A65293:101
The Doctrine of Repentance
The doctrine of repentance, useful for these times by Tho. Watson ...
London: printed by R.W. for Thomas Parkhurst, 1668
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
6. Sin is to be confessed with all its1 circumstances and aggravations: those sins doubtless are dyed in grain which are committed under the Gospel horizon. Confess sins against knowledge, against grace, against vows, against experiences, against judgements, Psal. 78. 31. The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them; for all this they sinned yet still. These are killing aggravations which do accent and enhance our sins.
6. Sin is to be confessed with all its1 circumstances and aggravations: those sins doubtless are dyed in grain which are committed under the Gospel horison. Confess sins against knowledge, against grace, against vows, against experiences, against judgements, Psal. 78. 31. The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them; for all this they sinned yet still. These are killing aggravations which do accent and inhance our sins.
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7. In confession we must so charge1 our selves as to clear God; should the Lord be severe in his providences, and unsheath his bloody sword, yet we must acquit him, and acknowledge he hath done us no wrong. Nehemiah in his confessing of sin, vindicates Gods righteousness, ⟨p. 32⟩Nehem. 9. 33. Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us. Mauritius the Emperor, when he saw his wife slain before his eyes by Phocas, cried out, Righteous art thou O Lord in all thy ways.