Sincere repentance is manifested when the same temptation to sin, under the same conditions, is ever after resolutely resisted. "He that confesses his sin and still clings to it is likened to a man that holds in his hand a defiling object; though he batheth in all the waters of the world he is not cleansed; but the moment he casteth the defiling object from him a single bath will cleanse him, as it is said: 'Whosoever confesses and forsakes them sins shall have mercy' ".