>[JUST] AS

>... every man is bound to make private confession of his sins to God, praying for the pardon thereof; upon which, and the forsaking of them, *he shall find mercy*;

>SO [ALSO]

>...he that scandalizeth his brother, or the church of Christ, ought to be willing, by a private or public confession, and sorrow for his sin, to declare his repentance to those that are offended, *who are thereupon to be reconciled to him, and in love to receive him*.

[WCF 15.6](https://opc.org/wcf.html#Chapter_15)

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