Examples Of Duplication


1. Exhortation.



Parallel. goodness and mercy.

assemble and meet together.



Progressive.



( acknowledge . . . . . suggesting reluctance.

( confess . . . . . . . " willingness.



( sins . . . . . . . . . the outward act.

( wickedness . . . . . . the inward fault.



( dissemble . . .
. . pretend they are not there.

( cloke . . . . . . . . cover them up.



( requisite . . . . . . what we should like.

( necessary . . . . . . what we must have.



( pray . . . . . . . . . ask earnestly.

( beseech . . . . . . . " more earnestly.



( humble, lowly ( attitude with regard ) Distrust

( ( to the past ) of Self.

(

( penitent ( attitude with regard ) Shame for

( ( to the present ) sin.

(

( obedient ( attitude with regard ) Resolution

( ( to the future ) to leave

( ) the sin.



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2. Confession.



Parallel. erred and strayed.



Progressive.



( device . . . . . . . . . . an act of the mind.

( desire . . . . . . . . . . an act of the heart.



( left undone . . . . . . . Omission.

( done (wrongly) . . . . . . Commission.



Cf. sins, negligences and ignorances Litany.



( spare . . . . . . . . . . with regard to the past.

( restore . . . . . . . . . " " " the future.



( godly . . . . . . . . . . duty to God.

( righteous . . . . . . . . " " man.

( sober . . . . . . . . . . " " self.



3. Absolution.



Parallel. declare and pronounce.

truly (with truth), unfeignedly (without pretence).



Progressive.



( death . . . . . . . . . . Life is something more than

( turn and live . . . . . . the absence of death.



( power . . The Priest . . may pronounce.

( commandment . . must "



( Absolution . . . . . . . . unloosing.

( Remission . . . . . . . . putting away.



( pardoneth . . . . . . . . (Fr. pardonner) God forgiveth.

( absolveth . . . . . . . . (Lat. absolvo) God looseth the

sinner.



( repent . . . . . . . . . . looking at Self.

( believe . . . . . . . . . " " God.



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( pure . . . . . . . . . . . absence of evil.

( holy . . . . . . . . . . . presence of good.



( repentance . . . . . that our present lives may

( please God.

( God's Holy Spirit " our remaining lives

( may please Him.



It will be clear that if we keep from sin repentance is more intimately

connected with our present lives than with the future. Yet both

repentance and the gift of the Holy Spirit are required for life now

and hereafter.



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