11. Meditation having refreshed the psalmist, he falls to his weighty work
again, and wrestles with God for the remission of his sin. For thy name’ssake, O Lord. Here is a
blessed, never-failing plea. Not for our sakes or our merits’ sake, but to
glorify thy mercy, and to show the glory of thy divine attributes. Pardonmine iniquity. It is confessed, it is abhorred, it is consuming my heart
with grief; Lord, forgive it; let thine own lips pronounce my absolution. Forit is great. It weighs so heavily upon me that I pray thee remove it. Its
greatness is no difficulty with thee, for thou art a great God, but the misery
which it causes to me is my argument with thee for speedy pardon. To pardon a
great sinner will bring thee great glory. The logic of this verse illustrates
the logic of faith, which is clean contrary to that of a legal spirit; faith
looks not for merit in the creature, but has regard to the goodness of the
Creator, and instead of being staggered by the demerits of sin it looks to the
precious blood, and pleads all the more vigorously because of the urgency of
the case.
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