The truly blessed man, or, The way to be happy here, and forever being…

1. An Acknowledgement of the Fact. For if […] deny the thing it self, we by consequence de• the Sin. He that saith, I have not done this, no• omitted that, doth wholly justify himself in th• regard: for if there be not the act, there cann• be the obliquity of it, which is a Law respect a• hering to it. When Gehezi said, Thy Servant […] no whither, 2 King. 5. 28. He sought so to acqu• himself from blame.

1. An Acknowledgment of the Fact. For if 〈…〉 deny the thing it self, we by consequence de• the Sin. He that saith, I have not done this, no• omitted that, doth wholly justifie himself in th• regard: for if there be not the act, there cann• be the obliquity of it, which is a Law respect a• hering to it. When Gehezi said, Thy Servant 〈…〉 no whither, 2 King. 5. 28. He sought so to acqu• himself from blame.

2. An acknowledgement of the Sinfulness of the Fa• Not only that we have done, but have Sinned […] so doing; it is one thing to own a fact, anoth• to confess a Sin. There is many a man doth miss, and will not deny what he hath done, b• justifieth himself, stands on his innocency, he ha• done well, and needs not be ashamed: this not to confess sin. So the Pharisees,