A Confession of Sinnes; by Blessed Augustine.
O Mercifull, pitifull, great and terrible God: I confesse unto thee my sins; to thee, to thee, doe I dis∣cover
A spiritual spicerie containing sundrie sweet tractates of devotion and piety. By Ri. Brathwait, Esq.
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- A spiritual spicerie containing sundrie sweet tractates of devotion and piety. By Ri. Brathwait, Esq.
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- Brathwaite, Richard, 1588?-1673.
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- London :: Printed by I. H[aviland] for George Hutton at his shop within turning stile in Holborne,
- 1638.
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"A spiritual spicerie containing sundrie sweet tractates of devotion and piety. By Ri. Brathwait, Esq." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A16680.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 8, 2024.
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my wounds: for thine ineffable goodnesse bestow a Salve on mee. Thou, O most mild Lord, vouchsafedst to say: I desire not the death of a sinner, but rather that hee may turne from his wickednesse, and live. I confesse, that my life is in thy sight wicked and crooked, that my life is falling into the lake of mi∣sery, and my Soule perishing in my iniquities. Lust, sin∣full delight, naughty works, wrath, prid••, impatience, malice, envy, gluttony, ebri∣ety, theft, rapine, lying, perjury, scurrility, foolish speaking, murmuring, de∣traction, ignorance, infide∣lity, distruct, negligence of Gods Commandements, as contagious glagues have
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slaine my Soule. Mine heart and lips are polluted. My seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling, and touching have enfeebled my Soule with sinnes, and I am wholly lost as well in my cogitation, as action. I beseech thee, O my Lord God, whose mercy hath no end, draw mee unto thee, as thou drewest that sinfull woman. As thou gavest grace unto her, not to cease from kissing thy feet, washing them with her teares, and wiping them with her haires: so graciously vouch∣safe to grant unto mee, that according to the greatnesse of mine iniquities, thy great love may bee in mee, that for thine unmeasurable pie∣ty, thou maist forgive mee all
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my sinnes. Bestow on mee pardon for evils past, conti∣nence for evils present, and cautelous prudence for evils to come: Grant mee, I be∣seech thee, before I dye, most fully to obtaine thy mercy: and suffer not my dayes to bee ended, till my sinnes bee pardoned, but as thou wil∣lest and knowest, have mercy on mee, Amen.