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Two treatises. 1. The holy exercise of a true fast, described out of God's…
Two treatises. 1. The holy exercise of a true fast, described out of God's word. / Written by T.C. ; 2. The substance of the Lords Supper. / Written by T.W..Two treatises. 1. The holy exercise of a true fast, described out of God's word. / Written by T.C. ; 2. The substance of the Lordes Supper. / Written by T.W..
London: printed for I. Harison, 1610
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
A Confession of Sins, with Faith and Repentance.
A Confession of Sinnes, with Faith and Repentance.
O Merciful and heavenly Father, we thy servants do humbly prostrate our selves before thy Majesty, acknowledging here in thy sight, our heinous offences committed against thy Majesty, seeing & beholding thy heavy wrath against them: We feel our selves laden (ô Lord our God) with a huge company of horrible sins, whereof even the very least, (being but conceived in thought,) is sufficient in judgement, to throw us down to the everlasting burning lake. Our ⟨p. 84⟩own consciences (ô Lord) do bear witness against us, of our manifold transgressions of thy blessed Law, of our security and senseless blindness, running headlong to destruction, committing sin after sin, although not notorious to the world, yet horrible before thine eye. The thoughts of our hearts rise up in judgement against us: the vanity of our talk before thy Majesty, condemneth us: the wickedness of our deeds from thy sight, rejecteth us: all our wicked thoughts, words, and deeds, with the inward corruption of our nature, do altogether as it were a whole lump and load of sin, lie heavy ⟨p. 85⟩upon us, and with their intolerable weight, do even press us down to Hell.
O Mercifull and heauenly Father, we thy seruantes doe humbly prostrate our selues before thy Maiestie, ackowledging heere in thy sight, our hainous offences committed against thy Maiestie, seeing & beholding thy heauie wrath against them: We feele our selues laden (ô Lord our God) with a huge companie of horrible sinnes, wherof euen the very least, (being but conceiued in thought,) is sufficient in iudgement, to throw vs down to the euerlasting burning lake. Our ⟨p. 84⟩owne consciences (ô Lord) doe beare witnesse against vs, of our manifolde transgressions of thy blessed Law, of our securitie and sencelesse blindnesse, running headlong to destruction, cōmitting sinne after sinne, although not notorious to the world, yet horrible before thine eye. The thoughtes of our hearts rise vp in iudgement against vs: the vanitie of our talke before thy Maiestie, condemneth vs: the wickednesse of our deeds from thy sight, reiecteth vs: all our wicked thoughtes, wordes, and deedes, with the inwarde corruption of our nature, doe altogeather as it were a whole lumpe and load of sinne, lie heauie