1. See note 4, p. 1.
2. See note 3, p. 1.
3. See note 1, p. 1.
5. We are invited to prayer at all times, with thanksgiving;
MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER.
( 1) I will arise, and go to my Father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. St. Luke XV. 19.
( c) DEARLY beloved brethren, the Scripture moveth us in sundry places to acknowledge and confess our manifold sins 4. We are instructed and wickedness;( 4) and that we should not
how to pray.
dissemble nor cloke them before the face of Almighty God our heavenly Father; but confess them with an humble, lowly, penitent, and obedient heart; to the end that we may obtain forgiveness of the same, by his infinite goodness and mercy.( 5) And although we ought at all times humbly to acknowledge our sins before God; yet ought we most chiefly so to do, when we assemble and meet together to render thanks for the great benefits that we have received at his 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.( 6) Wherefore I pray and beseech you, as many as are here present, to accompany me with a pure heart, and humble voice, unto the throne of the heavenly grace, saying after me;
6. especially at the time present.
( 2) Enter not into judgement with thy servant, O Lord; for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. Psalm cxliii. 2.
( 3) If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us: but, if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 St. John i. 8. 9.
c. The exhortation applies the foregoing sentences, and exhorts to the performance of the following Confession; thereby connecting them both. We must truly repent ere we can be worthy to thank, praise, or pray unto God." Before thou prayest, prepare thine heart." Ecclus. xviii. 23. Neither the Greek or Roman church have this Form.
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