“Qui abscondit scelera sua non dirigetur ; qui autem confessus fuerit et reliquerit ea, misericordiam consequetur.”
“He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.”
“He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.”
“He who conceals his sins doesn’t prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.”
“He that covereth his transgressions shall not prosper: But whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy.”
Mercy. This is true repentance, which enjoins, “not only to bewail past sins, but also to amend.” (St. Ambrose, ii. Pen. v.) — Sacramental confession was not required of the Jews, but they confessed their sins, when they laid their hands on the victim, &c., Leviticus iv., and v. (Calmet)
II. As men's seeking the Lord is a good sign that they do understand much, so it is a good means of their understanding more, even of their understanding all things needful for them. Those that set God's glory before them as their end, his favour as their felicity, and his word as their rule, and apply to him upon all occasions by prayer, they seek the Lord, and he will give them the spirit of wisdom. If a man do his will, he shall know his doctrine, John 7 17. A good understanding those have, and a better they shall have, that do his commandments, Ps 111 10; 1 Cor 2 12, 15.
“And Adam said: The woman, whom thou gavest me to be my companion, gave me of the tree, and I did eat.”
“And the Lord said to Cain: Where is thy brother Abel? And he answered: I know not: am I my brother’s keeper?”