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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. › Verses 5, 6: Verse 5, 6.
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.
This is the Duty that the Psalmist declares himself to be engaged in, upon the encouraging discovery which was made unto him of forgiveness in God. There is forgiveness with thee that thou mayest be feared, I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope: And this is that which in the like condition is required of us. This is the great direction which was given us in the Example and practice of the Psalmist, as to our Duty and deportment in the condition described. This was the Way whereby he rose out of his depths and escaped out of his entanglements? Is this then the state of any of us; let such take directions from hence.
This is the Duty that the Psalmist declares himself to be ingaged in, upon the incouraging discovery which was made unto him of forgiveness in God. There is forgiveness with thee that thou maist be feared, I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope: And this is that which in the like condition is required of us. This is the great direction which was given us in the Example and practice of the Psalmist, as to our Duty and deportment in the condition described. This was the Way whereby he rose out of his depths and escaped out of his entanglements? Is this then the state of any of us; let such take directions from hence.
1. Encourage your souls unto waiting on God. Do new fears arise, do old disconsolations continue, say unto your souls, yet wait on God; why are you cast down O our souls, and why are you disquieted within us, hope in God; for we shall yet praise him, who is the health of our countenance, and our God, as the Psalmist doth in the like case, Psal. 43. 5. so he speaks elsewhere, wait on God; and be of good courage, shake of sloth, rouse up your selves from under despondencies, let not fears prevail. This is the only way for success, and it will assuredly be prevalent; Oppose this Resolution to every discouragement, and it will give new life to faith and hope; say, my flesh faileth, and my heart faileth, but God is the rock of my heart, and my portion for ever, as