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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60278	Sin dismantled, shewing the loathsomnesse thereof, in laying it open by confession; with the remedy for it by repentance & conversion Wherein is set forth the manner how we ought to confess our sins to God and man, with the consiliary decrees from the authority thereof, and for the shewing the necessity of priestly absolution, the removing the disesteem the vulgar have of absolution, setting forth the power of ministers. With an historical relation of the canons concerning confession, and the secret manner of it; also shewing the confessors affections and inclinations. By a late reverend, learned and judicious Divine.	Late reverend, learned and judicious Divine.	1664 (1664)	Wing S3850; ESTC R221495	353,931	367

If any deviation it was in them they were out of the way and would needs spare the best of the cattle to pleasure God with a Sacrifice Proud heart that all this while would take no notice of his sin till he heard his doom deprivation from his Crown and dignity Then Saul said unto Samuel I have sinned 1 Sam. 15. but Samuel said not unto Saul as Nathan unto David The Lord hath also put away thy sin Sauls was a confession upon the rack but David had no sooner a sense of sin but he opens it in humble confession The wound no sooner perceived then he hastned for a Medicine 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Basil 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 pag. 243. then he fled to the Physician saying I have sinned and forthwith is healed The Lord also hath put away thy sin Grave is the wise mans advice Be not ashamed to confess thy sins and force not the course of the river Ecclesiasticus 4.26 That is turn not the stream or course thereof backward by denial or on the one side by excusing but be thine own accuser to obtain a pardon Confession then of sin and that unto man amongst the people of the Jews is extant upon Sacred records practised before the law commanded by the law portraited in their Sacrifices and performed by the Man after Gods own heart and hath continued among that dispersed Nation even till our times if Thomas Walden and Antoninus may be credited the one learn'd so much from the relation of the Jews themselves at his being in Austria and the other affirmeth that the learneder sort are wont to confess all their sins to a Levite Solent doctiores Judaei ante mortem confiteri omnia peccata Levitae alicui si quem fortè nacti fuerint Ant. part 3. tit 14. c. 6. Sect. 1. Habent Sacerdotes Cuthaei ex posteritate Aharon Sacerdotis in pace quiescentis qui cum nullis alits connubia jungunt nisi aut familiae suae foeminis aut viris ut genus impermixtum conservent Benjam Itiner pag. 39 40. a little before their death if he may be had and I think so too when they chance upon a Levite of the full bloud which to preserve without mixture the Jews after the destruction of the Temple were not so careful as the Samaritans who boast their Priests to be not onely of the tribe of Levi but family of Aaron and therefore call them Aharonitae Some testimonies of the Rabbins which I find in Petrus Galatinus may not be neglected In a Treatise called B●rashith 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is a lesser exposition upon the book of Genesis 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gen. 49.8 and upon those words Judah thy Brethren shall praise or confesse thee being an elegant allusion of old Jacob to his name derived from confession it is thus written This is that Confession which is spoken of by the holy Ghost in the hands of Job Illa est confessio de qua dictum est à Spiritu Sancto per manus Job 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Cap. 15. hoc est quia Sapientes sunt confitentur indicant non abscondunt à Patribus suis peccata s● sua De quibus dictum est hoc de justis qui vincunt subjugant fomitem seu sensualitatem suam confitentur actus suos Patribus suis omnis enim qui confitetur actus suos dignus est seculo futuro sicut dictum est Psal 50. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Et ità invenies in Juda in hora qua pervenit ad eum factum Tamar confessus est quema●medum dictum est Gen. 38. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Moxigitur vicit sensualitatem vel affectum suum confessus est Such as are wise confess or shew forth hide not from their fathers that is their sins Of whom is this spoken of the just who subdue their lust and sensuality and confess their doings to their Fathers for he that confesseth his acts is worthy of the world to come at it is said in Psal 50.23 He that offereth confession honoureth me and he that ordereth his way to him will I shew the salvation of God Accordingly you find in Juda that at what time his dealing was perceived by him with Thamar he confessed it Gen. 38. Acknowledge thy Creator and be not ashamed of flesh and bloud that is of man presently he overcame his sensuality and affections and confessed And again in the same place God holy and blessed curseth every one that doth not confess his deeds Omais qui non confitetur op●●a sua Deus sanctus benedictus maledicit sic enim invenimus in Cain qui negavit dixit Gen. c. 4. Nunquid Custos fratris mei Ego sum maledictus ergo sit sicut dictum est ibidem Et nunc maledictus es tu for so we find in Cain who denied and said Am I my Brothers keeper therefore he was accursed as it is there said Now then cursed art thou Such another testimony is extant in the Hierosolymitan Sanbedrim in the chapter that beginneth 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is The judgment is defined Omnis confitens habet partem in seculo futuro sic enim in Achan reperimus quod dixit ei Ichoshuah Fili mi Da obsecro honorem Domino Deo Israel da confessionem indica mihi quaeso quid feceris ne celes à me ait Verè ego peccavi Domino Deo Israel ita hoc sicut hoc feci Et undè habetur quòd remissum fuit ei peccatum ex co quod dictum ●st ibidem Jehosuae sc cap. 7. ait Jehosuas Sicut turbasti nos turbat te Dominus in die isto in die isto inquit tu turbatus eris sed non ●ris turbatus in fu●u●o where it is thus written All such as confesse have their share in the world to come for so we find in Achan how Jehosuas said unto him My son give glory unto the Lord God of Israel and make thy Confession and shew unto me what thou hast done And conceal it not from me and Achan answered and said unto Jehosuas Of a truth I have sinned before the Lotd God of Israel and have done thus and thus But from whence doth it appear that his sin was forgiven from that it is said in the same place viz Josh 7. And Jehosua said As thou hast troubled us the Lord trouble thee in that day In that day saith he thou are troubled but thou shalt not be troubled in the dayes to come And that this confession was made distinctly is evident by what is recorded in the book intituled 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is of Dayes and in the Chap. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 sc the day of propitiation Rabbi Hunna said Dixit Rabbi 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Hunna Omnis qui transgressione transgressius est necesse est ut singulatim exprimat peccatum Pet.