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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 1, 2 › 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.
First, Miscarriages under signal Enjoyments of love and kindness from God, are of this sort. When God hath given unto any one expressive manifestations of his Love, convinced him of it, made him say in the inmost parts of his heart, this is undeserved love and kindness, then for him to be negligent in his walking with God, it carrieth an unkindness with it, that shall not be forgotten. It is a remark upon the miscarriages of Solomon, that he fell into them after God had appeared unto him twice. And all sins under or after especial mercies, will meet at one time or other especial rebukes. Nothing doth more distress the conscience of a sinner, then the remembrance in darkness of abused light; in desertions of neglected love. This God will make them sensible of. Though I have redeemed them, saith ⟨p. 25⟩God, yet they have spoken lies against me, Hos. 7. 15. So Chap. 13. 4, 5, 6, 7. When God hath in his Providence dealt graciously with a Person, it may be delivered him from straights and troubles, set him in a large place, prevented him with many fruits and effects of his goodness, blessed him in his Person, Relations, and Employments, dealt well with his soul, in giving him a gracious sense of his love in Christ; for such a one to fall under sinful miscarriages, it goes to the heart of God, and shall not be passed over. Undervaluations of Love are great provocations. Hath Nabal thus requited my kindness saith David? I cannot bear it. And the clearer the convictions of any in this kind were, the more severe will their reflections be upon themselves.
First, Miscarriages under signal Enjoyments of love and kindness from God, are of this sort. When God hath given unto any one expressive manifestations of his Love, convinced him of it, made him say in the inmost parts of his heart, this is undeserved love and kindess, then for him to be negligent in his walking with God, it carrieth an unkindness with it, that shall not be forgotten. It is a remark upon the miscarriages of Solomon, that he fell into them after God had appeared unto him twice. And all sins under or after especial mercies, will meet at one time or other especial rebukes. Nothing doth more distress the conscience of a sinner, then the remembrance in darkness of abused light; in desertions of neglected love. This God will make them sensible of. Though I have redeemed them, saith ⟨p. 25⟩