Gerhard and Walther

Now, Christ has likewise prescribed for us in the Our Father that we should ask for the forgiveness of sins. That’s why we can be sure that God the Lord, by grace, wills and desires to forgive us our sins.—Johann Gerhard, Schola Pietatis II:217.

Holy joy is the picture of God, while worldly sorrow is the picture of Satan and the opposite of faith.—C. F. W. Walther, God Grant It!, p. 394.