...mother's womb,' might have made a better claim to it than yon. But hear David's lamentable confession : 'Behold I was shapen in wickedness, and in sin hath my mother conceived me.' (Psalm li. 5.) Hear St. Panl's mournful declaration : ' I know that in me, that is, in my flesh,' in...

...delightest not in burnt-offerings. Wash me thoroughly from my wickedness, and cleanse me from my sin. Lo, thou requirest truth in the inward parts, and shalt make me to understand wisdom secretly."— Pp. 152— 155. Most gladly should we enlarge our extracts from this very valuable work,...

...like it, we may understand by the preceding words, which are as a preface to these in the objection. " Against thee only have I sinned and done this evil...justified in thy saying, and clear when thou art judged." He that thus acquits God, cannot easily be supposed, in the very next breath, so fiercely to accuse...

...bear. But I will confess my wickedness : and be sorry for my sin. Against thee have I sinned, and done evil in thy sight : that thou mightest be justified in thy saying, and clear when thou art judged. O give me the comfort of thy help again : cast me not away from thy presence ; and take not thy Holy...

...wickedness : and cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my faults : and my sin is ever before me. Against thee only have I sinned, and done this evil...justified in thy saying, and clear when thou art judged. id -in iid, l was shnpen in wickedness : nnd in sin hath my mother conceived me. But lo, thou requires!...

...from my sin ?" The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked, who can know it ?" " Behold, I was shapen in wickedness, and in sin hath my mother conceived me." " We were by nature the children of wrath, even as others, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and...

...iniquity : 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...sin hath my mother conceived me. 6. But, lo, thou requires! truth in the inward parts : and thou shall make me to understand wisdom secretly. 7. Thou...

...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...justified in thy saying, and clear when thou art judged. 6 KuhoUI. I was skapca id wlcfcedness ; and in sin Lath my mo-, lions ; then shall ihey offer young...

...bewail it. The wisest way to know things, is, following them home to their causes. Thus David, Psal. li. 5. Behold I was shapen in wickedness, and in sin hath my mother conceived me. %. Atheism. Though there is in the consciences of all men an indelible conviction of a Deity, so that...

...delightest not in burnt-offerings. Wash me throughly from my wickedness, and cleanse me from my sin. Lo, thou requirest truth in the inward parts, and shalt make me to understand wisdom secretly V It is a spirit and temper closely allied to the spirit of Christian faith ; the same in...