Practical Exposition upon Psalm Cxxx

John Owen — from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library.

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Contents (57)

1. Imprimatur
2. Prefatory note
3. To the reader 4. A paraphrase 5. General scope of the whole Psalm 6. The state and condition of the soul represented in the Psalm 7. Gracious souls may be brought into depths on the account of sin 8. Whence it is that believers may be brought into depths on account of sin 9. What sins usually bring believers into great spiritual distress 10. The duty and actings of a believer under distress from a sense of sin 11. The words of the verse explained and their meaning opened 12. What first presents itself to a soul in distress on the account of sin 13. The first particular actings of a soul towards a recovery out of the depths of sin 14. Grounds of miscarriages when persons are convinced of sin and humbled 15. The words explained, and the design or scope of the psalmist in them discovered 16. Propositions or observations from the former exposition of the words 17. Greatness and rareness of the discovery of forgiveness in God 18. False presumptions of forgiveness discovered 19. The true nature of Gospel forgiveness 20. Forgiveness discovered or revealed only to faith 21. Discovery of forgiveness in God a great supportment to sin 22. Evidences of forgiveness in God 23. Discovery of forgiveness in the first promise 24. Farther evidences of forgiveness with God 25. Institution of religious worship an evidence of forgiveness 26. The giving and establishing of the new covenant another evidence of forgiveness with God 27. The name of God confirming the truth and reality of forgiveness with him 28. Forgiveness manifested in the sending of the Son of God to die for sin 29. Properties of forgiveness 30. Evidences that most men do not believe forgiveness 31. Exhortation unto the belief of the forgiveness that is with God 32. Enforcements of the exhortation 33. Rules to be observed by them who would come to stability in obedience 34. Rule I 35. Rule II 36. Rule III 37. Rule IV 38. Rule V 39. Rule VI 40. Rule VII 41. Rule VIII 42. Rule IX 43. Rule X 44. Rule XI 45. Second general head of the application of the truth insisted on 46. Objections against believing from things internal 47. Rule I 48. Rule II 49. Rule III 50. Rule IV 51. Objections from the present state and condition of the soul 52. Fourth objection
4. Verses fifth and sixth 54. God the proper object of the soul’s waiting in its distresses and depths 55. Considerations of God, rendering our waiting on him reasonable and necessary 56. Influence of the promises into the soul’s waiting in time of trouble
5. Verses seventh and eighth