The true doctrine of justification asserted and vindicated, from the errors of Papists, Arminians,…The true doctrine of justification asserted and vindicated, from the errours of Papists, Arminians,…

¹First, He hath great terror and trouble upon him, which he expresseth by the most exquisite torment that is, viz. Broken bones. It was with him, as if all his bones were brayed and pounced together. Thus fearful is it to fall into the hands of the living God, who even to his own people is a consuming fire. As the Sun which useth to dart forth resplendent beams of lustre, by gross and thick clouds is darkened and obscured; so David who heretofore rejoiced in God, took comfort in his Promises, doth now like Dives beg for one drop of comfort, and finds a great Gulf between that and him, insomuch that it cannot come to him, nor he to it. Now what are all Davids pleasures, all his lustful delights to these wounds of his soul? Hath he not bought Repentance at a dear rate? Let the godly hear this and tremble, and do no such thing.

¹First, He hath great terrour and trouble upon him, which he expresseth by the most exquisite torment that is, viz. Broken bones. It was with him, as if all his bones were brayed and pounced together. Thus fearful is it to fall into the hands of the living God, who even to his own people is a consuming fire. As the Sunne which useth to dart forth resplendent beams of lustre, by grosse and thick clouds is darkned and obscured; so David who heretofore rejoyced in God, took comfort in his Promises, doth now like Dives beg for one drop of comfort, and findes a great Gulf between that and him, insomuch that it cannot come to him, nor he to it. Now what are all Davids pleasures, all his lustful delights to these wounds of his soul? Hath he not bought Repentance at a dear rate? Let the godly hear this and tremble, and do no such thing.

1. 1The degrees of Davids repentance.

Secondly, As he found hell thus within him, So God was also really displeased, his sins were uncancelled till he repented. So that Gods displeasure was not only in Davids sense and feeling, but in Gods heart also. As the earth of his own heart was like iron, in respect of the yielding any fruit of comfort, so the Heavens were like brass. God had spoke to his soul to be like the mountains of Gilboa, on which no dew of his favour shall fall. Therefore he doth not only pray for pardon, but plenty and iteration of pardon, Multiply to pardon, as vers. 2. I need pardon again and again, I need a plentiful pardon, because I have sinned many sins in one sin. Now David might justly be more solicitous and fearful about the pardon of these sins, because there was no particular Sacrifice appointed for murder and adultery, but an expectation of vengeance, either from God or man, but this must not be stretched to the Socinian errors, as before I have showed.