' But have not wicked men confeſſed fin, 4 as Judas and Saul? yes, but. theirs was not a true confeſſion. '- That confeſſion .of fin may be right and genuine, theſe eight qualifications are requiſi te, «+ > £2 301 It muſt be obentary *; 1t muſt come * Et aus "US Water Out" of a ſpring, freely. The animi £- onfeſfiot ofthe wicked 15extorted,like cz © the confeſſion of - a-mam; Upon a rack. Mona fl ark. c of Gods wrath flies into their conlcience.'or they are in fear of death, then they will fall totheir confeſ- ions. © Balzaze, when he ſaw the -wgked ſword; could ſay, 'I have ſinned, "Nat#b. 22.'34. But true confeſſion drops -from the lips, asmyrrhe from the tree; or vil honey from the-comb, freely, Lnk.15.18, * c Bhave po fohvend Va Heaven and before thee, =. He charged himlelt with fia,before his Far $ {Tt ther 5 os ed him with it E 2. - T5" Confeſſion mult be with compun- » Apis Mon 3 the heart 'muſt deeply reſent ie*. X i ui A natural” mans confeſſions run thorow I. bn pes i, as water thorow- a pipe; they do | toremtyro- "ot at all affte@liim: but rue confeffion 4 ecnily uri Jenhes heart- wounding impreflions ona , Cob of 'man. Davids ſou] was burdened in-:the |*; Fzmm” 5 Confeflonofhis fins, 'Pfal. 33. 4. At hr | if www heavy burden, they are too yewyy for” mern\lt |
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is one thing to confeſs fin, and another /{ / | thing to feel ſin. os | 3. Confeſſion muſt be fincere: our 3-+ hearts muſt go along with our confefli- ons. .. The hypocrite confeffeth fin, but loves it; likea thief that confeſleth ſtoln goods, yet loyes ſtealing., How many | confeſs pride ang pn - with their. lips, but,roul them as honey ander | | - ain dg ſaith befare his RR fion he confelled- fin, : and degg'd power againſt it,but his heart whiſpered within 0 = ' ham, wot get Lord*:; he was afraid tg , Nen*s 2 | leave his fin too ſoon. A,good Chriſtian ne. aug. 2 is more hone{tz his heart keeps pace c*fl- with his tongue 3 he is — F ſins he confelſleth, and abhors the fins. he | I E. 1s convinced of, | (174 - \: 4+ Intrue confeſſion a man doth par. #- ticularize fin. A wicked man. acknow- ledgeth he is a ſinner inigeneral 3 he con- fefleth fin by whole-fale 3 his confeſſion of fin is much like Nebnchadnezzars dream, .” .. 2 Dan.2.3. 1 have dream'd a dream; but he: -;!-\ 1 4 could not tell what it was, verſ. 5. The * © 7 thing is gone from me, $0 ſaith a wicked - man, Lord, I haye ſinned, but he doth --: not know what the ſinis, at-leaſt not re- '*, member * whereas a true convert ac- | | knowledgeth
30 The DoGrine of gr knowledgeth his particular fins. \ As it is with a wounded man, he comes to the Chyrurgion, and ſhews him all his wounds; here I was cut in the head,there I was ſhot'fn the arm: So a mournful finner confefleth the ſeveral diſtempers
| of his ſoul. Fae! drew up a particular - charge againſt themſelves, Fxag. 10. 192 Wee have ſerved Baalim, The Prophet'Das viel" recites the very lin which drew a curſe along with'it, Dar. 9,6: Neither ' bavewe hearkned unto thy ſervants the Pro- phets which ſpake in thy Name. By a dili- -- gent inſpefion into our hearts we may | Rnd ſome particular fin indulged,' point | that fin with a tear. "CLI ETE 5 5. Atruepemtent: confelleth finin the fountain; he acknowledgeth the pollution q of lits nature. The fin of our nature is EL notonly a privation of, $004, but an 9#fw* Y- -3 fron of evil : It is like Cz _ to ou, ora þ|- A -—"- ,. Stain to Scatlet*. David ac- _ LEE” knowledgetifhis birth-ſin, Pſa; bt OE \ many 51.5. T was ſbapen in iniquity, ' bom. corupt.. Tom, 3. - 414 1 ſin did my Mother conceive * Quancumvisleginmis we —* etiam embrioni heſerit BE *© peccatum — We are ready to inquinatum, - charge many of our fins upori : Satans temptations ; but this ſin
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