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7. Be sure thou hold a constant course of confession of thy sins to God, and do it without hiding, or extenuating; judging thy self for every known sin, and especially praying against, and resisting the sin thou art most prone unto.

7. Bee sure thou hold a constant course of confession of thy sinnes to God, and do it without hiding, or extenuating; iudging thy selfe for euery knowne sinne, and especially praying against, and resisting the sinne thou art most prone vnto.

8. Be not well pleased with they self, till thou canst approve thy care to be good at home, as well as abroad; look to this rule, and take heed of frowardness, and perverse behaviour in thy family. Thou wilt hardly get any comfortable evidence, that thou art sound at heart, if the usual family sins reign in thee.

8. Bee not well pleased with they selfe, till thou canst approue thy care to be good at home, as well as abroad; looke to this rule, and take heede of frowardnesse, and peruerse behauiour in thy family. Thou wilt hardly get any comfortable euidence, that thou art sound at heart, if the vsuall family sinnes reigne in thee.

9. Thou mightst wonderfully advance, and establish uprightness ⟨p. 270⟩of heart in thee, if thou wouldest carefully but acknowledge this honour to God in his Word, that whensoever thou didst •le •hy conscience wounded, or smitten for any particular offence by the word of God, that then without delay thou wouldst in secret […] to God and humble thy self by confession, and from that time forward remember to strive against that sin: And so like wise when God with some special glory of is true doth affect thee in the hearing of some needful duty to be done, not to dare to delay, but […] to the obedience of that good Word of God.