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What is meant by forgiving our trefpaffes > 359 outward; fome of omifiion others of cornmifi on; fome of ignorance, others of knowledge; fome of infirmity, others of prefumption; fome againft God, force againft our neighbours, and force againft our felves. In refpeft of all and every whereof we are every of us debtours unto God, and therefore had need to pray that he would for - give us all and every of our debts, Pfal. 51. 9. which how many and great they are, we may eafily know, if we will diligently look into our obliga- tion, and examine our lives by the law of God, &c. 'nix, Oter. In this word confeíiìon of finne is included. For What is meant it is in effeáf thus much ; o Lord, we have finned os t e fpby ,fer againft thee: have mercy therefore on us, o Lord, ac- cording to thy goodnef e, and according to the multitude of thy mercies do away our of enf s: vrafh us from our iniquities, and cleanf us from our finnes. For we ac- knowledge our tranfgref ons,and our finnes are alwayes before us, Pfal. 51.'1,3. Therefore with asking of pardon confeffion of finne is conjoyned. And this form of prayer is prefcribed to be ufed ofthe per - fedeff men in this world, as of the Apoflles; be- caufe there is no man that doth good vpon the earth, and jinneth not, Eccles 7.2o. If we f y, faith the ho- ly Apofile John, that we have no finne, we deceive our (elves, and there is no truth in us. If we confelT our finnes, he is faithfull and ju(t to forgive us our finnes, and to purge us from all iniquity. If we fay that we have not finne, we make him a liar, and his truth is not in us, i. John I.8, 9, Io. Here therefore both the A a 4 Catha-