that we may effectually be buried with thee; and finally, through the grave and gate of death, may, by thy merits, pass to our joyful resurrection.

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An ACT of CONFESSION.

MY God, I am ashamed, and blush to lift my face unto thee; for my iniquities are increased over my head, and my trespass is grown up unto the heavens.

From the time of my youth, until this very day, have I been in a great trespass, and cannot stand before thee because of this.

My sins are more in number than the sand of the sea, so that I am not worthy to look up to Heaven; neither is there any rest in my soul because I have provoked my God to wrath, and have done that which is evil in his sight by refusing his

will,

will, and departing from his commandments.

Now therefore, behold, I bow the knees of my heart, and humbly implore thy mercy.

I have sinned, O Lord, I have sinned; but I acknowledge my grievous and manifold transgres

sions.

Good Lord, destroy me not, nor cut me off in my sins; let not thy jealousy burn like fire for ever, neither condemn me to the prisons of darkness; for thou art the God of them that return: Shew forth thy infinite loving kindness upon thy unworthy servant:

So shalt thou save me in the multitude of thy mercies, so shall my mouth

mouth be filled with thy praise, and I will sing of thy glory and honour all the day long.

Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. Speak the word. only, and thy servant shall be healed. Lord, save me. Carest thou not that I perish? Jesus, Master, have mercy on me! Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me! Say unto my soul, thou art loosed from thine infirmity: O say, my grace is sufficient for thee.

Remember not my old sins, but have mercy upon me, and that soon, for I am come to great misery.

Help me, O God of my salvation, for the glory of thy name: O deliver me, and be merciful to my sins, for thy name's sake.

Impart

Impart to me thy grace, that I may add to my faith virtue, and to virtue knowledge, and to knowledge temperance, and to temperance patience, and to patience godliness, and to godliness brotherly-kindness, and to brotherly-kindness charity: That so, not forgetting that I have been purged from my old sins, I may be fruitful in good works, and give all diligence to make my calling and election sure.

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