)~l VERS.t6. AnEpo~tion , withNotn CHAP.) fe.Jfeth andforfak!rh hu fuu, lh"-!1 find mercy. ~o I lohn 1. 9· /j We cgnfefs, &c. this is the ready way to pardon, ~cis the belt way to clear the Procefs of Heaven; that which is condemned in one: Court, ts pardoned in others. God hach m1de aLlw againfl: fin, and the Law mull have facisfad:ion; fin muO: be judged in the Co11rt of Heaven, or in the Court of {onfc ience,byGod or us; in Conteffi– on, the divine judgment isanticipated. 1 c'or. II. 3r, p. 1 tis the bdl: way to honour mercy ; whm fins abnund in our feeling, mercy is che more glorious; God will have pardon fetched out in fucb a way, in whtch there is no merit by Cunfdfion; Jufiice maybeglo– n.fid ,but not /at isfted: Wecannot make God[atisf4llton, and therdore he: requirech aclz.noWiedgment ; He k!tpeth not his lllnger for ever; onely .,,)znowledg thine iniquity. Jer. 3· 13. 'Tis themoll: rational way eo feedeour com>ort ; grids exprdftd are befl: c:afed and mitigated. All paffions are allayed byvent and utterance.'Vavid roared when he k.!pt filence.,but I (aid, I Will confe{s, andthou for· gave ft, Pfal. p. 5• Bdides , ~ is cbe bell way to bring the foul into a dtilike of fin; Confdlion is an act ofmortification , 'cis as it were rhe vomit ofthe foul, it breedeth ad10ike of the fweecdl morfds, when they are cafi up in loathfom ejections; fin is fweetin Com– miffion , but bitter in theremembrance : Gods children find chat thdr hatred is never more keen and c:x1fperated againll fin then· in confdling; well then, come and open your cafe to God without guile ofSpirit, & t~en you may fuc: out your pardon.David makeeh it an argument ot hts confidence,B/ot out myojfmcu,for I ack..now– ledg m] tranfgreffion, Pfal.; I. 3• Confeffion doth not offer a Bill of Inditement to Gods jufhce, but a fa ,i. complaint to Gods pity and compaffion; 0 fet upon this duty, ~c1s irkfom to the flefi1 , but falutary and healthy to the fpiric; guile is iliy of Gods prefence, the Lord is dreadfull ro wounded confciences: l ,buc confider (his is the only way to fue out your pardon ; gractous fouls would not have .pardon but in Gods way : Domine d..t ,priw p~nitentiam, & pofteA indulg~ntiam; Lordgive mer epent.r.nce ., and then give me par– don, faith Fulgcntim. But you will fay, we confefs and find no comfort. I an(wer, ~ci~ bcc:tufe you are not fo ingenuous wirh God as you £hould be ; ·you do n0c come with a necdfary clearnefs and opennefs ofmjnd. David latch, none have the comfort ofapardon, but chofe in wh.Q{eJPirzt there unogu.le, Pf:d.3z. z. nfually chere is {bme fin at the bottome, which the foul is loth to cafi np 1 aod chen · · -· - · - · · - - - God
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