Heavenly Doctrine (Tafel) n. 162

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162. A person who acknowledges only in a universal way that he is a sinner, and who declares himself guilty of all evils, and yet does not examine himself, that is, see his evils, makes indeed a confession, but not a confession of repentance. Since such a person does not acquaint himself with his evils, he lives afterwards, as he had done before.


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