...namely thus; that we both confess our sins unto God, who is the forgiver of sins, saying with David, I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess against myself my transgressions unto the Lord : and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin ; and, according...

...greatly troubled, and faid,, The Lord's Hand lay Day and Night heavy upon ititn : A' 3 how is it now, / acknowledged my Sin unto thee, and mine Iniquity have I not hid: I faid, I will confefs my TranJgreJJlons unto the Lord, and thou forgaveft the Iniquity of my Sin. ,1...

...Blefled is the Man unto whom the Lord impat-eth not Iniquity, and in whofe Spirit there is noGuite. M. I acknowledged my Sin unto thee, and mine Iniquity have I not hrd; I faid, I will confefs my Tranfgreffions unto the Lord, and thou forgaveft the Iniquity of my...

...by innumerable examples. " I acknowledged my sin unto tliee," says David, " and mine iniquity have 1 not hid : I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; :md thou forgavest the inixjuit'v of my sin." ^ He even delights in the exercise of pafdoniihg mercy....

...I kept silence," says the Psalmist, " my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long ; but I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. 1 said, I will confess my transgressions to the Lord, and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin." Psalm...

...an open confession — see ver. 5.) my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long : For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me : My moisture is turned into the drought of summer : And never did a believer depart from God to seek another resting place, or go away from the fountain...

...described? " When I kept silence, my bones waxed "old, through my roaring all the day long : for " day and night thy hand was heavy upon me; " my moisture is turned into the drought in sum" mer1." Why should you pertinaciously refuse to hearken to the voice of Christ, and the admonitions...

...drought of summer ) my tody wat /torched and 'fbnsumed like grass in the height of summer. Selah. 5 I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid ; therefore I fully resolved, though guilt and shame had long kefit me at a distance, to fiour out...

...roaring did not move the divine compassion, nor atone his displeasure. Ver. 4. For day and night thine hand was heavy upon me, my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. HITHERTO that voice was wanting, to which the bowels of the Father always echo back, the voice of a...

...wholesome evacuation. When I kept silence, my bones consumed : for day and night thy hand, O Lord, was heavy upon me ; my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. 0 let me confess against myself my wickedness until fhce, tl\at thou mayesfforgive the punishment of...