(3) Omission or defect,

the not doing what ought to be done; Commission, or excess,

the doing what ought not to be done :

(4) by heart within, in thought;

by mouth,

by deed,

without, {

in word,

in fact.

(5) Against God, my neighbour, my own body.

(6) Wittingly and unwittingly.

(7) Willingly and unwillingly.
(8) Of old and of late.
(9) In boyhood and youth;
in mature and old age.

(10) Things done once;
repeated often,

(11) Hidden and open.
(12) Things done in anger,

or from the lust of the flesh and of the world.

(13) Before and after my call.

(14) Asleep by night, and awake by day. (15) Things concerning myself alone,

and things connected with others. (16) Things remembered, and things forgotten.

Whatever sins I have committed against Thee, from my infancy till now, till this moment, willingly or unwillingly, within or without, asleep or awake,

by words, deeds, or thoughts,

through the fiery darts of the enemy, through the unclean desires of the flesh; Have mercy on me, O God, and forgive me!

MARKS OF PENITENCE.

(1) Sorrow, for the wound.

(2) Shame, for the spot, filth, defilement.
(3) Indignation, for the guilt.

(4) Fear, for the punishment.

(5) Weariness, of the servitude, yoke.

Fear,

indignation, judgment,

hatred, humiliation,

striking the breast,

revenge,

avoidance of occasions,

striking the thigh,

putting away luxuries,

putting on sackcloth,

fasting,

prayer,

devotion, commemoration, the works of mercy.

Grant that I may ever sorrow,

and ever joy in that sorrow.

PRAYER FOR MERCY.

Look on me and have mercy on me;
despise me not;

call to remembrance Thy loving-kindness;
have mercy on me, and that soon;
be not wroth very sore,

neither remember iniquity for ever,
be gracious, refrain, put off Thine anger,
lay not to my charge, nor impute,
nor remember, nor be extreme to mark,

nor enter into judgment, nor despise,
nor cast me away from Thy presence.

How long, O Lord?
For ever?

Shew Thyself ready to be appeased,
repenting of the evil,

easy to be entreated.

Let not Thine anger come upon me,
but let Thy grace prevent me!

Shew mercy upon me; now and in the hour of death! Let not the fault of the flesh avail to punishment; yea, rather let the kindness of Thy mercy

be propitious, be reconciled, turn Thee again.

II. The Pollution.

Turn Thy face from my sins; turn It not from

my misery.

Pass by, overlook, bear with,

cover,

cleanse, purge, wash away, whiten, blot out.

III. The Sickness.

Cure, remedy, heal, lighten,

root out.

IV. The Slavery.

Vindicate from,

snatch from,

save from,

free from.

to say it is enough, I will do so no more; to turn again to Thee, to turn my feet to Thee, to lift up my hands to Thee,

to eschew evil,

to scatter my own will,

to make crooked straight,

to hedge up my way.

CONFESSION OF WEAKNESS.

I am weak.

That I would, I do not: that I do, I would not.
The children are come to the birth,
and there is not strength to bring forth.
Thoughts, arising in my heart, prevent me.
The floods have entered into my soul.
The law of my members brings me into captivity.
O Lord, I am oppressed, undertake for me,
Who will deliver me?

PRAYER FOR HELP.

Help, O God, make haste to help me ;

assist, save me, O God;
succour, Let God arise;
turn me, Rise, O Lord;

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seek me, and save me.
Make haste to help me, O Lord;
open Thine eyes to see;
bow down Thine ear to hear.
Incline my heart; open my ears;
enlighten my eyes;

strengthen my hands; order my steps;
try my reins; chasten my flesh.
Draw me, and we will run after Thee;
keep me in with a bridle;

keep me near Thee.

Let me not return as a dog to my vomit;
nor fall into any temptation,

but such as is common to man.
Let not the enemy prevail against me ;
nor the waterflood drown me.
Hedge up my way with thorns;
take out of my way occasions of sin,
and stumbling-blocks.

PROMISES TENDING TO PEACE OF MIND.

Sin lieth yet before the door.

I will not destroy it for ten's sake. In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen. The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, abundant in goodness and truth,

keeping mercy for thousands,

forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin.