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

3. Sins known to others, and by which there is […] scandal are to be confessed to men, for removing the scandal. If it be private, and but few know of i• it sufficeth to confess it to them, Mat. 18. 15. I• we have given them a proof of our Repentance we have removed the scandal so far as we gave it; but if the scandal be open and notorious, and many are grieved by it, the Confession ought to ⟨p. 215⟩hold in proportion; 1 Tim. 5. 20. Them that Sin rebuke before all, i. e. If they sin publicly: for this doth not cross our Saviours Rule about private offences: and the reason for such a Confession is, because the Glory of God is concerned in it, and as we have dishonoured him by such Sins, so we have no other way to give him Glory, but by such Confession, Josh. 7. 19.

3. Sins known to others, and by which there is 〈…〉 scandal are to be confessed to men, for removing the scandal. If it be private, and but few know of i• it sufficeth to confess it to them, Mat. 18. 15. I• we have given them a proof of our Repentance we have removed the scandal so far as we gave it; but if the scandal be open and notorious, and many are grieved by it, the Confession ought to ⟨p. 215⟩hold in proportion; 1 Tim. 5. 20. Them that Sin rebuke before all, i. e. If they sin publickly: for this doth not cross our Saviours Rule about private offences: and the reason for such a Confession is, because the Glory of God is concerned in it, and as we have dishonoured him by such Sins, so we have no other way to give him Glory, but by such Confession,