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loathsome_a unclean_a leper_n who_o soul_n and_o body_n be_v whole_o pollute_v and_o defile_v from_o head_n to_o foot_n there_o be_v nothing_o appear_v but_o wound_n bruise_n and_o sore_n full_a of_o corruption_n all_o my_o thought_n word_n and_o deed_n be_v evil_a only_o evil_a and_o that_o continual_o thus_o must_v thou_o aggravate_v thy_o sin_n and_o article_n against_o thyself_o urge_v god_n again_o and_o again_o to_o hear_v this_o and_o this_o too_o lord_n this_o sin_n have_v i_o commit_v and_o this_o also_o at_o such_o a_o time_n in_o such_o a_o place_n among_o such_o and_o such_o company_n there_o do_v i_o do_v it_o etc._n etc._n and_o thus_o must_v thou_o exaggerate_v thy_o fault_n and_o confess_v they_o large_o and_o ingenuous_o thou_o do_v enlarge_v thy_o sin_n in_o the_o commit_n cut_v they_o not_o short_a in_o the_o confess_v tell_v the_o worst_a tale_n thou_o can_v against_o thyself_o and_o thou_o shall_v speed_v the_o better_a and_o be_v ashamed_a that_o any_o shall_v say_v worser_o of_o thou_o than_o thou_o do_v of_o thyself_o unto_o the_o lord_n quest_n quest_n but_o do_v not_o a_o man_n prejudice_n the_o truth_n in_o amplify_a of_o his_o own_o weakness_n and_o unworthiness_n and_o in_o confess_v more_o of_o himself_o then_o indeed_o be_v true_a as_o the_o apostle_n paul_n who_o say_v he_o be_v the_o first_o or_o chief_a of_o sinner_n when_o there_o be_v many_o great_a sinner_n than_o he_o 6._o answ_n doctor_n willet_n on_o the_o second_o of_o sam._n cap._n 9_o quest_n 6._o this_o question_n be_v thus_o answer_v first_o we_o must_v make_v a_o difference_n between_o the_o general_a confession_n of_o the_o weakness_n and_o sinfulness_n of_o our_o nature_n which_o the_o most_o perfect_a in_o this_o world_n may_v and_o must_v acknowledge_v and_o a_o particular_a acknowledgement_n of_o some_o actual_a sin_n which_o a_o man_n be_v not_o guilty_a of_o now_o to_o confess_v such_o or_o such_o a_o sin_n which_o a_o man_n have_v not_o commit_v be_v a_o preiudice_v of_o the_o truth_n and_o may_v not_o be_v do_v and_o thus_o saint_n paul_n though_o he_o say_v he_o be_v the_o chief_a sinner_n yet_o he_o do_v not_o say_v he_o be_v a_o adulterer_n or_o a_o idolater_n or_o the_o like_a which_o sin_n he_o be_v free_a from_o second_o we_o be_v to_o know_v the_o practice_n of_o repentance_n be_v a_o act_n of_o the_o affection_n cause_v a_o man_n to_o judge_v and_o speak_v of_o himself_o according_a to_o the_o truth_n of_o that_o he_o do_v conceive_v and_o feel_v to_o be_v in_o himself_o and_o so_o according_a to_o his_o sense_n to_o make_v his_o fault_n with_o the_o most_o rather_o than_o with_o the_o least_o and_o this_o a_o man_n may_v do_v and_o