...particulars, the Exhortation begins by assuring us that we must at all times be ready to confess ; " The Scripture moveth us in sundry places to acknowledge...and wickedness, and that we should not dissemble nor cloke them before the face of God our heavenly Father." And it then proeeds to explain how that confession...

...sins and wickedness ; we would not dissemble nor cloke them before thy face, but confess them with a humble, lowly, penitent, and obedient heart, to the...end that we may obtain forgiveness of the same by thine infinite goodness and mercy. Holy Lord God, we have grievously sinned against thee in thought,...

...ought not to " dissemble or cloke our sins before God ;" but that we ought to " confess them with a humble, lowly, penitent and obedient heart, to the end that we may obtain forgiveness" of them. We are next reminded that it is also our duty to render thanks to our heavenly Father for the...

...accompany your pastor with an humble voice to the throne of the heavenly grace, and " confess your sins with an humble, lowly, penitent, and obedient heart, to the end that you may obtain forgiveness of the same, by His infinite goodness and mercy." Now, brethren, having...

...just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 St. John i. 8, 9. EARLY beloved brethren, the Scripture moveth us in sundry...wickedness ; and that we should not dissemble nor cloke them before the face of Almighty God our heavenly Father; but confess them with an humble, lowly,...

...self-abasement for our sins, negligences, and ignorances. Hence our Church enjoins and exhorts us, that we should not dissemble nor cloak them before the face of Almighty God, our Heavenly Father ; and that our confession be that of humble, lowly, penitent, and obedient hearts, to the end, that...

...us, faith is omitted. In like manner in the Exhortation we are enjoined to confess our sins " with a humble, lowly, penitent, and obedient heart, to the end that we may obtain forgiveness of the same." Why are we not told to " come in faith, and to apprehend and appropriate the free gift ?" Again, hi...

...&c. Aa2 In like manner in the Exhortation we are enjoined to confess our sins " with a humble, lonly, penitent, and obedient heart, to the end that we may obtain forgiveness of the same." Why are we not told to " come in faith, and to apprehend and appropriate the free gift ?" Again, in...

...o in a lecture room to a severe castigation. The Scripture movethus to acknowledge and confess our sins and wickedness, and that we should not dissemble nor cloak them, but confess them with an humble and lowly heart, especially when we assemble and meet together to ask...

...orthodox on the point in question. In the liturgy of the Church we find the following admonition : — " Dearly beloved brethren, the Scripture moveth us in...with an humble, lowly, penitent, and obedient heart." These are " works meet for repentance ;" and the Church declares, that " the Scripture moveth us,"...