A brief fourme of confession instructing all Christian folke how to confesse their sinnes, [and] so to dispose themselues, that they may enioy the benefite of true pena[n]ce, dooing the woorthy frutes therof, according to th'vse of Christes Catholique Church. Newly translated into English, and set foorth together with certaine other godly brief treatises and praiers, as is to be seene in the side folowing.

Of the sinnes whiche are mortall, of the whiche it is necessarily requi∣red, that particular mention and rehearsall be made in Confession.

IT remaineth therefore, y^• mortal & deadly syns on∣ly (or such as be doubtful whether they be mortal, or no) be those, whereof we must make accompt particularly in the Sa∣crament of Confession and Pe∣naunce, to the end to repent vs of them, & to rehearse and open them in shrift wholy & plainly. And although it be a very hard thing to know the same, yet as far as the matter & present con∣sideration can admit, it is to be vnderstanden: that that dede or negligence is a deadly sinne, in which of purpose and aduisedly with notable contempt of God, or manifest harme of our selfe or our neighbour, any of the ten commaundements are broken,

or els when wee doe any thing against y^t, which our owne con∣science doth teache vs, in suche sort, as is aboue said: as for exā∣ple, to despise God, & to despaire of his mercy, to forsweare, or sweare falsely, to steale any thīg of valew, not to giue almose, if we be able, to such as we know to be in necessitie.

These and suche like, whiche are manifest and plaine mortal or deadly sinnes, and also suche as in respect of their qualitie or quantitie are doubtful to the pe∣nitent, or to y^e Ghostly Father, so that they cannot wel be iud∣ged, whether they be mortal or venial, must of necessitie, as we haue said, be called to mind and rehearsed of the partie penitent, for to repent himselfe & confesse thesame. For if any one of these be willingly leaft out in Con∣fession, the partie penitent doth hasard himself, in not making

his shrifte in suche sorte as he oughte, and so should thereby commit a grieuous sinne.

And in all these sinnes, he must not onely make rehearsal of such as he hath committed by dede, but also of such as he hath cōmitted by thought, or desire, and by worde, whereas God is also offended by eche of these.