Christian directions, showing how to walk with God all the day long drawn up…Christian directions, shewing how to walk with God all the day long drawn up…

And together with the number of thy Sins, consider the aggravating circumstances of them; as how thou hast sinned against a gracious God, a loving Father, and bountiful Lord and Master; how thou hast sinned against the admonitions of Gods Ministers, the motions of his Spirit, and the checks of thine own Conscience; against the patience and long-suffering of God, which should have lead thee to repentance; against the manifold vows and promises thou hast made unto God for newness of life, and better obedience; and how thou hast sinned out of a presumptuous hope of mercy, making the mercy of God an occasion of Sin, and thereby turned the very grace of God into wantonness. Thus go on aggravating thy sins, till thou find thine heart in some measure affected with grief and sorrow for the same; and then,

And together with the number of thy Sins, conside• the aggravating circumstances of them; as how thou hast sinned against a gracious God, a loving Fa•her, and bountiful Lord and Master; how thou hast sinned against the admonitions of Gods Ministers, the motions of his Spirit, and the checks of thine own Conscience; against the patience and long-suffering of God, which should have lead thee to repentance; against the manifold vowes and promises thou hast made unto God for newness of life, and better obedience; and how thou hast sinned out of a presumptuous hope of mercy, making the mercy of God an occasion of Sin, and thereby turned the very grace of God into wantonness. Thus goe on aggravating thy sins, till thou find thine heart in some measure affected with grief and sorrow for the same; and then,

2 Confess thy sins unto God in Prayer; spread them before him in a true and unfeigned acknowledgement and confession of them, freely judging and condemning thy self before God for the same.