CHAPTER VII.
That we ought to offer up ourselves, and all that is ours unto God, and to pray for all.
The voice of the disciple.
THINE, O Lord, are all things that are in heaven, and in earth.
I desire to offer up myself unto thee, as a free oblation, and to remain always thine.
O Lord, in the simplicity of my heart I offer myself unto thee this day, for a sacrifice of perpetual praise, to be thy servant for ever.
2. I offer unto thee, O Lord, all my sins and offences, which I have committed before thee and thy holy angels, from the day wherein I first could sin, to this hour, upon thy merciful altar.
Consume and burn them all with the fire of thy love, and wash out all the stains of my sins.
O cleanse my conscience from all offences, and restore to me again thy grace, which I lost by sin, fully forgiving me all my offences, and receiving me mercifully to the kiss of peace!
3. What can I do for my sins, but humbly confess and bewail them, and incessantly intreat thy favour?