Psalm

First, There is provision made in it, against all and every sin that would disannul the Covenant, and make a final separation between God and a soul that hath been once taken into the bond thereof. This provision is absolute; God hath taken upon himself the making of this good, and the establishing this Law of the Covenant, that it shall not by any sin be disannulled, Jor. 32. 40. I will (saith God) make an everlasting Covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them to do them good, but I will put my fear into their hearts, that they shall not depart from me. The security hereof depends not on any thing in our ⟨p. 17⟩selves. All that is in us is to be used as a means of the accomplishment of this Promise; but the event or issue depends absolutely on the faithfulness of God. And the whole certainty and stability of the Covenant depends on the efficacy of the Grace administered in it, to preserve men from all such sins as would disannul it.

First, There is provision made in it, against all and every sin that would disannull the Covenant, and make a final separation between God and a soul that hath been once taken into the bond thereof. This provision is absolute; God hath taken upon himself the making of this good, and the establishing this Law of the Covenant, that it shall not by any sin be disannulled, Jor. 32. 40. I will (saith God) make an everlasting Covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them to do them good, but I will put my fear into their hearts, that they shall not depart from me. The security hereof depends not on any thing in our ⟨p. 17⟩selves. All that is in us is to be used as a means of the accomplishment of this Promise; but the event or issue depends absolutely on the faithfulness of God. And the whole certainty and stability of the Covenant depends on the efficacy of the Grace administred in it, to preserve men from all such sins as would disanull it.

Secondly, There is in this Covenant provision made for constant peace and consolation, notwithstanding, and against the guilt of such sins, as through their infirmities and temptations believers are daily exposed unto. Though they fall into sins every day, yet they do not fall into depths every day. In the tenor of this Covenant, there is a consistency between a sense of sin unto humiliation and peace, with strong consolation. After the Apostle had described the whole conflict that Believers have with sin, and the frequent wounds which they receive thereby, which makes them cry out for deliverance,