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O Almyghtie God our hea∣uenlye father, I confesse & knowlege that I am a misera∣ble & a wretched synner, & haue manifolde wayes moste gre∣uouslye transgressed thy moste godly cōmaūdementes thorow wicked thoughtes, vngodlye lustes, sinfull woordes & dedes, and in my whole lyfe. In synne am I borne and conceyued, and there is no goodnesse in me, in asmuche as yf thou shouldest entre into thy narowe iudge∣mente
with me, iudgyng me ac∣cordyng vnto the same, I were neuer hable to suffer or abyde it, but must nedes peryshe and be damned for euer. So lyttle help, comfort or succour is there either in me, or in any other crea∣ture. Onely this is my comfort (o heauenly father) that thou diddest not spare thy only dere-beloued sonne, but diddest geue him vp vnto the moste bittur & moste vile & slaūderous death of the crosse for me, yt he myght so pay ye raūsom for my sinnes, satisfie thy iudgement, still and pacifie thy wrathe, reconcyle me agayne vnto the, and pour∣chace me thy grace and fauour and euerlastyng lyfe. Where∣fore thorowe the merite of hys moste bitter death and passion,
and thorow his innocent bloud sheadyng, I beseche thee, o hea∣uēly father, yt thou wylt vouch∣safe to bee gracious and mer∣cyfull vnto me, to forgeue, and to pardon me all my synnes, to lyghten my harte with thy holy spirite, to renewe, confirme and strengthen me, with a right and a perfite fayth, and to in∣flame me in loue towarde thee, & my neybour, that I may hēce∣forth with a willing, and a glad harte walk as it becūmeth me, in thy moste godly commaūde∣mentes, and so glorifie & prayse thee euerlastingly. And also that I maye with a free conscience and a quiet harte in all maner of temptacions, affliccions, or necessyties, and euen in the very panges of deth, cry bolde∣ly
and merily vnto the and saye: I beleue in God the father all¦myghtie, maker of heauen and earthe. And in his onely sonne Iesus Christe our lorde. &c.
But o Lorde God heauenly fa∣ther, to comforte my selfe in af∣fliccion and temptacion wyth these articles of the christē faith It is not in my power. For fayth is thy gyft: and for as muche as thou wylt be prayed vnto, and called vpon for it, I cumme vnto thee, to praye and beseche the, bothe for that and for all my other necessities, euen as thy deare beloued sonne our sauiour Christe Iesus hath hymselfe taught vs.
And from the very botome of my harte, I crye and saye: O
our father whiche arte in hea∣uen. &c.