A companion to the temple and closet, or, A help to publick and private devotion in an essay upon the daily offices of the church.

The Analysis or Division of the Confession.

THis pious Confession is so methodically composed, that it naturally falls into these four Parts. 1. The Introduction, 2. The Confession properly so called, 3. A Deprecation of evil, 4. A Petition for good.

• 1. The In∣troduction in which is shewed
  • 1. To whom it is made to our
    • Almighty and most merciful Father] who is
      • Able to pūish Willing to forgive:
      • Likely to re∣ceive us.
  • 2. By whom it is made, by us
    • ...[we]
• 2. The Confession it self,
  • 1. in ge∣neral,
    • that we have sinned
      • ...have erred and strayed from thy wayes
    • how we have sinned
      • ...[like lost sheep]
    • 2. in par∣ticular
      • 1. of the cause, ori∣ginal sin
        • ...We have followed too much the Devices and Desires of our own heart
      • 2. of the effect, A∣ctual sin
        • in gene∣ral Dis∣obedience
          • ...We have offended against thy holy Laws,
        • in sins of Omissi∣on
          • ...we have left undon those things w^ch we ought to have done
        • in sins of Commis∣sion
          • ...And we have done those things which we ought not to have done*,
    • 3. in a conclusi¦on from both
      • * And there is no health in us:

• ...
  • 3. The Deprecation of the Evill
    • 1. What we would be delivered from, and
    • 2. The Reasons annexed to every one
      • 1. The guilt of sin
        • ...But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us
      • with the Reason, because we are
        • ...miserable offen∣ders
      • 2. The puni••h∣ment of it
        • ...spare thou them, O God,
      • with the Reason, because such
        • ...that confess their faults;
      • 3. The power of it
        • ...Restore thou
      • with the Reason, because we are of
        • ...them that are pe∣nitent,
    • 3. An Ar∣gument to enforce the Deprecati∣on
      • 1. From the Pro∣mises in general
        • ...According to thy Promises
      • 2. The manner of giving
        • ...Declared
      • 3. The Persons to whom
        • ...unto man∣kind
      • 4. The Person by whom they were given
        • ...in Christ Iesu
        • ...our Lord,
  • 4. The Pe∣tition for good, in which there is
    • 1. Of whom we desire it
      • ...And grant O most merciful Father
    • 2. Through whom we de∣sire it
      • ...for his sake,
    • 3. What we de∣sire of God
      • 1. in general amendment
        • ...that we may here∣after live
      • 2. Piety to God
        • ...a godly
      • 3. Charity to others
        • ...righteous
      • 4. Temperance to our selves
        • ...and a sober life,
    • 4. Why we desire it, or to what end
      • ...To the glory of thy holy Name] Amen.