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SERMON, I.
I said, I will confesse my transgressions to the Lord, and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sinne.
THis Psalme treats of the blessed∣nesse of a justified, of a par∣doned sinner, touching which, severall particulars are hand∣led. First, the Psalmist han∣dles, wherein the forgiveness of sin consists, that he mentions under two expressions, Verse 1. Blessed is he whose transgression is for∣given, whose sinne is covered: the forgivenesse of sinne consists, [ 1] first in the covering of sinne, the covering of sinne not from god, but by god, so it is explained by god himself, Psal. 85. vers. 2. Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, Thou hast covered all their sinne.
It is sinne in us to hide our sinnes, as