Chap. 33, An Expofitión upm the Bokof o B. . Verf. 27. 449 light and conviaions of confcience which will be our Judge. One of the latine interpreters ufeth a harfh and courfe wàrd 'toPeccavi et re- pref e this by yet full and proper to the trope ; I halve rorrifled ur rornf.a- ( or writhed andbeaded) that which was right. Another ren- Prlevajet: s ders it, Ihaveprevaricatedfrom that which was right. Our word. fum dprobtra- gives the fence fully enough, Ihave finned, and perverted that't,. T"yguz, ''which was right. Hence note. Fitt} , Sin mufi be confeffed. The Lord looks for it. He looleth upon men tò fee whether any willfay,I have finned. He will havetheir fin out of their own mouths. When Nathan brought the parable home to David and fayd, Thouart the man, he prefently fell into confeffion, I have finned (2 Sam: a2.1 3.) But fume may fay, Is this confeffion of fin fuflïcient to fay, I have finned. Ianfwer ; Firl}, a generalhconfeflion of fin, or that we have fin- ned is not fufficient,unlefie we are aleo willing and ready to con- feffe before the Lord all our particular fins. Some are ready enough to fay; they havefined, who yet will fcarfe bebrought to acknowledge any particular fin ; yea many fay, they are great fin- peccateresfa nets, who know not how or inwhat they have finned, nor what it eOpteriq;<on- is to fin. Therefore barely to fay Ihavefinned, is not aGofpelftentur eriani confeffion of fin. I anfwer. Secondly, Though a getiera11 confef- c %one ec- fion is only expreffed in this and many _other Scriptures,yet a fpe dolt .Gres: 1. daft code-Canis intended. The prodigal Son ( Luke 15. Ig.)' 24. Moral: c: fayd, Iwill retstrne to my father, and I will fay tomy father, Ihave 12. finned'aagainft heaven, and itgá"r thee; and lom no more worthy to be called thy Son. He did not enumerate the particular evill aIs he had committedand was guilty of, yet doubtlefe he had them as a burdenuponhis heart, and waswilling tounburden himfelfe of them, one by one, in a hearty and heart-afíii&ing confeffion. The publican ( Luke 18.-1 3.) florid afair off', and`durff not'l:ft up his eyes to heaven, brut only fayd, God be mercifuht to me a14.7-- ner. He f'rruckat all his fins, though he did not by name touch any one of them. He that faith ('knowigWhat he faith ) Ihave fin- ned, will not hide anyone of his fns ; And he that indeed And truth confeffeth`any on* '_willcovér abbe fhis fii :s. Thoft'Iin may be pardoned which -are note fA dy;confeffed, but if ail M m m con-
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