...creatures. Pass on to the exhortation: What are the principal truths enforced in that? We are told, that " The scripture moveth us in sundry places to acknowledge and confess our manifold sins-and wickedness;" and because of our natural proneness to self-deception, we are further exhorted...

...acknowledge and confess our manifold sins and wickedness unto thee, give us grace, at this time, to confess them with an humble, lowly, penitent, and...end that we may obtain forgiveness of the same, by thy infinite goodness and mercy. — And this we beg through' Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. VOL. I....

...the devices and desires of our own hearts,' and ' offending against God's holy laws°;' therefore, ' the Scripture moveth us in sundry places to acknowledge...and confess our manifold sins and wickedness, and not to dissemble nor cloak them before the face of Almighty God our heavenly Father ; but to confess...

...them, in sundry places, to acknowledge and confess their manifold sins and wickedness; and that they should not dissemble nor cloke them before the face of Almighty God, their heavenly Father; but confess them, with an humble, lowly, penitent and obedient heart." Hence,...

...faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 fit. John i. 8, 9. DEARLY beloved brethren, the Scripture moveth us in...them with an humble, lowly, penitent, and obedient In-art : to the end that we may obtain forgiveness of the siime, by his infinite goodness and nu-rcy....

...Beings, our acknowledgment of them will be prompt and voluntary ; we shall • not dissemble nor cloak them before the face of Almighty God our heavenly...with an humble, lowly, penitent, and obedient heart. And since God is in Christ reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing to men their trespasses,...

...our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John i. 8, 9. 1 Then -the Minister shall say, DEARLY beloved brethren, the scripture moveth us, in sundry places, to acknowledge and confess our maniibld sins and wickedness, and that we should not dissemble nor cloak them before the face of Almighty...

...t» cleanse us from all unrighteous ness. 1 Si. John, i. 8, 9. 7 Then the Minister shall say, EARLY beloved brethren, the scripture moveth us, in sundry...and wickedness, and that we should not dissemble nor cloak them before the face of Almighty God, great kindness, and repenteth bim of the evil. Joel, ii....

...read. " In the latter part of tlie first period of the Exhortation (he says), ' but confess them witli an humble, lowly, penitent, and obedient heart, to...the end that we may obtain forgiveness of the same,' &c. there are several faults committed. In the first place, the four epithets preceding the word '...

...spirit, and they who worship him, must worship him in spirit and in truth. John, iv. 23, 24. EXHORTATION. DEARLY beloved brethren, the Scripture moveth us in...and wickedness, and that we should not dissemble nor cloak them before the face of Almighty God our heavenly Father; but confess them with an humble, lowly,...