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me; pardon and forgive, I most earnestly and unfeignedly beseech thee, all the sins and follies of my life past, which are more than I can number, and greater than I am able to bear; and more especially, O my God, lay not to my charge-[Here again may be named particulars.] O cleanse me from all my secret and unknown transgressions; and vouchsafe, O merciful Father, to be reconciled unto me, who am sorry for my sins, and grieved that I have offended thee, my most gracious Lord and Master, to whom I owe all the returns of love and duty that can possibly be paid by a creature to his Creator.

O Lord, reserve not my sins to be punished in the day of thy fierce anger; for who can dwell with everlasting burnings? who is able to abide the fury of thy wrath? but spare me, O most mighty God and merciful Saviour; and grant that I may never fall into those evils which my sins have justly deserved. Thy property is always to have mercy; to thee only it appertaineth to forgive sin; O turn away thine anger from me, who meekly acknowledge my vileness, and truly repent me of my faults, and do now unfeignedly turn unto thee, with full purpose and resolution of

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much as to be of the number of thy faithful and obedient servants: thy favour is better than life itself; thy service is the most perfect freedom. O enable me, by the assistance of thy blessed Spirit, to forsake all my sins, and to reform whatever has been amiss in the temper and disposition of my mind, or in any of the actions of my life. Open thou mine eyes, that I may see the vileness and deformity, as well as danger of sin; that I may fly from all appearance of evil, and with an unthe wearied diligence follow after and pursue things that make for my everlasting peace. Grant that, for the time to come, I may live only unto thee, in an awful fear of thy great name, and a constant regard to thy blessed will, keeping always a conscience void of offence, both towards thee and all men.

Give me grace to spend my time religiously, soberly, and usefully, in the subduing my passions, mortifying my corrupt inclinations," and in the practice of all those duties thou requirest of me; that when thou shalt think fit to take me out of this state of trial and temptation here, I may be received into that blessed kingdom, where all tears shall be wiped from my eyes, and sin and death shall be no more. Grant this, O merciful Father, through the merits and for the sake of thy Son, and my alone Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

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A Prayer to be used at the same time, or shortly after, either of the foregoing Confessions.

O MOST gracious and merciful Father, who in pity and compassion to my soul hast given me this opportunity of humbling myself before thee, accept, I earnestly entreat thee, of my unfeigned sorrow for all the sins which I have committed against thy Divine Majesty; I confess it bears no proportion to the heinousness of my offences; O do thou in much mercy. look upon me, and let the infinite merits of my dear Redeemer supply all my defects; and refuse not, I beseech thee, for his dear sake, to be reconciled unto me, and to admit me to thy favour, without which I am, of all creatures, the most miserable.

O Lord, there is nothing that I desire so much as to be delivered from the power and dominion of my sins, and to be at perfect peace with thee: for I have no rest, so long as I think I am under thy displeasure. I humbly, therefore, beg leave at this time to renew the vows and resolutions I have often made, of loving and obeying thee; and for that end, I offer unto thy divine Majesty my soul and body, and all that is mine, humbly beseeching thee to take them into thy custody, that being

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be for ever devoted to thee and thy ser-
vice.

It is not, O Lord, with any confidence in
my own strength, that I presume to give up
myself to thy obedience, (for, alas! I am sen-
sible that my heart is very false, and too easily
drawn away by the deceitful tempter) but all.
my hope, and all my dependence, is in thy
Almighty power and goodness; and to that I
humbly fly for help against the cruel enemy of
my soul, who is daily lying in wait to destroy
me. I know thy grace is sufficient for me,
and therefore in thee do I put my trust.. Thou
art my hope and my confidence, my Saviour,
and mighty deliverer: O never leave me then
to myself, nor to the weakness of my own cor-
rupt nature; but let thy Holy Spirit be al-
ways present with me to defend me in all my
conflicts, to support me under my many weak-
nesses and infirmities, to instruct me in all dif
ficult cases, and to carry me in safety through
the trials and temptations of this dangerous
and deceitful world; and grant, O most mer-
ciful Father, that I may never grieve, that
blessed Spirit, nor fall into those sins and im-
purities, which will cause him to leave and
forsake me, and to abandon me to my own
foolish and perverse will; but give me grace
in all things to follow his guidance and direc-
tions, and to devote myself entirely to a life

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of virtue and religion; that denying all unlive rightgodliness and worldly lusts, I eously, soberly, and godly, in this present world; and after I have served thee faithfully in this life, I may be received into those blessed regions of everlasting rest and peace which thou hast reserved for them that truly and sincerely love and serve thee; through the merits. of thy beloved Son, Jesus Christ the Righteous. Amen..

A confession of Sins, to be used by a grievous. Sinner, who having led a very wicked Life, is now come to a sense of his Sins, and desires to humble himself before God for the

same.

O MOST mighty God! thou art a consuming fire to all rebellious and impenitent sinners; a dreadful avenger of such as are obstinately wicked, but a most compassionate Father to all those that truly repent and turn unto thee: O how shall I dare to speak unto thee, who am all over sin and pollution; a creature vile and loathsome in my own eyes, by reason of my sins, but much more so in thine, who art a God of infinite purity and holiness, and hatest iniquity with a perfect hatred: O Lord, when I look back upon my past life, I am astonished

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