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 whose name is Holy,”“ [sic] I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the  spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite  ones.”

Confession of Sin

Dearly beloved, we have come together in the presence of Almighty God our heavenly Father, to render thanks for the  great benefits that we have received at his hands, to set forth  his most worthy praise, to hear his holy Word, and to ask, for  ourselves and on behalf of others, those things that are  necessary for our life and our salvation. And so that we may prepare ourselves in heart and mind to worship him, let us  kneel in silence, and with penitent and obedient hearts  confess our sins, that we may obtain forgiveness by his  infinite goodness and mercy.

Let us humbly confess our sins unto Almighty God.

Almighty and most merciful Father, we have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep, we have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts, we have offended against thy holy laws, we have left undone those things which we ought to have done,