...prophet David having sinned, was driven to this practice : " Against" thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight, that thou mightest...when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest." Thus he, a holy man, was brought to confess his sin, to give God the glory of his justice. And so to...

...thy mercies blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my transgressions ; and my...when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest, Psal. li. 1 — 4. What would have become of Manasseh, if God had called him to give an account of...

...mercies, blot out * my transgressions. Wash me thorough* ly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me ' from my sin ; for I acknowledge my * transgressions and my...justified when thou ' speakest, and be clear when thou judg* est.' * — Had punishment instantly followed the commission of sin, what would have become of...

...For 1 acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. Against thee only have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight, that thou mightest...mother conceive me. Behold thou desirest truth in ihe inward parts, and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom. Purge me with hyssop and...

...denounced against every transgressor. " I acknowledge," saith penitent David, " my transgressions ; and my sin is ever before me. Against thee, thee only,...when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest." (Psalm li. 3, 4.) 2. To pass the time of our sojourning here in fear, we must humbly seek God's mercy,...

...— Thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God. PsaL li. 1. Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight : that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear \vhen thou judgest. z Rom. ii. 4. Or despisest thou the . riches of his goodness, and forbearance,...

...me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin ; for I acknowledge my transgression, and my sin is ever before me. Against thee, thee only...thou judgest. Behold, I was shapen in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within...

...in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me. Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done evil in thy sight, that thou mightest be justified...when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest," Psal. li. By all these words David was justified. He sues for mercy, which is a rejecting all confidence...

...multitude of thy tender mercies ; blot out my transgressions. Ps. For I acknowledge my transgression, and my sin is ever before me. Against thee, thee only...thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and clear when thou judgest. Job. What is man that he should be clean, or he that is born of woman, that...

...the Lord's justice in proceeding against us, Psal. li. 4. ' Against thee, thee only have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest...when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.* (2.) The nature of the thing requires it, in order to obtain pardoning mercy, Prov. xxviii. 1 3. Whoso...