-. = , "of his fins, hypocrites make the beſt 'gf . ©***- 7} them 5: they do not deny they are ſinners, +: 2.) | but'yet do what they.can.to- Jeflen their -- - | fits; they indeed offend: ſometimes,-Bitt _ |\4ris their nature, and it-is long-of ſuch /-occations. Theſe are rather excuſes than confeſſions, I Sam. 15-24, Thave aned; 0 | have. tranſgreſſed the.Cammandment. of: the | b- Lord, becauſe I feared the people. Sal Tayes " », #£--# his-fm- upon the people; They would} Lach | have im ſpare the; _Sheep and 'Qzen.' ; *Twasan Apolo nota-ſelf-ind mens. | This: runs:in a-blood:-— Adam: acknow-. ledgeth-he: did: tafte the: forbidden; atk Ve : |
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j confeſling ſin, that they boldly plead * 4 Ptatieh. Þ {for it: Inftead of having tearsto fament ; *= i
[it they uſe Arguments to defend it; If cam non 2 their fin BE ratton ey will juſtifie it, ge" ed 2 Fonah 9. 4. 1a ell to be anery. Tfitbe Frome ya $
vils Servants 3 when they plead for it,
| ſincere confeſſion of fin. The Thief on uſe s. t«- f the Croſs made aconfeflion of his fin; Zxh. hr3ion.! "4
The Dothrine of R ehentabied. 3s þ but mſtead of dggtavatins his fih, he tranſlates it from: himſelf roGod, Ger:
3-12. The woman whom thou gaviſt me. ſhe | #avd me of the Tree, amd 1 did eat © If T had } not had this wornan to be a tempeer, I !:
| | were—— Jufcripſere devs [celepi * —— | That is a bad fin indeed that hath ho ex- I Hſe vas it /rti"ſt needs be # yery courſe | Wool which wilt take rio dye. How apt
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covetouſneſs, ' they will vmdicate It, crociaans When men commit fin, they are the De- **
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the God, of Iſrael, and: wake confeſſion unto him. An humble confeſſion exalts God;:
The Dorine of Repenjance. 23. 41. Weindeed ſuffer juſtly. {And Chriſt ſaith to.him, This day ſhalt #hou be with we in Paradiſe. Which poſltbly.might, occa- ſion that. ſpeech of 4yſtiz, that confellion of fin ſhuts the moyth of Hell;, and-opens the gate of Paradiſe. :That we | may
| make afree and ingeruous, confeſlion of | fin, let us conſider, -,;j, 1, - ft T . Holy confeſſion gives glory.to God,Jofh.
7. 19.My Son, give I pray thee glory to Gad,
What a.glory is it, to him, that ont of our. own -mouths he doth not condemn us? While we confeſs (in, Gods patience
1s magnified in ſparing, and his free-grace In 9:9 4 ſinners. '; ;, + c
Conteſlion is a means to humble
| the (oul : He that ſubſcribes himſelf an Hell-deſerying ſinner, will have: little
heart to be proud: with the Violet he wHl |
hang down his heaa in humylity- . A true penitent confelieth, he mingles ſin-with
all he doth, therefore hath nothing to
boaſt of. Uzziab, though a-King, yet
having a Leproſie in his forehead,' he had enough to abaſe him, 2 Chron, 26:19. | *-- Soq child of a God, though he dothany *
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The'DdFrine of Repentaice. be-it that: good; this layes: all his fea- thets-of pride in the duſt; | Confeſton-gives yent to a troubled 3, heart. / When 'guilt. lyes boiling 1n the * conſcience, confeſſion gives-eale. * It 1s like the lancing of an'Impoſthume,which gryes eaſt to the Patient. I 4», :!Confeſſion' purgeth - out «ſin.'' 'Auſtire) © 4. * calls it,/ \the: Expeber: of vice. \Sin 15 a bad blood; confeflionas like the:opening of | 2veifito let/4t out.. - Confeſſion is like | thedwnggate,by which all the filth of the City was \carzyed: forth, Neherr. 3. 13. « gy; | {| Confeflionis4ike pumping at the leak, it criminum | letsoutr thatfin which wouldelſe drown, Mane > | Confeſlion- is . the: ſpunge that wipes confeſſio. oft:*the ſpots ofthe ſoul. 4mbroſ. > | © Confeſhon of ſin endears Chriſt to the |\\- 1 | ſoul. If I ſay. Lama ſinner, how precious \1}/ > f will Chriſts blood be tome! When Paul I | 3 had confelieda body of fin, he preſently £ I breaks forthnto a gratulatory triumph 1 {7 forChriſt, Rom. 7. 25. Thanks be to God O 7 through Feſws Chriſt *. If adebtor confels ' *%*0:- a Judgement,yet the creditor will not ex- gc, * 4 act the debt, but appoint. his: own Son 4 topay it, will not the debtor. be very . Y © thankful? | So when we confeisthe debr | and that though w_ ſhould for ever iyc | *% + J 2T
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