Q122. What do you mean by doing it by the halves?
When men confess some, but not all that they are convinced of; or if they confess all, yet labour in their confession to lessen it. Or when in their confession they turn not from all sin to God, but from one sin to another. They turned, 'but not to the most High,' none of them did exalt him.
Scripture Proofs — King James Version
Proverbs 28:13
“He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.”
Job 31:33
“If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:”
James 3:12
“Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.”
Hosea 7:16
“They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.”