Reformed Covenanter
Cancelled Commissioner
Take away all iniquity: this petition for pardon of sin includes confession of it, sorrow for it, hope that God will of mere grace forgive it, and take away the guilt, prevent the punishment, and abolish the power of sin, not of some, but of all: sincere converts seek full justification, and full sanctification. Receive us into thy protection, guidance, and benediction, graciously; and this of thy mere grace and goodness; having taken away sin, take also graciously our persons, as reconciled and well-pleasing to thee.
Matthew Poole, A Commentary on the Holy Bible (1685; 3 vols, London: Banner of Truth, 1962), 2: 884.
Matthew Poole, A Commentary on the Holy Bible (1685; 3 vols, London: Banner of Truth, 1962), 2: 884.