John Trapp on Psalms 25:11

Verſ. 11. For thy names ſake, O. Lord, pardon mine iniquity] Never did priſoner at the barre beg more earneſtly for his life, than David did for pardon of his great offence, eſpecially in the matter of Ʋriah; for that lay heavieſt.Peccatum [illegible: 1 word] Bathſheba [illegible: 1 word] jus petii [illegible: 1 word] hac [illegible: 1 word] nem, & [illegible: 1 word] repeto. Could he but get off the guilt of that, it were an eaſie matter for him to glory in tribulations with Paul, Rom. 5.3. and to cry out with Luther, Feri Domine, feri; nam à peccatis abſolutus ſum; Smite Lord, ſmite; for I am a pardoned ſinner, and therefore all is in mercy,R. David. and for good.

For it is great] But that's nothing to ſo great a God, who delighteſt in mercy, and makeſt thy power appear in pardoning the many and horrid ſins of thy poor penitents. The high Heaven covereth as well tall Mountaines, as ſmall molehills. The vaſt Ocean ſwalloweth up huge Rocks, as well as little pibbles. St. Paul was (for the firſt table) a Blasphemer, and (for the ſecond table) a Perſecuter, and injurious; but I obtained mercy, ſaith Hee; and why? that the grace of our Lord might appear to bee exceeding abundant, even to an over flow, 1 Tim. 1.13, 14. and that the glory of free grace might be ſo much the more manifeſted, Rom. 5.20. The more deſperate was my diſeaſe, the greater is the glory of my Phyſician, who hath fully cured mee, ſaid Auſtin once to one, who upbraided him with his former looſe living.