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 ought to have don, And we have don those things which we ought not to have don, And there is no health in vs, But thou, O Lord, have mercy vpon vs miserable offenders; Spare thou them, O God, which confess their faults, Restore thou them that are penitent, According to thy promises declared vnto mankind in Christ Iesu our Lord; And grant, O most mercifull Father, for his sake, That we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober life, To the glory of thy holy Name. Amen.

The Absolution, or Remission of sins, to be pronounced by the Priest alone, standing, the people still kneeling.

Almighty God, the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ, who desireth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he may turn from his wickednes and live; and hath given power and commandment to his Ministers, to declare, and pronounce to his people being penitent the Absolution, and Remission of their sins: He pardoneth and absolveth all them that truly repent and vnfeignedly believe his holy Gospel. Wherefore beseech we him to grant vs true repentance and his holy Spirit, that those things may please him which we do at this present, and that the rest of our life hereafter may be pure and holy, so that at the last we may come to his eternall ioy, throug Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Then the Minister shall kneel and say the Lords Prayer: the people also kneeling and repeating it with him.

Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be don in earth as it is in heaven. Give vs this day our daily bread, And forgive vs our trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against vs, And lead vs not into temptation, But deliver vs from evil, For thine is the kingdom, The power, and the glory, For ever and ever. Amen.

Then