A concealed synn is tanquam serpens in sinu, gladius in corde, venenum in stommacho; it is like a soare of the body, the closer it is kept the more it festers.
Scelera quandoque possunt esse secreta, nunquam secura.
Confession must be festina, vera, et amara.
Confession of synne onely at the hour of death, is like a theifes confession at the gallowes, or a traytors at the racke, when they cannot choose.
Sine confessione justus est ingratus, et peccator mortuus.
The mercy of God is never to be despayred of, but still to be expected even inter pontem et fontem, jugulum et gladium.
Dissembled righteousnes is like smoake, which seemes to mount up to heaven, but never comes neare it.
Prayse is a kinde of paynt which makes every thing seeme better then it is. (Cha. Dauers.)
To prayse an unworthy man is as bad as to paint the face of an old woman. (Idem.)
Sorrowe is the punishment and remedy for synn; sic Deus quod pœnam dedit, medicinam fecit. (Augustine.)