VI. As every man i.s bound to make private confession

oT his sins to God, |)rayiiitij for tlie pardon thereof; upon nhich, and the forsakin«r of them, he sluill fmd mercy "" ; |io he that scajulalizeth his ])rother, or the rhurch of ('hrist» hiif^lit to he uillinc;, by a jM'ivate or pubhck confession and j?orro\v forliis sin, to declare his repentance to those that are ot^fcnded"; \\\\o are thereupon to be reconciled to him, and in love to receive him**.
CHAP. XVI. Of Good Works.
GOOD works are only such as God hath commanded in his holy word *, and nut such as, w ithout the warrant
thereof.
Vr. 1 Psal. li. 4. Ap:ain3t thee, the; only, have I sinned, and done this tvil in thy si^ht : that thou mijjhtcst be justified when thou ipt-iikest, and be clear when thou judj^cst. Ver. 5. Behol llvapen in iniquity : and in sin did my mother conceive me. Ver. 7. Pur^-e me with hyssop, and [ sliall b«* clean : wa whittT than snow. Ver. 9. Hide thy face from my sins ; and blot out all mi'ie iiMtjuities. Ver. 14. Deliver me from blood-guiltiness,
0 God, thou God of my »aiv:ition : and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy ri^htf^ousness. Psal. xjcxii. 5.
1 ack:;i-\.'liu;^(;J my sin urto thee, and r.'iiM- i:no'»ty have I not hid: I Mid, I will LOiifew my traiiigre*- eions unto the Lord : and thou for- jravesit the iniqu'ty of my sin. Seluh. Vt-r. 6. For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayert be found; •urtly in the floods of great waters Uu.\ shall n
"^^ Prov. xxviii. 1:1. He that co- vereth his sins shall rot prosper : bwi whoso confesieth and Fcmkcth
them shall have mercy. I John i. 9. ; If we confess our sins, he is faith- ful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cL-an'i«' Ui from all unri^'h- teousness.
"James V. i;. Confess your f inks one to anorlier, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed : The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man avuileth much, Luke xvii, 3. Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against tliee, re- buke him ; ai:d if he repent, f-irgivi? him : Ver. 4. Aiid if he trespa&>. against thee seven times in a dav^ and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, 1 repent ; thou fhalt forgivo him. Josh, vii, 19. Ar.d Joshua said unto Achan, My mmi, give, I pray thee, glory to the l/ord God of Israel, and make coi.fcfsioii unto him ; a'ld tell me now what thou han done, hide it not from me, [Psal. li, Mro«^A#t//.]
° 2 Cor, ii, 8. WTiercfore I bo. seech you, that ye would cotifinn your Ipve towards him.