The Plain Man's Pathway to Heaven

We pray thee (O most merciful God) to forgive us all our unthankfulness, unkindness, profaneness, & great abusing of all thy mercies, & specially our abuse & contempt of thy Gospel, together with all other the sins of our life, which we confess are innumerable & moe then can be reckoned up, both in omission of good things & commission of evil. We most humbly entreat thee to set them all over to the reckoning which thy son Christ hath made up for them upon his cross, & never to lay any of them to our charge, but freely forget all, & forgive all; Nail down all our sins & iniquities to the Cross of Christ, bury them in his death, bathe them in his blood, hide them in his wounds, let them never rise up in judgement against us. Set us free of the miseries that are upon us for sin, & keep back the judgements to come, both of soul, body, goods, and good name. Be reconciled unto us in thy deer son, concerning all matters past, not once remembering or repeating unto us our old & abominable iniquities: but accept us as righteous in him, imputing his righteousness to us, & our sins to him. Let his righteousness satisfy thy justice for all our unrighteousness, his obedience for our disobedience, his perfection for our imperfection. Moreover we humbly beseech thy good majesty to give us the true sight & feeling of our manifold sins, that we ⟨image 208⟩may not be blinded in them through delight, or hardened in them through custom, as the reprobates are: but that we may be even weary of them, & much grieved for them, labouring and striving by all possible means to get out of them. Good Father touch our harts with true repentance for all sin. Let us not take any delight or pleasure in any sin: but howsoever we fall through frailty (as we fall often) yet let us never fall finally, let us never lie down in sin, nor continue in sin; but let us get upon our feet again, & turn to thee with all our hearts, & seek thee whilst thou mayest be found, & whilst thou doest offer grace and mercy unto us. O Lord increase in us that true and lively faith whereby we may lay sure hold on thy son Christ, & rest upon his merits altogether. Give us faith assuredly to believe all the great and precious promises made in the Gospel, and strengthen us from above to walk and abound in all the true & sound fruits of faith. Let us walk not after the flesh, but after the spirit.

We pray thee (O most mercifull God) to forgiue vs all our vnthankfulnes, vnkindnes, prophannes, & great abusing of all thy mercies, & specially our abuse & contempt of thy Gospel, together with al other the sins of our life, which we confesse are innumerable & mo then can be reckoned vp, both in omission of good things & commission of euill. We most humbly intreat thee to set thē all ouer to the reckning which thy son Christ hath made vp for them vpō his crosse, & neuer to lay any of them to our charge, but freely forget all, & forgiue all; Naile downe all our sins & iniquities to the Crosse of Christ, bury them in his death, bathe them in his blood, hide them in his wounds, let them neuer rise vp in iudgement against vs. Set vs free of the miseries that are vpō vs for sin, & keep back the iudgements to come, both of soule, body, goods, and good name. Be reconciled vnto vs in thy deere son, concerning all matters past, not once remembring or repeating vnto vs our old & abhominable iniquities: but accept vs as righteous in him, imputing his righteosnes to vs, & our sins to him. Let his righteousnes satisfie thy iustice for all our vnrighteousnes, his obedience for our disobedience, his perfection for our imperfection. Moreouer we humbly beseech thy good maiesty to giue vs the true sight & feling of our manifold sins, that we