And when thou hast said all these things unto him, and hast carefully examined him, and he hath moreover made answer without concealment of all things concerning himself, say thou also unto him, Bow thyself. Then he that hath confessed boweth his head.
And the spiritual person saith this prayer.
Let us pray to the Lord.
O Lord God of the salvation of thy servants, who art merciful, and compassionate and long-suffering, and repentest thee concerning our miseries, who desirest not the death of a sinner, but that he should return and live; do thou thyself now be merciful unto thy servant, name, and grant unto him an image of repentance, pardon and remission of sins; and forgive him every voluntary and involuntary offence: reconcile and unite him to thy holy church, through Christ Jesus our Lord, with whom is due to thee might and majesty, now and ever, and to ages of ages. Amen.
After this prayer the priest absolveth the penitent, who lowly kneeleth, saying on this wise, to the completion of the mystery of holy penitence,
Our Lord and God, Jesus Christ, by the grace and compassion of his love to man, forgive thee, child, name, all thine iniquities; and I, an unworthy priest, by the power that is given unto me, forgive thee and loosen thee from all thy sins, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
And finally, the priest, while saying the absolution, signeth the penitent with his right hand with the sign of the cross.
Then, It is very meet.... Glory. Both now. And the dismissal.[12]
