Chap. 3 r. .rfn expòfit;4. Ryon rise Took of Jo B. Vert. 33. 703 their finfulintlTe againft God ( Teira g. t 14.) AndAfter all that iS COWupan w for our eviii deeds and f.r our great trejoffe, feeing that thou nur gt,d punifhed tks40re then our i4i.qauiet deferve, andhall giTall ro Inch deiiveratce os this. As he coact.- fed not only that God had given them deliverance,but loch a de- liverance, yea (faith he )fileb a dclivtraxce as ais fowe fhould confeflenot only that we have committed iniquity, but luth an iniquity, yea filch an iniquity as this, or an iniquity thus and thus circumftantiated. Further ( to dole this obfervation ) hee that would confeffe fin in oppofition to that hiding and covering which 7,4 here dif- avowes, mull doe it, Firfl , Feelingly, as to the weight and (mart of it yea rang . ly, as to the bitrerneffe and unfavorineff:-: of it unlefie we have a tall how bitter fin is, unleffe we are Preffed and cven fweat in the agony of our fpirits, under the weight and burden of it, we doe not confeffe to purpofe, but rather cover it. Secondly, , Hee that confeffeth his fin in oppofition to this covering, confeffeth it, fincerely, as fin, or beecloth it in theup- rig,htnefleofhis foule : many confeffe fin only as 'tis an licon. veniency, or difadvantage to them. Now thus to corifeffe fin, is to cover it.Whilewe grow angrywith fin meerely as it is a trou ble to us, and hath brought (('me Inconveniency upon us,cie doe- no more then is natural. As Martinets throw out their wares in a fiormewhen they areafraid the veffell will finke , or be (wal- lowed up of thewaves, they'le doe any thing then to fave their lives ; but when they are in acgime, orgot fafe to harbour, then they wiib with all their hearts they had thofe goods againe ;.'Tis jolt fo with many (inners, when tome florme or trouble is upon them, then they'le throw their fins overbord ; but when they ate in a laie harbour, they with and call for their old fins againe fuch confeffion of fin is indeed the covering of it. Thirdly, , Sinmutt be confeft with Idle abhorrence, as well as fin.abhortence. Thus did 74 ( Chap. 42. 6.) labborre?iv felfe, and repent in daft andafhes. They oho fay they repent of fin, but doe nor abhorre themfelves for finne , fumeonly to repent ; or theirs is tongue repentance, not heart-repentance. Laftly, , Hee that confeffeth his fin inoppofition to this cove- . ring in the tixt,confiffethit beleevinglyond hath as One eye up. on.
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