A confession has to be part of your new life.

A confession has to be part of your new life.

Open confession is good for the soul

Open confession is good for the soul

Therefore confess thee freely of thy sin;
For to deny each article with oath
Cannot remove nor read more

Therefore confess thee freely of thy sin;
For to deny each article with oath
Cannot remove nor choke the strong conception
That I do groan withal. Thou art to die.

Nor do we find him forward to be sounded,
But with a crafty madness keeps aloof
When read more

Nor do we find him forward to be sounded,
But with a crafty madness keeps aloof
When we would bring him on to some confession
Of his true state.

It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution

It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution

The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.

The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.

To confess a fault freely is the next thing to being innocent of it.

To confess a fault freely is the next thing to being innocent of it.

Teach thy tongue to say I do not know and thou shalt progress.

Teach thy tongue to say I do not know and thou shalt progress.

Nothing spoils a confession like repentance.

Nothing spoils a confession like repentance.