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…

3 Thy confession must be with inward remorse, and sorrow of heart, that thou hast sinned against so good, and so gracious a God; Thou must not content thy self with a mere verbal acknowledgement of thy Sins and Transgressions, being affected with no more grief in the confessing of them, than thou wast in the committing of them. But every Sin confessed should be as a Dagger piercing thee to the very heart; at least thou shouldest grieve that thou canst no more grieve for thy Sins; thine heart should bleed, because thine eyes cannot weep.

3 Thy confession must be with inward remorse, and sorrow of heart, that thou hast sinned against so good, and so gracious a God; Thou must not content thy self with a meer verbal acknowledgement of thy Sins and Transgressions, being affected with no more grief in the confessing of them, than thou wast in the committing of them. But every Sin confessed should be as a Dagger piercing thee to the very heart; at least thou shouldest grieve that thou canst no more grieve for thy Sins; thine heart should bleed, because thine eyes cannot weep.

3 Having thus confessed thy Sins, as thou desirest to renew thy peace with God; earnestly beg of him the pardon, and the forgiveness of them in and through the merits of Jesus Christ; for thou canst look for it only through the Free Grace and Mercy of God in Jesus Christ.¹ And as there is a promise of forgiveness to such as unfeignedly confess their Sins, so there is likewise a promise of forgiveness to such who heartily pray for the same; for saith the Lord in answer to Solomons Prayer,² If my People which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, then will I hear from Heaven, and will forgive their sins; and therefore if thou canst pray heartily unto God for the pardon of thy Sins, thou hast thereby some comfortable evidence of their forgiveness; for as the Lord in the Parable forgave his Servant that was indebted to him,³