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NOw bewailing my sinfull life past, most louing father, I doe here in humble wise desire thy gratious fauour: haue mercy on me, poore sinner, that cleaueth wholly vnto thee, and in the multitude of thy mercies doe a∣way the heauy burthen of my iniquities: wash me from my sinnes, and clense me from my of∣fences, wash me againe and a∣gaine,
O Lord, that all my sinnes whatsoeuer lyeth hid within me, may be done away at once. O most merciful father, against thee onely haue I sinned most grie∣uously and done wickedly in thy sight, yea, and those thinges are most iustly decreed of thee which thou hast pronounced against me. And I must needes confesse, that nothing is faultie amongst thy iudgements, for I was cor∣rupt and guiltie in my mothers wombe, and repleat with sinne, euen from my cradle: what haue I to alledge for my selfe (know∣ing O Lord, what a wretched case I stand in) or what excuse can I make to thee, O heauenly
iudge: wherefore in thy fight doe I remaine the greatest of all sin∣ners, purge me with the true I∣sope (which in thy mercy thou hast sent vnto sinners) euen the blood of thy deare sonne my Lord and Sauior Iesus Christ, that al my filthinesse may vanish cleane away: restore me, O Lord, vnto that vnspeakeable ioy wherwith they are indued that are shrow∣ded from the bonds of sinne and death, and receiued into thy fa∣uour againe, hide thy face away from my sinnes, and race out of thy tables all the wickednesse that I most grieuously haue cōmitted against thee: let thy holy spirit so direct me, that I may from henc∣foorth
giue my selfe to thy com∣maundements, then shall I teach thy waies vnto the wicked, and sinners shall be conuerted vnto thee: deliuer me from sinne that my soule may praise thee conti∣nually: open my mouth, O Lord, that my tongue in Psalmes and Himnes may set forth thy glori∣ous name. For thou desirest not sacrifice, but a sorrowfull minde and cont••ite heart, with the true feeling of sinnes and inward re∣pentance and vnfained turning vnto thee, which oblation, O Lord, I now offer vnto thee, humbly beseeching thee to accept thereof, and incline thine eare thereunto for Iesus Christ his
sake my only Sauiour and redée∣mer. Amen.