The plain mans path-way to heaven

O Eternal God, and our most loving and dear Father, we thy unworthy children do here fall down at the foot of thy great Majesty, acknowledging from our hearts that we are altogether unworthy to come near thee, or to look towards thee, because thou art a God of infinite glory, and we are most vile & abominable sinners, such as were conceived and borne in sin and corruption, and such as have inherited our Fathers corruptions, and also have actually transgressed all thy holy Statutes and Laws, both in thoughts, words, and deeds, before we knew thee and since, secretly and openly, with our selves and with others, our particular sins are moe then can be numbered; for who knoweth how often he offendeth? but this we must needs confess against our selves, that our hearts are full of pride, covetousness, and the love of this world, full of wrath, anger, and impatience, full of lying, dissembling, and deceiving, full of vanity, hardness, and profaneness, full of infidelity, distrust, and self-love, full of lust, uncleanness, and all abominable ⟨image 243⟩desires: yea, our hearts are the very sinks of sin, and dunghills of all filthiness. And besides all this, we do omit the good things we should do: for there are in us great wants of faith, of love, of zeal, of patience, of contentment, and of every good grace; so as thou hast just cause to proceed to sentence of judgment against us, as most damnable transgressors of all thy holy commandments, yea, such as are sunk in our rebellions, and have many times and often committed high treason against thy Majesty; and therefore thou mayest justly cast us all down into Hell fire, there to be tormented with Satan and his Angels for ever. And we have nothing to except against thy Majesty for so doing, sith therein thou shouldest deal with us but according to equity, and our just deserts. Wherefore, dear Father, we do appeal from thy justice to thy mercy, most humbly entreating thee to have mercy upon us, and freely to forgive us all our sins past whatsoever, both new and old, secret and open, known and unknown, and that for Jesus Christs sake our only Mediator.

O Eternall God, and our most loving and deare Father, wee thy unworthy children do here fall down at the foot of thy great Majesty, acknowledging from our hearts that we are altogether unworthy to come neere thee, or to look towards thee, because thou art a God of infinite glory, and wee are most vile & abominable sinners, such as were conceived and borne in sin and corruption, and such as have inherited our Fathers corruptions, and also have actually transgressed all thy holy Statutes and Lawes, both in thoughts, words, and deeds, before wee knew thee and since, secretly and openly, with our selves and with others, our particular sins are moe then can be numbred; for who knoweth how often hee offendeth? but this wee must needs confesse against our selves, that our hearts are full of pride, covetousnesse, and the love of this world, full of wrath, anger, and impatience, full of lying, dissembling, and deceiving, full of vanity, hardnesse, and profanenesse, full of infidelity, distrust, and selfe-love, full of lust, uncleannesse, and all abominable