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3. Hence if that sin be not forgiven, he is undone for ever. The least sin unpardoned, will as certainly bring the man to everlasting destruction, as all the vile and abominable transgressions that the greatest monsters of iniquity have committed. The Justice of God requires it, the voice of the Law, which is the Rule of Relative Justice in Gods proceeding with men, declares this man to be a dead man, Ezek. 18. 4. If the Guilt be not removed by a pardon, one sin of the smallest magnitude, will cast him at the Bar, and he cannot escape.

4. If we hope for a pardon, we must go to Christ for it. It is through him alone that we come to have forgiveness of sins, Col. 1. 14. He was authorized by God for this, Acts 5. 31. And he expects that such as find a want of it, do come to him for it: we must ask pardon, if we hope to have it.

5. If we would obtain pardon of him for any sin, we must confess it. That he expecteth it of us, is evident both by the precept and the examples left on Scripture record. If we confess, he is faithful and just to forgive, 1 Joh 1. 9. And if the smallest needs forgiveness, it cannot be exempted from our Confession: Our Confession then must comprehend in it;