To the Lord] Thou hast a large subject to exercise thy infinite mercy, which is as it were the Queen of thy perfections; whereunto we now betake our selves, and not to thy justice, in this our height of iniquity; Or, having sinned so excessively as we confsse we have, to thee it belongs to use mercy and forgivenesse, for thou alone hast power to do it, vers. 18. .