clinging to his nature, they think they are hearing about some chimera that exists nowhere in all of nature. Hence they condemn us as heretics and threaten to burn us at the stake. Let them answer this noble and well-known psalm for us. What is the reason why, after steadfast love and mercy, that is, after justification, David still asks that he be cleansed? Having the forgiveness of sins and existing in grace, being neither accused nor condemned by any sin, David is nevertheless unclean and has