that is, that he should cleanse himself first through
confession.
D55.06.91 All men must vomit sins through good teaching with
confession just as man (vomits) poison through a good drink.
D55.07.91 No physician can cure well before that poison is (cast)
out; nor can any man likewise prescribe penance well to him who does not wish to confess.
No man can repent his sins without confession, any more than he who has drunk poison may
become well unless he spew out the poison violently.
D55.08.91 After confession a man may with penance quickly merit
God's mercy if he lament with his inward heart and repent that which he previously did in
unrighteousness through the devil's instigation.
D55.09.91 A just repentance is also greatly dependent on a wise
confessor, just as a necessary remedy for disease is dependent on a good physician. And it must be sought according to a man's works, according to
the judgment of the canons, and also moderated according to means, and according to degree,
and how one understands the sorrow of his heart and his own earnestness.
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