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I A wretched sinner, re∣deemed [unspec 1] with the preci∣ous bloud of my Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ, do protest here before you all, that with a free and franke heart I doe pardon and forgiue all people, which by any manner of meanes haue spoken, thought, or wrought mee iniury, either in word, wri∣ting, or deed whatsoeuer: Desiring, that as I know assuredly in my heart and conscience, that I am re∣conciled
to God: So in like manner I may bee re∣conciled to the world. And therefore I most heartily pray as wel all you that bee heere present be∣fore me, as others that be absent, to forgiue mee wherein soeuer I haue of∣fended you, being most willing to part out of this world in the fauour of God and good men.
I protest and acknow∣ledge, [unspec 2] that I haue beene a grieuous and horrible sin∣ner all my dayes, both in thought, word, and deede: And that I haue not liued so vpright and holy before
my Lord God and the world, as I ought to haue done. I acknowledge my offences to be mo in num∣ber then the Starres of Heauen, or the sands in the Sea: for my negligence in not doing that which is good, and my dayly trans∣gressions, in committing the things which are euill, are infinite. I acknowledge that all my life hath been such, as looking my selfe now at last in the glasse of my conscience, I find daily confusion, and my minde and body so blemished with spots of vncleannes and filthinesse, that I may
be ashamed to looke God in the face, or once to lift vp mine eyes towards Heauen. Therefore I fall downe to the earth with the poore Publican, and with lowly spirit, and humble minde, I aske mer∣cie and forgiuenes of my Lord God, being sorry in my heart, that euer I offen∣ded this my deare Fa∣ther, and beeing fully pur∣posed with my selfe (if God restore my former health) neuer so grieuously to offend him againe; but to auoid Vice, & embrace Vertue: yea, to hate and abhorre the sinne, which
before I loued, and whol∣ly to conforme my selfe to the will of God in his Word.
I doe protest, that al∣beit* 1.1 I haue thus grieuous∣ly and many wayes offen∣ded God; yet I doe not despayre nor distrust the louing mercy of my sweet Sauiour and Redeemer Ie∣sus Christ. But I hope, by the merit of his death and Passion (and not mine own merits which are no∣thing but a loathsome life) to be partaker of the hea∣uenly inheritance.
I protest furthermore, [unspec 4] that I do beleeue, that this
holy Passion of Iesus Christ is a sure Rocke, Re∣fuge, and defence where∣vnto I may boldly trust and stay my selfe. And therefore in all aduersitie and trouble, I set the same against my inuisible ene∣mies, as a strong Tower, bulwarke, or spirituall har∣nesse, wherewithall the faithfull Souldiour and Seruant of Christ ought to bee armed: Assuring my selfe, that the punish∣ment of all my sinnes is thereby fully discharged, the ransome paid, and the obligation, whereby I was tyed to the Law, cancel∣led:
and that the vertue of this Passion of Christ per∣taineth not onely to o∣thers, but also to me.
I protest before the om∣nipotent God, and before all his holy. Angels and Saints, that I couet & de∣sire to end my life in that faith, which becommeth a true Christian, and the Child of God: That is, I beleeue all the Canonicall Scriptures mentioned in the Old and New Testa∣ment, and set downe by the holy Prophets of God, and the Apostles of his Sonne Christ, as the Pen∣men and writers; but in∣stinct
and prompted by the holy Ghost, the finger of God, as the Author and Inditer: which haue been from time to time, and in all ages, receiued and be∣leeued of the true Catho∣like Church and Congre∣gation of Iesus Christ: So that, if through the tentation or suggestion of the Diuell, or being op∣pressed with the violence or smart of sicknesse, I should thinke, speake, or doe any thing contrarie to this my confession and protestation made, I doe now beforehand vtterly debarre, and reuoke the
same, and doe witnesse and confesse before God and you, that by no means I will willingly consent or yeeld my selfe in the know∣ledge and vnderstanding of my heart, to any such thoughts, words, or workes.
Finally, I protest, that I [unspec 6] reioyce in Spirit, for the sweet mercy and merits which I feele inwardly to bee offered mee, by the death of Christ Iesus. And I doe giue most hearty thankes vnto God the Fa∣ther my Creator, for his graces offerd vnto me in his deare Sonne my Saui∣our;
by whose vnspeake∣able goodnes, I trust, I shall dye the Seruant of God: and into whose ho∣ly hands and tuition, I commend my body and soule, both now and in the houre of my death.