If we remember it, God will forget it. For sin confessed becomes less, but not confessed worse. But his father did not act thus. It is a great good to acknowledge our sins, and to bear them in mind continually. Nothing so effectually cures a fault, as a continual remembrance of it.
Nothing makes a man so slow to wickedness.
Assuredly he is worthy of compassion and kindness who has sinned. Let us persuade ourselves that we have sinned. Let us say it not with the tongue only, but also with the mind. Let us not call ourselves sinners, but also count over our sins, going over them each specifically. Confess these things before God.