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Confession of sins is not meritorious: to confess sins as a way of placing God in your debt is not dealing with sin it is committing another sin. The context of all confession must be the free grace of justification.

Douglas Wilson

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Douglas Wilson
Age: 54 †
Born: 1803
Born: January 1
Died: 1857
Died: January 1
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