Robert Traill (Sermons from 1 Peter 1:1-4), Works 4:116-117:
Saith the Psalmist, Ps. 32:5, I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity I have not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord, and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Well, and is not there an end? Here is a distressed man seeking pardon, praying for it, and blessed with it. See what he adds in the very next words: For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee, in a time when thou mayest be found. What! may every godly man venture to put in after David? May such as we are venture to put in for the same blessing that David got? Yes, we may, warrantably on the same grounds. David was distressed with sin, and relieved with pardon; and every poor sinner in the same case may plead and speed as he did.
Saith the Psalmist, Ps. 32:5, I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity I have not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord, and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Well, and is not there an end? Here is a distressed man seeking pardon, praying for it, and blessed with it. See what he adds in the very next words: For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee, in a time when thou mayest be found. What! may every godly man venture to put in after David? May such as we are venture to put in for the same blessing that David got? Yes, we may, warrantably on the same grounds. David was distressed with sin, and relieved with pardon; and every poor sinner in the same case may plead and speed as he did.
