114. That one ought to make confession
while he is in the flesh.
In the fifth Psalm: “But in the grave
who will confess unto Thee?”
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Also in the twenty-ninth
Psalm: “Shall the dust make confession to
Thee?”
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Also
elsewhere that confession is to be made: “I would rather
have the repentance of the sinner than his death.”
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Also in
Jeremiah: “Thus saith the Lord, Shall not he that falleth
arise? or shall not he that is turned away be
converted?”
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Ps. vi. 5
. [Here, as often, the grave is
represented as enjoying a temporary victory, for the flesh is no longer
capable of worship. Not till the whole man is restored comes
1 Cor. xv. 54, 55
.]
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Ps. xxx. 9
.
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Ezek. xxxiii. 11
.
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Jer. viii. 4
.