In consideration of this thy fatherlie adoption, and ineffable clemencie shewed vpon mee an vnwoorthie wretch, I can not but highlie praise and magnifie thy fatherlie mercie. A testimonie whereof I not onelie feele now in my selfe; but others also see the same eui∣dentlie in this my conuersion, and confession of my fore-passed faults; in the which my penance dooing, I am assured that I haue not so much shamed my selfe before this godlie congregation, as I haue thereby confounded and ouercome mine enimie Satan, who for a time had me in bondage, and by whose venem and deceiuable entisements, I heretofore haue beene ve∣rie rebellious to the wholesome admonitions of the Church: for the which vile sinnes, rebellion, and con∣tempt, I confesse I haue beene woorthilie excommu∣nicate, and punished by the censures of the same.But now, O Lord, seeing that the spirit of our Lord Iesus Christ hath so farre preuailed in me, that by the power therof I am now set at freedome; & by thy mer∣cie am returned againe to the societie of thy Saints, and mysticall bodie of thy Church; I beseech thee, for the obedience of our Lord Iesus Christ, so to accept me sorowfull conuert, and to allow of this mine vnfei∣ned repentance and confession, that my former inobe∣dience and faults be neuer laid to my charge. Haue mercie vpon me, O God, haue mercie vpon me, and ab∣solue me thy poore creature, not onelie from the sen∣tence of excommunication, but also from the sinnes by me committed, and from all censures of the Church laid against me for the same, or before: and that Lord, giuen according to this my hartie and vnfeined repen∣tance before thee, and all this congregation; and as I hartilie forgiue all the world, that in anie thing hath offended against me.O Lord, pronounce thou my sinnes to be cleansed, and they shall be cleansed; absolue thou me from the 0