is a simple casting of himself, sinner as he is, upon God. It is upon God, “according to his loving kindness, according to the multitude of his tender mercies,” that he casts himself. The rich, and large, and bountiful grace of God is his only stay. He appeals to it in terms expressive of the most emphatic fulness of contrite conviction and believing confidence:—“Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy loving kindness; according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.”