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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65293	The doctrine of repentance, useful for these times by Tho. Watson ...	Watson, Thomas, d. 1686.	1668 (1668)	Wing W1122; ESTC R38513	84,062	186

sword could say I have sinned Numb 22. 34. But true confession drops from the lips as myrrhe from the tree or honey from the comb freely Luk. 15. 18. I have sinned against Heaven and before thee He charged himself with sin before his Father charged him with it 2. Confession must be with compunction the heart must deeply resent it A natural mans confessions run thorow him as water thorow a pipe they do not at all affect him but true confession leaves heart-wounding impressions on a man Davids soul was burdened in the confession of his sins Psal. 38. 4. As an heavy burden they are too heavy for me It is one thing to confess sin and another thing to feel sin 3. Confession must be sincere our hearts must go along with our confessions The hypocrite confesseth sin but loves it like a thief that confesseth stoln goods yet loves stealing How many confess pride and covetousness with their lips but ●…oul them as honey under their tongue Austin saith before his conversion he confessed sin and begg'd power against it but his heart whispered within him not yet Lord he was afraid to leave his sin too soon A good Christian is more honest his heart keeps pace with his tongue he is convinced of the sins he confesseth and abhors the sins he is convinced of 4. In true confession a man doth particularize sin A wicked man acknowledgeth he is a sinner in general he confesseth sin by whole-sale his confession of sin is much like Nebuchadnezzars dream Dan. 2. 3. I have dream'd a dream but he could not tell what it was vers 5. The thing is gone from me So saith a wicked man Lord I have sinned but he doth not know what the sin is at least not remember whereas a true convert acknowledgeth his particular sins 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 in the arm So a mournful sinner confesseth the several distempers of his soul. Israel drew up a particular charge against themselves Iudg. 10. 10. Wee have served Baalim The Prophet Daniel recites the very sin which drew a curse along with it Dan. 9 6. Neither have we hearkned unto thy servants the Prophets which spake in thy Name By a diligent inspection into our hearts we may find some particular sin indulged point that sin with a tear 5. A true penitent confesseth sin in the fountain he acknowledgeth the pollution of his nature The sin of our nature is not only a privation of good but an infusion of evil It is like Canker to Iron or a Stain to Scarlet David acknowledgeth his birth-sin Psa. 51.5 I was shapen in iniquity and in sin did my Mother conceive me etiam embrioni haeserit peccatum We are ready to charge many of our sins upon Satans temptations but this sin of our nature is wholly from our selves we cannot shift it off to Satan we have a root within that bears gall and wormwood Deut. 29. 18. Our nature is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 an abysse and seminary of all evil from hence come those scandals that infest the world 'T is this pravity of nature which poisons our holy things 't is this which wings Gods judgements and makes our mercies stick in the birth O confess sin in the fountain 6. Sin is to be confessed with all its circumstances and aggravations those sins doubtless are dyed in grain which are committed under the Gospel horison Confess sins against knowledge against grace against vows against experiences against judgements Psal. 78. 31. The wrath of God came upon them and slew the fattest of them for all this they sinned yet still These are killing aggravations which do accent and inhance our sins 7. In confession we must so charge our selves as to clear God should the Lord be severe in his providences and unsheath his bloody sword yet we must acquit him and acknowledge he hath done us no wrong Nehemiah in his confessing of sin vindicates Gods righteousness Nehem. 9. 33. Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us Mauritius the Emperour when he saw his wife slain before his eyes by Phocas cryed out Righteous art thou O Lord in all thy wayes 8. We must confess our sins with a resolution not to act them over again Some run from the confessing of sin to the committing of sin Like the Persians who have one day in the year wherein they use to kill Serpents and after that day suffer them to swarm again So many seem to kill their sins in their confessions and afterwards let them grow as fast as ever Isa. 1. 16. Cease to do evil 'T is vain to confess we have done those things which we ought not to have done and continue still in doing so Pharaoh confessed he had sinned Exod. 9. 27. But when the thunder ceased he fell to his sin again vers 33. He sinned yet more and hardned his heart Origen calls confession the vomit of the soul whereby the conscience is eased of that burden did lye upon it Now when we have vomited up sin by confession we must not return to this vomit What King will pardon that man who after he hath confessed his treason practiseth new treason Thus we see how confession must be qualified Is confession a necessary Ingredient in Repentance then here is a Bill of Indictment against four sorts of persons 1. It reproves those that hide their sins as Rachel hid her Fathers Images under her Gen. 31. 34. Many had rather have their sins covered than cured They do with their sins as with their pictures draw a curtain over them or as some do with their Bastards smother them But though men will have no tongue to confess God hath an eye to see he will unmask their treason Psal. 50. 21. I will reprove thee and set them in order before thee Those iniquities which men hide in their heart shall be written one day on their forehead as with the point of a Diamond They who would not confess sin as David that they might be pardoned shall confess sin as Achan that they may be stoned 'T is dangerous to keep the Devils counsel Prov. 28. 13. He that covers his sin shall not prosper 2. It reproves them who do indeed confess sin but it is by halves they do not confess all they confess the pence but not the pounds they confess vain thoughts or badness of memory but not the sins they are most guilty of as rash anger extortion uncleanness Like him in Plutarch who complained his stomach was not very good when his lungs were bad and his liver rotten But if we do not confess all how do we think God will pardon all 'T is true we cannot know the exact catalogue of our sins but the sins which come within our view and cognizance and which