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

1. We must confess all our sins without any reserve•• That there is no sort or degree exempted, hath been already observed; but there are also individuals in these kinds, which we should have a regard to in our acknowledgement; and though i• be not possible for us to come at all, yet we should be as particular as we may. Compare, Psal 19. 12. with Job 34. 32. But that which I more specially here aim at, is that when the Spirit of God convinceth us of, and humbleth us for any one Sin• and puts us upon confessing it, we ought not •• tarry there, but amplify our Confessions farther Here observe,

1. We must confess all our sins without any reserve•• That there is no sort or degree exempted, hath been already observed; but there are also individuals in these kinds, which we should have a regard to in our acknowledgment; and though i• be not possible for us to come at all, yet we should be as particular as we may. Compare, Psal 19. 12. with Job 34. 32. But that which I more specially here aim at, is that when the Spirit of God convinceth us of, and humbleth us for any one Sin• and puts us upon confessing it, we ought not •• tarry there, but amplify our Confessions fartlier Here observe,

1. That the Spirit of God frequently begins a Con• viction ⟨p. 205⟩at some one sin, which the man hath been guilty of. If in an Afflictive Providence he awakeneth Conscience, there is some remarkable sin is brought o remembrance, as in Josephs Brethren: if in an Ordinance he smites the man with a word, it most commonly lays some particular thing to his charge, and saith, Thou art the man, as to David.