MORNING PRAYER.

God our heavenly Father; And there is no health in but confess them with an us. But thou, O Lord, have humble, lowly, penitent, and mercy upon us, miserable obedient heart; to the end offenders. Spare thou them, that we may obtain forgive- O God, which confess their ness of the same, by his in- faults. Restore thou them finite goodness and mercy. that are penitent; Accord­And although we ought at ing to thy promises declared all times humbly to acknow- unto mankind in Christ Jesu ledge our sins before God; our Lord. And grant, 0 most yet ought we most chiefly merciful Father, for his so to do, when we assemble sake; That we may hereafter and meet together to render live a godly, righteous, and thanks for the great benefits sober life, To the glory of that we have received at his thy holy Name. Amen. hands, to set forth his most worthy praise, to hear his most holy Word, and to ask those things which are re­quisite and necessary, as well for the body as the soul. Wherefore I pray and beseech you, as many as are here present, to accom­pany me with a pure heart, rather that he may turn and humble voice, unto from his wickedness, and the throne of the heavenly live; and hath given power, grace, saying after me; and commandment, to his Ministers, to declare and pronounce to his people, being penitent, the Absolu­tion and Remission of their

A general Confession to be said of the whole Congregation after

the Minister, all kneeling.

The Absolution, or Remission of sins, to be pronounced by the Priest alone, standing; the peo­ple still kneeling.

ALMIGHTY God, the

Father of our Lord Je­

sus Christ, who desireth not the death of a sinner, but

ALMIGHTY and most sins: He pardoneth and ab­

merciful Father; We have erred, and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the

solveth all them that truly repent, and unfeignedly be­lieve his holy Gospel. Where­fore let us beseech him to devices and desires of our grant us true repentance,

own hearts. We have of- and his holy Spirit, that those fended against thy holy laws. things may please him, which We have left undone those we do at this present; and things which we ought to that the rest of our life here­have done; And we have after may be pure, and holy; done those things which we so that at the last we may ought not to have done; come to his eternal joy;