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A Confession of sinnes, and a prayer for pardon.
BLessed is he whose unrighteous∣nesse is forgiven: and whose sinne is covered.
2 Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth no sinne: and in whose spirit there is no guile.
3 For while I held my tongue: my bones consumed away through my daily complaining.
4 For thy hand is heavy upon me day and night: and my moisture is like the drought in Summer.
5 I will knowledge my sinne unto thee:
and mine unrighteousnesse haue I not hid.
6 I said, I will confesse my sinnes unto the Lord: and so thou forgavest the wickednesse of my sinne.
7 For this shall every one that is godly make his prayer unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: but in the great water flouds they shall not come nigh him.
8 Thou art a place to hide me in, thou shalt pre••erve me from trouble: thou shalt compasse me about with songs of deliverance.
9 I will enform thee, and teach thee in the way wherein thou shalt goe: and I will guide thee with mine eye.
10 Be ye not like to Horse and Mule, which haue no understanding whose mouthes must be holden with bi•• & bridle, lest they fall upon thee.
11 Great plagues remaine for the ungodly: but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord, mercy embraceth him on every side.
12 Be glad, O ye righteous, and rejoyce in the Lord: & be ioyfull all ye that are true of heart.
O Lord God, eternall Iudge of men and An∣gells, whose property is alwayes to have mercy and to forgive, have mercy upon us who confesse our sinnes unto thee to be so great and
many, that were not thy mercy infinite, we might despaire of having our unrighteousnesse forgiven, or our sins covered. O deare God pre∣serve us from the great plagues that remaine for the ungodly, and let thy mercy imbrace us on every side. Impute not unto us the sins we have multiplyed against thee, & against all the world; for we have been like to Horse and Mule with∣out understanding, brutish in our passions, sen∣suall in our affections, of unbridled heates, and distemperatures. But thy mercy is as infinite as thy selfe; O let not thy hand be heavy upon us, but forgive the wickednesse of our sinne, and compasse us about with songs of deliverance, then shall we be glad and rejoyce in thee, O Lord, who art become our mighty Saviour and most mercifull Redeemer Iesu. Amen.