The Order for Morning Prayer, Daily Throughout the Year

Dearly beloved brethren,¹

the Scripture moves us, in various places, to acknowledge and confess our manifold sins and wickedness;²

and that we should not dissemble nor cloak them before the face of Almighty God our heavenly Father;³

but confess them with an humble, lowly, penitent, and obedient heart;⁴

to the end that we may obtain forgiveness of the same, by his infinite goodness and mercy.⁵

And although we ought, at all times, humbly to acknowledge our sins before God;⁶

yet ought we chiefly so to do, when we assemble and meet together⁷

to render thanks for the great benefits that we have received at his hands,⁸

to set forth his most worthy praise,⁹

to hear his most holy Word,¹⁰

and to ask those things which are requisite and necessary, as well for the body as the soul.¹¹

Wherefore I pray and beseech you, as many as are here present,¹²

to accompany me with a pure heart, and humble voice,¹³

unto the throne of the heavenly grace, saying after me;¹⁴