John Trapp on Ezra 10:13

Verſe 13. Neither is this work of one day or two] No more is repentance, that firſt and continual work of every Chriſtian.Nulli reinatus [illegible: 1 letter] iſi poenitenti. [illegible: 1 letter]. Tert. de po[illegible: 1 letter]n. This made Tertullian ſay, that he was born for nothing elſe but for repentance. Surely as in a Ship there is continuall pumping; and as in a Beggers coat continual piecing; ſo in the beſt ſoul there wants not matter of daily repenting: this Houſe muſt be every day ſwept; this Candle-ſtick every day ſcoured. Beſides, ſome ſins are paſt in time, that are not paſt indeed, if we dwell not in the undoing and reverſing of them. The beſt of theſe hereafter mentioned, were to begin a new their repentance, becauſe they had not conſidered their marrying of ſtrange Wives.

For we are many that have tranſgreſſed] Heb. We have multiplyed to tranſgreſſe. The comfort is, that God will in like ſort multiply to pardon, if we return unto him that's the expreſſion, Eſay 55.7.