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SERMON, I. (Book 1)
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. * 1.1 Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, Thou hast covered all their sinne.
It is sinne in us to hide our sinnes, as