EVENING PRAYER.
not dissemble nor cloke them| And we have done those before the face of Almighty things which we ought not God our heavenly Father; to have done; And there is but confess them with an no health in us. But thou, humble, lowly, penitent, O Lord, have mercy upand obedient heart; to the on us, miserable offenders. end that we may obtain for- Spare thou them, O God, giveness of the same, by his which confess their faults. infinite goodness and mercy. Restore thou them that are And although we ought at penitent; According to thy all times humbly to acknow- promises declared unto manledge our sins before God; kind in Christ Jesu our Lord. yet ought we most chiefly And grant, O most merciful so to do, when we assemble Father, for his sake; That and meet together to render we may hereafter live a godthanks for the great benefits ly, righteous, and sober life, that we have received at his To the glory of thy holy hands, to set forth his most Name. Amen. 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 AL LMIGHTY God, the
Father of our Lord Je
The Absolution, or Remission of sins, to be pronounced by the Priest alone, standing; the people still kneeling.
A general Confession to be said of the whole Congregation after the Minister, all kneeling.
beseech you, as many as
LMIGHTY and most
are here present, to accom- sus Christ, who desireth not pany me with a pure heart, the death of a sinner, but and humble voice, unto rather that he may turn the throne of the heavenly from his wickedness, and grace, saying after me; live; and hath given power, and commandment, to his Ministers, to declare and pronounce to his people, being penitent, the Absolution and Remission of their sins: merciful Father; We He pardoneth and absolveth have erred, and strayed all them that truly repent, from thy ways like lost and unfeignedly believe his sheep. We have followed holy Gospel. Wherefore let too much the devices and us beseech him to grant us desires of our own hearts. true repentance, and his holy We have offended against Spirit, that those things may thy holy laws. We have left please him, which we do at undone those things which this present; and that the we ought to have done; rest of our life hereafter may
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