I do confess before God, and this Congregation, that I have 1greatly Sinned, *I have offended, and dishonoured God, wronged the Church, and the Souls of others, I have deserved to be forsaken of the Lord, and cast out of his presence and the communion of Saints, into desperation, and remediless misery in Hell, I am no more worthy to be called thy Son, or to have a name or place among thy Servants: I do here declare mine Iniquities, and am sorry for my sins; They are gone over my head as a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me, they take hold upon me, I am ashamed, as unworthy to look up towards heaven, but my hope is in the blood & grace of Christ, who made his life a Sacrifice for sin, and came to seek and save that which was lost; whose grace aboundeth, where sin hath abounded. The Lord be merciful to me a sinner: I humbly beg of the Congregation, that they will earnestly pray, that God will wash me throughly from mine Iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin, that he will forgive them, and blot them out, and hide his Face from them, and remember them no more, that he will not cast me away from his presence, nor forsake me as I have forsaken him, nor deal with me according to my deserts: But that he will create in me a Clean heart, and renew a right spirit in me, and grant me the joy of his Salvation; and I beg pardon of the Church, and all that I have wronged: and resolve by the grace of God to do so no more; but to walk more watchfully as before the Lord, and I desire all that are ungodly, that they think never the worse of the Laws, or ways, or servants of the Lord, for my misdoings; For if I had been ruled by God, and by ⟨p. 86⟩his servants, I had never done, as I have done? There is nothing 3in Religion that befriendeth sin, there is nothing so contrary to it, as God and his Holy Laws, which I should have obeyed. Rather let all take warning by me, and avoid temptations, and live not carelessly, and hearken not to the Inclinations, or Reasonings of the Flesh, nor trust not their weak and sinful hearts, but live in godly fear, and watchfulness, and keep under the Flesh, and keep close to God, and hearken to the faithful Counsel of his servants, and Entreat your Prayers to God, that I may be strengthened by his grace, that I may sin thus no more, least worse befall me.
I do confess before God, and this Congregation, that I have 1greatly Sinned, *I have offended, and dishonoured God, wronged the Church, and the Souls of others, I have deserved to bée forsaken of the Lord, and cast out of his presence and the communion of Saints, into desperation, and remediless misery in Hell, I am no more worthy to bée called thy Son, or to have a name or place among thy Servants: I do here declare mine Iniquitys, and am sorry for my sins; They are gone over my head as a heavy burden, they are too heavy for mée, they take hold upon mée, I am ashamed, as unworthy to look up towards heaven, but my hope is in the blood & grace of Christ, who made his life a Sacrifice for sin, and came to séek and save that which was lost; whose grace aboundeth, where sin hath abounded. The Lord bée merciful to mée a sinner: I humbly beg of the Congregation, that they will earnestly pray, that God will wash mée throughly from mine Iniquity, and cleanse mée from my sin, that hée will forgive them, and blot them out, and hide his Face from them, and remember them no more, that hée will not cast mée away from his presence, nor forsake mée as I have forsaken him, nor deal with mée according to my deserts: But that hée will create in mée a Clean heart, and renew a right spirit in mée, and grant mée the joy of his Salvation; and I beg pardon of the Church, and all that I have wronged: and resolve by the grace of God to do so no more; but to walk more watchfully as before the Lord, and I desire all that are ungodly, that they think never the worse of the Laws, or waies, or servants of the Lord, for my misdoings; For if I had béen ruled by God, and by ⟨p. 86⟩his servants, I had never done, as I have done? There is nothing 3in Religion that befriendeth sin, there is nothing so contrary to it, as God and his Holy Laws, which I should have obeyed. Rather let all take warning by mée, and avoid temptations, and live not carelesly, and hearken not to the Inclinatious, or Reasonings of the Flesh, nor trust not their weak and sinful hearts, but live in godly fear, and watchfulness, and kéep under the Flesh, and kéep close to God, and hearken to the faithful Counsel of his servants, and Intreat your Prayers to God, that I may bée strengthened by his grace, that I may sin thus no more, least worse befal mée.
- 1Jos. 7. 19. Pro. 28. 13. Psal. 32. 5. Exo. 10. 16. Gal. 1. 13. 2 Chro. 15. 2. Gen. 4. 16. Psa. 51. 11. Mat. 27. 5. Luk. 15. 21. Mat. 22. 8. Psal. 38 18. 4 & 40. 12. Luk. 13. 13. 1 Tim. 1. 1. Heb. 9. 26. Luk. 19. 10. Rom. 5. 10. Jam. 5. 16. Psa. 51. 2 1. 9. Heb. 8. 12. […]. 51. 11, 27. & 9. & 103. 10. Psal. 51. 10, 12. 2 Cor. 2, 7, 10. John 8. 11. Mat. 13 37. Psal. 73. 1, 15 Eccle. 8. 12. 2 Chron. 20. 20. Jam. 1. 13, 14
