A Puritan at Heart

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Confession of sin unto God

David when he kept close his sin; he roared by reason of horror; when he did not pour out his soul in confession to God; but when a man shall with an ingenious cleaness confess his evils unto God, this doth alleviate his mind, and lighten his burden, and ease his conscience, and quiet his spirit. Origen doth call confession of sin to God, the souls spiritual vomit. Now you  know vomiting doth give ease to a burdened stomach, when the stomach is pained and burdened, and oppressed. A man is sick at the heart when meat doth not digest; the vomiting of the load off the stomach doth ease the stomach; when the conscience is burdened, when a man’s spirit is troubled, pouring out of complaints and confession to God doth ease the mind; A sinner is like a vessel of new wine filled and stopped up close; till it hath vent it is ready to burst; so is a godly man filled with sin, till he can vent by confession to God, his heart is ready to go burst. [Christopher Love]

February 13, 2007 Posted by Deejay | Christopher Love | | No Comments