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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.
what sense and detestation of sin have been wrought in them; what satisfaction hath been given unto the soul, to choose, accept, and acquiesce in the Righteousness of Christ; what Resignation of the heart unto God according to the tenor of the Covenant of Grace, it hath been wrought unto; Call to mind what Transactions there have been between God and your souls about these things; how far they have been carried on; whether you have broken off the Treaty with God, and refused his Terms; or if not, where the stay is between you; and what is the Reason since God hath graciously begun to deal thus with you, that you are not yet come to a through close with him in the work and design of his Grace; the defect must of necessity lye on your parts. God ⟨p. 346⟩doth nothing in vain: Had he not been willing to receive you, he would not have dealt with you so far as he hath done. There is nothing then remains to firm your condition but a resolved Act of your own Wills in answering the mind and will of God. And by this search may the soul come to satisfaction in this matter; or at least find out and discover where the stick is whence their uncertainty doth arise, and what is wanting to complete their desires.
what sense and detestation of sin have been wrought in them; what satisfaction hath been given unto the soul, to chuse, accept, and acquiesce in the Righteousness of Christ; what Resignation of the heart unto God according to the tenor of the Covenant of Grace, it hath been wrought unto; Call to mind what Transactions there have been between God and your souls about these things; how far they have been carryed on; whether you have broken off the Treaty with God, and refused his Terms; or if not, where the stay is between you; and what is the Reason since God hath graciously begun to deal thus with you, that you are not yet come to a through close with him in the work and design of his Grace; the defect must of necessity lye on your parts. God ⟨p. 346⟩doth nothing in vain: Had he not been willing to receive you, he would not have dealt with you so far as he hath done. There is nothing then remains to firm your condition but a resolved Act of your own Wills in answering the mind and will of God. And by this search may the soul come to satisfaction in this matter; or at least find out and discover where the stick is whence their uncertainty doth arise, and what is wanting to compleat their desires.