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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.
And there is no one soul in particular which shall rightly search it self and Consider its state and Condition, but will be able to see wisdom, grace and care towards it self in all dispensations of God. And if I would here enter upon the benefits that through the sanctifying hand of God, do redound unto believers by Afflictions, Calamities, troubles, distresses, temptations and the like Effects of Gods visitations, it would be of use unto the souls of men in this Case. But this subject hath been so often, and so well spoken unto, that I shall not insist upon it. I desire only that we would seriously consider how utterly Ignorant we are of what is good for us, or useful unto us in these outward things, and so leave them quietly unto Gods disposal.
And there is no one soul in particular which shall rightly search it self and Consider its state and Condition, but will be able to see wisdom, grace and care towards it self in all dispensations of God. And if I would here enter upon the benefits that through the sanctifying hand of God, do redound unto believers by Afflictions, Calamities, troubles, distresses, temptations and the like Effects of Gods visitations, it would be of use unto the souls of men in this Case. But this subject hath been so often, and so well spoken unto, that I shall not insist upon it. I desire only that we would seriously consider how utterly Ignorant we are of what is good for us, or usefull unto us in these outward things, and so leave them quietly unto Gods disposal.
4. We may Consider that all these things about which we are troubled, fall directly within the compass of that good word of Gods grace, that he will make all things work together for the good of them that love him, Rom. 8. 28. All things that we enjoy, all things that we are deprived of, all that we do, all that we suffer; our losses, troubles, miseries, distresses in which the Apostle instanceth in the following verses, they shall all work ⟨p. 396⟩