spared Agag, and the best of the sheep and of the oxen, and of the fallings, and of the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile, and refuse, that they distroyed utterly. Saul did there commit a farre lesse sin then Davids was, to wit, adultery, Saul did only for his private use spare the fattest of his sheep and oxen▪ it was little or nothing in comparison of Davids sin, yet behold David was pardoned and Saul damned, David had his sin pardoned and Saul not: why? David did confesse sin, and Saul not: Saul did delude the reproof of Samuel, and told him the people did it, and not I; Sauls sin unconfest ruined him: there∣fore take heed of letting sin go unconfest, a lesse sin un∣confest may damn a man, when a greater sin that is con∣fest may not damn him.A second Direction is this, Depend not upon the most inlarged and the most sensible confessions that ever you have made to God, suppose thou hast poured out thy soul to God, thou art never the better: thou O man when thou doest confesse sin, thou doest but like a begger shew God thy sores, thy botches, and scabs, do not depend upon your confessions; as you must not depend upon your righteousnesse, so not upon confession of your sinful∣nesse. It is worth your observation, Saul pursuing Da∣vid like a Partridge over the mountains, David cut off the lap of his garment; saith David, well, I have sinned; and Saul, thou art more righteous then I: when Nathan came to David, David said, I have sinned, and Nathan told him, the Lord hath taken away thy iniquity. Saul said, I have sinned, yet the Prophet Samuel told him, the Lord hath taken away thy Kingdom: here is not the same result, for David had his sin taken away, and Saul had his Kingdom taken away, therefore do not depend on your confessions.Thirdly, Take this Direction, that when you confess sin to God and are the most vile in your own eyes, you are then most amiable in Gods eye: Cant. 1. 6. Look not 0