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The truly blessed man
The truly blessed man: or, The way to be happy here, and for ever: being the substance of divers sermons preached on, Psalm XXXII. / By Samuel Willard, teacher of a church in Boston. N.E. ; [Five lines from Isaiah]
printed by B. Green for Michael Perry, 1700
Sermon › Right Confession, its nature and usefulness. DOCTRINE. › Proposition 6: PROPOSITION VI.
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PROPOSITION VI.
That we are to make this Confession to the Lord. To Jehovah. He is the proper object of this duty; and all Sin is to be confessed to him, ⟨p. 214⟩though not always to him only▪ There is some times a Confession to be made to men; but […] no case will that suffice without bringing it […] God; and to state this aright: Let us observe,
That we are to make this Confession to the Lord. To Jehovah. He is the proper object of this duty; and all Sin is to be confessed to him, ⟨p. 214⟩though not always to him only▪ There is som• times a Confession to be made to men; but 〈…〉 no case will that suffice without bringing it 〈…〉 God; and to state this aright: Let us observe,
1. That we are not absolutely bound to confess to men, those Sins which Gods Providence hath kept secret from them. In some case we ought, as ano•, but in it self it is not a positive duty; they are between God and us, and we have only to do with him. God hath not enjoyed us to expose our selves either in our name or life by publishing them to the world, if he will bring us forth, it is just; but if he will let them solely id, our business is to see that all be right between him and us.