Christ's certain and sudden appearance to judgment

3. Make confession of sin; Spread the black Catalogue of your sins before the Lord; come with ropes about your necks, and tears in your eyes, and sorrow in your hearts unto the Throne of Grace, and fill your mouths with humble acknowledgements of your sins: rip up your hearts before the Lord: open before him your soars: stand ⟨p. 251⟩no• in your own defence and justification, but fall down prostrate at God's feet, and confess what sinful natures you have, what vile hearts, what wicked lives you have lead; confess how you have broken his Law, and disobeyed his Gospel; charge upon your selves the guilt of your particular and most heinous sins, and do not extenuate but aggravate them with all the circumstances you can think of; look upon your selves as cursed wretches whilst under the guilt of sin, as miserable, lost, forlorn creatures, whilst God is your enemy and his wrath abideth on you; acknowledge your sins and the demerit of your sins, that you have deserved not only temporal plagues, but also eternal torments; that you have forfeited all outward mercies, and are unworthy of the least grace and favour, much more unworthy of eternal life. Lye very low before God, •ick the dust; look upon your selves as Worms, as Toads, yea as more vile and more full of poison.

3. Make confession of sin; Spread the black Catalogue of your sins before the Lord; come with ropes about your necks, and tears in your eyes, and sorrow in your hearts unto the Throne of Grace, and fill your mouthes with humble acknowledgements of your sins: rip up your hearts before the Lord: open before him your soars: stand ⟨p. 251⟩no• in your own defence and justification, but fall down prostrate at God's feet, and confess what sinfull natures you have, what vile hearts, what wicked lives you have lead; confesse how you have broken his Law, and disobeyed his Gospel; charge upon your selves the guilt of your particular and most heinous sins, and do not extenuate but aggravate them with all the circumstances you can think of; look upon your selves as cursed wretches whilest under the guilt of sin, as miserable, lost, forlorne creatures, whilest God is your enemy and his wrath abideth on you; acknowledge your sins and the demerit of your sins, that you have deserved not only temporal plagues, but also eternal torments; that you have forfeited all outward mercies, and are unworthy of the least grace and favour, much more unworthy of eternal life. Lye very low before God, ick the dust; look upon your selves as Wormes, as Toads, yea as more vile and more full of poyson.