John Trapp on Ezra 9:6

Verſe 6. And ſaid, O my God] This was a prayer of faith, and founded upon the Covenant, that bee-hive of Heavenly honey, as One well calleth it.

I am aſhamed and bluſh] Sin is a bluſhful thing and hales ſhame at the heeles of it,Illum ego periiſſe dico cui periit pudor. Salluſt. Rev. 3.17. Therefore when a man hath committed a ſin, he bluſheth: the blood as it were, would cover the ſin. But he is paſt grace that is paſt ſhame, and can bluſh no more then a ſackbut.

For our iniquities] He maketh himſelf a party, becauſe he was one of the ſame Community with them that had done that evil. He alſo knew himſelf to have an hand if not upon the great cart-ropes, ſet upon the leſſer cords that might draw down divine vengeance upon the Land. Hence he includeth himſelf after the example of Daniel, chap. 9.5.

Are increaſed over our heads] As an overwhelming flood, Pſal. 38.4. That threateneth to go over our ſoules too, Pſal. 124.4. and to ſink them in the bottomleſſe lake, that lowermoſt part of hel imported by that [non-Latin text not transcribed] locale (as Hebricians Note) Pſal. 9.17.

And our treſpaſſe is growen up unto the Heavens] So great is our guilt, that it is gotten as high as Heaven, that is, as high as may be. For beyond the moveable Heavens, Ariſtotle (Natures beſt Secretary) ſaith there is neither body, nor time, nor place, nor vacuum. De Coelo Text. 99. See Revel. 18.5. with the Note. Mans ſinne defileth even the very viſible Heavens; which muſt therefore be purged with the fire of the laſt day. Yea it pierceth into the Heavens of Heavens, & maketh a loud out-cry in gods eares for vengeance, Gen. 4.10. & 18.20.