A PVBLIKE CONFESSION of our sinnes, commonly vsed in the Church of Edinburgh in the day of common prayer

O Eternal God, and most merciful Father, wee confesse & acknowledg here before thy diuine maiestie, that we are miserable sinners, conceaued and borne in sinne and iniquitie, so that in vs there is no goodnes. For the fleshe evermore rebelleth against the Spirit, whereby wee continuallie transgresse thine holy preceptes, and commandements, and so do purchase to our selues, through thy iust iudgement, death and damnation. Notwithstanding, O heauenlie Father, forasmuch as wee are displeased with our selues for the sins that wee haue committed against thee, and do vnfainedly repent vs of the same: wee most humblie beseech thee, for Iesus Christ his sake, to shewe thy mercie vppon vs, to forgiue vs al our sinnes, and to increase thine holie Spirit in vs, that we acknowledging from the bottome of our harts, our owne vnrighteousnes, may from henceforth, not onely mortifie our sinfull lustes and affections, but also bring foorth such fruits, as may be agreeable to thy most blessed wil: not for the worthines thereof, but for the merits of thy dearly beloued Son Iesus Christ, our onely Sauiour, whome thou hast already giuen an oblation and offering for our sinnes, and for whose sake we are certainlie perswaded, that thou wilt dedy vs nothing, that we shall ask in his name according to thy will. For thy Spirit dooth assure our consciences, that thou art our mercifull Father, and so louest vs thy children, through him, that nothing is able to remooue thine heauenly grace and fauor from vs. To thee therefore, O Father, with the Sonne, and the holie Ghost, be all honor and glorie, world without end. So be it.