The necessity of acknowledgement of offences, in order to reconciliation. Set forth in a…The necessity of acknowledgment of offences, in order to reconciliation. Set forth in a…

Answ. 1. They must acknowledge some things in General and some in Particular. The things that provoke God are of two sorts; sometimes it is a course of Iniquity: so a way of Pride, Voluptuousness, or Superstition; and then the things are to be acknowledged in the general; it is impossible to descend to all particular acts; but it is fit it should be done as particularly, as the thing will admit. Dan. 9.5, 6. We have Sinned, and committed Iniquity, and have Rebelled, neither have we hearkened to thy Servants the Prophets, &c. Sometimes the provocation is some particular evil; as the making of the Golden Calf, the iniquity of Peor, Davids numbering of the people: and in this case, things should be acknowledged particularly; so did David, 2 Sam. 24.10

Answ. 1. They must acknowledge some things in General and some in Particular. The things that provoke God are of two sorts; sometimes it is a course of Iniquity: so a way of Pride, Voluptuousness, or Superstition; and then the things are to be acknowledged in the general; it is impossible to descend to all particular acts; but it is fit it should be done as particularly, as the thing will admit. Dan. 9.5, 6. We have Sinned, and committed Iniquity, and have Rebelled, neither have we hearkned to thy Servants the Prophets, &c. Sometimes the provocation is some particular evil; as the making of the Golden Calf, the iniquity of Peor, Davids numbring of the people: and in this case, things should be acknowledged particularly; so did David, 2 Sam. 24.10

2. They must acknowledge them to God, and sometimes to Men. They are to be acknowledged before God in Prayer; they must come before God, and spread their iniquities in a way of Confession; they must fall down before God as Guilty.