The Doctrine of Repentance

2. It is an easy command. What a vast difference is there between the first Covenant and the second. In the first Covenant it was, If thou committest sin thou diest; In the second Govenant it is, If thou confessest sin thou shalt have mercy. In the first Covenant no surety was allowed, under the Covenant of Grace, if we do but confess the debt, Christ will be our Surety. What way could be thought of more ready and facile for the salvation of man, than an humble confession? Jer. 3. 13. Only acknowledge thy iniquity. I do not ask for sacrifices of Rams to expiate thy guilt; I do not bid thee part with the fruit of thy body, for the sin of thy soul, Only acknowledge thy iniquity. Do but draw up an Indictment against thy self, and plead guilty, and thou shalt be sure of mercy.

2. It is an easie command. What a vast difference is there between the first Covenant and the second. In the first Covenant it was, If thou committest sin thou diest; In the second Govenant it is, If thou confessest sin thou shalt have mercy. In the first Covenant no surety was allowed, under the Covenant of Grace, if we do but confess the debt, Christ will be our Surety. What way could be thought of more ready and facile for the salvation of man, than an humble confession? Ier. 3. 13. Only acknowledge thy iniquity. I do not ask for sacrifices of Ramms to expiate thy guilt; I do not bid thee part with the fruit of thy body, for the sin of thy soul, Only acknowledge thy iniquity. Do but draw up an Indictment against thy self, and plead guilty, and thou shalt be sure of mercy.

Methinks all this should render this duty amiable. Throw out the poison of sin by confession, and this day is salvation ⟨p. 40⟩come to thy house^*. Let this suffice to have spoken of our confession of sin to God. Only there remains one case of conscience.