Confession 2.17 | ESVThe greater afflictions we have been under for sin, the greater is the sin if we go on in it.You have struck me down, but I have felt no anguish; I have refused to take correction and have made my face harder than rock, Jeremiah 5:3(ESV) and the rod has not driven the folly out
Confession 2.16 | ESVThe more mercies we have received from God, the greater has been our sin.You have reared and brought me up as a child, but I have rebelled against you. Isaiah 1:2(ESV)I have ill repaid you, O LORD, as a foolish and senseless person: You are my Father who created me, who made me
Confession 2.15 | ESVWe must aggravate* our sins and take notice of those things which make them more heinous in the sight of God and more dangerous to ourselves.I bewail before you all my iniquities, all my transgressions, and all my sins. Leviticus 16:21(ESV)The more knowledge we have of good and
Confession 2.14 | ESVThe offense which by sin I have given to the Holy God.By breaking the law I have dishonored God, Romans 2:23(ESV) and given bitter provocation Hosea 12:14(ESV) to the Holy One of Israel. Isaiah 1:4(ESV) And many a thing that I have done has displeased the Lord. 2 Samuel 11:27(ES
Confession 2.13 | ESVThe unprofitableness of sin.I have sinned and perverted what was right, and it did not profit me. Job 33:27(KJV)What fruit am I getting from the things of which I am now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. Romans 6:21(ESV) And what am I profited if I should gain the w
Confession 2.12 | ESVWe must acknowledge the great evil that there is in sin, and in our sin; the malignity of its nature, and its mischievousness to us.The sinfulness of sin.O that sin might be shown to be sin to me and appear in its own colors; and through the commandment may I see it to be sinful
Confession 2.11 | ESVOur tongue sins.When words are many, transgression is not lacking; Proverbs 10:19(ESV) nor can a man full of talk be judged right. Job 11:2(ESV)While the lips of the righteous feed many, Proverbs 10:21(ESV) my lips have poured out folly, Proverbs 15:2(ESV) and known what is perv
Confession 2.10 | ESVOur uncharitableness towards our brethren, and unpeaceableness with our relations, neighbors, and friends, and perhaps injustice towards them.I have been very guilty concerning my brother; Genesis 42:21(ESV) for I have not pursued what makes for peace or for mutual upbuilding. R
Confession 2.9 | ESVOur security and unmindfulness of the changes we are liable to in this world.I have put far from me the day of disaster; Amos 6:3(ESV) and in my prosperity have said, “I shall never be moved,” Psalm 30:6(ESV) as if tomorrow will be like this day, great beyond measure. Isaiah 56:1
Confession 2.8 | ESVThe breaking out of passion and rash anger.I have not had the rule which I ought to have had over my own spirit, which has therefore been like a city broken into and left without walls. Proverbs 25:28(ESV)I have been quick in my spirit to become angry, and anger has lodged in my
