¶Of Confession of since.¶Of Confession of synnes.

¶Of Confession of since.

¶Of Confession of synnes.

The holy Scripture doth diversly in sundry places set forth and treat of the confession of since.¹ In some places it maketh mention of a general and solemn confession openly made of all the people being assembled and gathered together at the appointment, calling and exhortation of their high Magistrate, Bishop, curate or public minister of God's word. The cause thereof was commonly some great plague, vengeance or punishment wherewith God scourged them for their sinful, heinous and abominable offences committed and done by them and their for fathers. example thereof we have in the second book of Esdras where it is thus written:

THe holy Scripture doth dyuersly in sundrye places set forth and treate of the confession of synnes.¹ In some places it maketh mencion of a general and solempne confession openly made of all the people beyng assembled and gathered to gither at thappointemente, callyng and exhortacion of their hygh Magistrate, Bysshoppe, curate or publyke minister of Goddes worde. The cause therof was commonly somme great plage, vengeaunce or punysshement wherwith God scourged them for their sinful, heynouse and abhominable offences committed and done by them and theyr for fathers. example therof we haue in the second boke of Esdras wher it is thus writtyn:

1. 1A general confession.A general confessyon.

In the four and twenty day of this month came the children of Israel