in Hell we cannot pay it 3 that Gad ſhould | appoint his own $on ta Jay down. his; blood for the payment of our debt, how * js free-grace magnified; and Jeſus Chriſt: eternally loved and admired ! & OG. - Confeſſion of ſin makes way for - YDumag- pardon *. No ſooner did the Prodigat | yoſcit bo- come with a confeſſion in: bis mouth, cir Deus. 1 hape ſinned againſt Heaven, but his Fa- Auftin. thers heart did melt towards him, and he. kifled him, Luk. 15. 22, When David. ſaid, T have finued, the Prophet br! bim abox with a + oY The Lord bath : pat away thy ſem, 2 Sem. 12.13: © She Br WS He who dathk fincerely conte(s ſyl;abis flamma facri- {10, hath Gods bond for & par- ol eney oe yo don, 1 79h.-1.9.:If we confeſs Tas: 30. Het. 43. fc 7 fins, he # faithful and juſt 30 - "= =- 7 forgive us our ſims. Why doth | not the Apoſtle ſay, if we confeſs, he is werciful to torgiye our ſins? mo, but he | * En habes 1s ju{t 53 becauſe he: hath bound himſelf | Conen”, Dy promiſe to forgive ſuch; He who con? | kabeam felleth fin, and comes with a penitent | igiurre- heart by faith in Chriſt, *Godstruthand } | Dawn, Juſtice 1s ingaged for the pardoning of | RR 5> ai 174 } | 7 How reaſ{anable and eafte is this com | mand. that we thould canfels fin !
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one hath wronged another, what more rational than to confeſs he hath wronged him? We having wronged God by tin, how equal and conſonant to reaſon is it that we ſhould confels the offence.
2, It is an eaſje command. What a vaſt difference is there betweenthe firſt Co- venant and the ſecond. Inthe firſt Cove- nant- it. was, If thou committeſt ſir thou cieit ; In the ſecond Govenant it is, If thou confeſef ſee thou ſhalt haye mercy. Iathe firſt Covenant no ſurety wasallow- ed, under the Covenant of Grace , if we do but confeſs the debt, Chriſt will be our Surety. What way could be thought of more ready and facile for the ſalyation of man, than an humble confeſſion ? Fer. 3.13. Only acknowledge thy iniquity. 1 do nataik for ſacrifices of Ramms to expitite thy guilt 1 do not bid thee part with the truit of thy body, for the fin of thy ſoul, Only Are A thy iniquity. Do but draw up an Indictment againſt thy
ſelf, and plead guilty, and thou ſhalt be
lure of mercy. | Methinks all this ſhould render _ duty anlans Throw out the poiſon ©
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* Exho- comttothy huſe *. Let this ſuffice to have — bkenbf our confeſſion of finto Gods:
mix eſt Ogſy thete remains one caſe of conlcrence.
vitiorums .**N/ 1 40t:s MY ©: "Tat
pavor inferni,, animaxum ſalus. Aug. ad Fratr. in Eremo.
Queſt, Whether we are bound to confeſs our ſins tq mens The Papiſts inſiſt much upon as-
* Duan- #5001at tonfeſſion *. That one muſt confels |:
dus. 750. his ſins in the ear of the Prieſt, orhe can- Aquinas. 14 8 Yew V7 e\ebitfs not be abſolved. They urge that,' Fam. 5. 16. "Confeſs your ſits one to another. But this Scripture” makes httle for ales fas a" their purpoſe *. It may as wel cerdot1, Res bes be meanr that the Prieſt ſhould ni abillis, fed alter al- con: els to the people, AS the people to the Prieſt. Auricular confeſſion' is one of the Popes Golden 'Dotrrines: Like the Fiſh in the Goſpel, - it bath #ovey in its mouth, Matth, 1/7. 27. When thou haft opened his mouth, thou ſhalt find a picee of #10ney. But though I am not for confefiion to men 1n a Popiſh fenſe, yet I think 1h three cafes there ought to be confeſhontomen. I. * © I. Th taſe aperfon hath falleti'into a ſcandalous fin, and by it hath been an; oc- » <c1r4a.. Cafioh' of offence to ſote.and of falling to lym contri- others; g le ought, to make a ſolkemn/anll
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Hets,*and other ſpiritual friends,in diſ- « ,, FF Þurdening' themſelves, and opening the nobis 2. ' ſores and troubles of their ſouls to them.
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"g. Th cafe atty man hath ſlandered ano- 43. ther, * and by clipping his-good name, » jex. 9.4.