before God. The confession of this inborn corruption, then, and shame for it, is also an indispensable element of a true confession of sin. And thus alone does a man come to see himself as God sees him. Man looks continually at what is before his eyes, and when he continues protected against external sins, he does not think that his sinful nature is as much accursed as that of the open sinner. David ran the risk of being entangled in this error. When he had sinned, he learned to understand what he