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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 › 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.
but yet if he be not childishly timorous when the Master shall tell him that there is no danger, bid him trust to his skill and it shall be well with him, it will yield quietness and satisfaction. We are indeed in a storm, the whole earth seems to reel and stagger like à drunken man; but yet our souls may rest in the infinite skill and wisdom of the great Pilot of the whole Creation, who steers all things according to the Counsel of his Will. His works are manifold; in Wisdom hath he made all these things, Psal. 104. 24. And in the same wisdom doth he dispose of them. All these things come forth from the Lord of Hosts, who is wonderfully in counsel, and excellent in working, Isa. 28. 29. What is good, meet, useful for us, for ours, for the Churches, for the City, for the Land of our Nativity he knows, and of Creatures not one. This infinite Wisdom of God also are we therefore to resign and submit our selves unto. His hand in all his works is guided by Infinite ⟨p. 388⟩Wisdom. In thoughts thereof, in humbling our selves thereunto, shall we find rest and peace, and this in all our pressures will work us to a waiting for him.
but yet if he be not childishly timerous when the Master shall tell him that there is no danger, bid him trust to his skill and it shall be well with him, it will yield quietness and satisfaction. We are indeed in a storm, the whole earth seems to reel and stagger like à drunken man; but yet our souls may rest in the infinite skill and wisdom of the great Pilot of the whole Creation, who stears all things according to the Counsel of his Will. His works are manifold; in Wisdom hath he made all these things, Psal. 104. 24. And in the same wisdom doth he dispose of them. All these things come forth from the Lord of Hosts, who is wonderfully in counsel, and excellent in working, Isa. 28. 29. What is good, meet, usefull for us, for ours, for the Churches, for the City, for the Land of our Nativity he knows, and of Creatures not one. This infinite Wisdom of God also are we therefore to resign and submit our selves unto. His hand in all his works is guided by Infinite