...record, a demonstration of the justice of God's charge of innate depravity upon the children of men. "Against thee only have I sinned, and done this evil...sight, that thou mightest be justified in thy saying, (or in this saying of thine) Behold, I was shapen in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me,"...

...sorrows and the shortness of human life. The Psalmist, speaking of himself as a natural man, saith — I was shapen in wickedness, and in sin hath my mother conceived me. Thus is sin interwoven with the nature of man, and makes a part of his constitution from his very birth....

...David, " my transgressions ; and my sin is ever before me. 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 when thou judgest." (Psalm li. 3, 4.) 2. To pass the time of our sojourning...

...mercies do away mine offences. 2 Wash me thoroughly from my wickedness, and cleanse me from my sin ; 3 For I acknowledge my faults, and my sin is ever before me. 4 Against thee only have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight, that thou mightest be justified...

...cloth ; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence. Psal. li. 4. 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 when thou judgest. Jer. xxxi. 1 8. I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning...

...was born ; thou art my God even from my mother's womb (a).1 On the contrary, David says of sinners, ' Behold, I was shapen in wickedness, and in sin hath my mother conceived me (b) :' and in another place, ' The ungodly are froward even from their mother's womb (c) :' and in...

...acknowledge my transgression, and my sin is ever before me. 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 when thou judgest. Behold, I was shapen in iniquity, and in sin did...

...goodness; according to the multitude of thy mercies, do away mine offences. Wash me thoroughly from iny wickedness, and cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my faults ; and my sin is ever before me. Psalm li. !, 2, 3. OMoft great and glorious Lord God, juft and terrible in thy judgments to all obftinate,...

...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 be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.* (2.) The nature of the thing requires it, in order...

...mercies, do away mine offences. 2. Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity : and cleanse me from my sin. 3. For I acknowledge my faults: and my sin is ever before me. 5. Behold, I was shapen in wickedness : and in sin hath my mother conceived me. 6. But, lo, thou requirest...