art the God of my health: and my tongue shall sing of Thy righteousness.

Thou shalt open my lips, O LORD: and my mouth shall show Thy praise.

For Thou desirest no sacrifice, else would I give it Thee but Thou delightest not in burnt-offerings.

The sacrifice of GOD is a troubled spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O GOD, shalt Thou not despise. O be favourable and gracious unto Sion: build Thou the walls of Jerusalem.

Then shalt Thou be pleased with the sacrifice of righteousness, with the burnt-offerings and oblations : then shall they offer young bullocks upon Thine

altar.

Glory be to the FATHER, &c.

As it was in the beginning, &c.

FATHER, I have sinned against Heaven and before Thee, and am no more worthy to be called Thy son. Who will give water to my head and a fountain of tears to my eyes, that I may weep day and night for my sins, by which, O LORD, I have provoked Thee to anger? Throwing myself at Thy feet with Mary Magdalene, I hereby beseech Thy mercy, O JESUS. Spare, O LORD, spare my sins, and remember not, LORD, my iniquities. Amen.

O most gracious GOD, Father of Mercies, I have sinned and done wickedly. I grieve, I retract and detest each and all of my sins, known to me and unknown. I grieve for each and all with my whole heart, not only because I have made myself unworthy of Thy grace, and love, and benefits: but chiefly because with my sins I have offended Thee my GOD, Who, for Thine infinite goodness, if there had been no Heaven nor Hell, art worthy of all love and service. I desire for the future to love Thee with all my soul, with all my strength, above all things, and to persevere for ever in this love. I desire that I may never offend Thee here

after by the very smallest sin. This I
This I purpose.

This, relying on Thy help, I firmly resolve. I am prepared to avoid not only all my sins, but all occasions of sinning. I had rather die than sin. Confirm in me, O LORD, this serious will, and strengthen me by Thy grace. Amen.

EXAMINATION II.

Have I renounced the pomps and vanities of this wicked world,-1. In my youth. 2. In mid life. 3. In old age?

Have I been vain in dress and manner of life?

Have I followed the false and evil customs of this world?

Have I gone into evil company, and into scenes of vanity which drove away thoughts of death and judgment, and banished the love of GOD from my soul? Have I been filled with worldly cares? Have I run after worldly pleasures?

Have I boasted and gloried over others?

Have I laboured for a little perishing honour and power, instead of seeking the glory of GoD, and the crown which fadeth not away?

Am I still guilty of any such sins?

The sins of the flesh will be inquired into under the Seventh Commandment. Here use the devotions given after the former Examination.

EXAMINATION III.

SECOND VOW.

Have I believed all the Articles of the Christian faith?

time?

Have I taken care to learn what they are? Have I doubted any of them at any Have I argued in a vain presumptuous manner, as if I were lord of the faith: instead of submitting to it?

Have I been willing to suffer for the truth, or have I been ashamed of it, and ready to sacrifice it in order to escape a little loss or reproach?

Has my faith been practical, expressed in my deeds, and the moving principle of my life? Am I still guilty of any of these sins?

EXAMINATION IV.

THIRD VOW.

I promised to keep God's holy will and command

ments.

COMMANDMENT I.

Has GOD been my trust? or has man?

Have I relied upon myself? my own industry and abilities?

Have I depended upon the favour of the great?
Have I trusted GOD in dangers ?

Have I hoped in Him, and desired Him: or hoped for the world, and desired it?

Have I worshipped my own imagination and judg

ment?

Have I feared my GoD more than man, more than anything?

Have I feared Him as a slave, or as a son?

Have I loved Him? His service? His worship? whatsoever is His?

Have I glorified Him before men, or disgraced my name of Christian, and brought discredit on religion? Am I guilty of any such sins now?

EXAMINATION V.

COMMANDMENT II.

Have I made a false representation of GOD in my soul by thinking that He will not punish strictly, and therefore that He is not as just and holy as He is ?

Have I bowed down when I prayed to GOD? Have I worshipped with my body, by fasting, at due times ?

Have I been superstitious and feared days and stars, and believed in luck, and consulted fortune-tellers or astrologers?

Have I superstitiously thought that God is pleased, or the soul benefited by mere hearing of services and by spending one day in seven idly?

Have I worshipped things seen instead of Him who made them?

Am I guilty of any of these sins even now?

EXAMINATION V I.

COMMANDMENT III.

Have I used profane and blasphemous language?
Have I used GOD's Name lightly?

Have I sworn falsely?

Have I broken my vows to God?

Have I profaned CHRIST's sacraments by careless receiving, and by irreligious living; or by presumptuously neglecting them?

Have I sinned grievously after Baptism, thereby defiling the temple of God, which temple I am : and dishonouring the FATHER, Whose unworthy child I am; the SON, Whose sinful member I am; the HOLY GHOST, Who dwelleth in me a miserable sinner?

Have I made jokes on Holy Scripture, or sacred things?

Have I been irreverent in Church?

Have I been irreverent in my private devotions? Have I prayed to God in sin, and when I was out of charity with my neighbour?

Have I argued about holy things without care, and truth, and humility, and awe?

Am I guilty of any such sins now?

COMMANDMENT IV.

Have I kept the LORD's Day holy?

Have I been weary of it, and longed to return to servile works?

Have I kept the great days of CHRIST's Church, and the holy seasons of preparation and humiliation?

Have I made my whole life a sabbath of rest from sin and worldly cares?

Have I loved the habitation of GoD's House, and attended service; not only on great days, but at other times, as I had opportunity?

Have I not only neglected the great days and holy seasons, but sinned greatly during them?

Have I turned CHRIST's feasts into the devil's feasts, and fallen into greediness, intemperance, vanity, and folly at Christmas, Easter, and Whitsuntide? Am I guilty of any such sins now?

EXAMINATION VII.

COMMANDment v.

Have I been obedient, respectful, and loving to my parents?

Have I been patient with their infirmities?

Do I remember any words or acts of unkindness which grieved them?

Have I helped them in sickness, age, or any other trouble?

Have I been respectful to the aged?

Was I obedient to my teachers?

Have I respected and obeyed the King, and all rightful authorities, and laws?

Have I honoured the Church, my spiritual mother, and the Bishops and Clergy?

Have I done my duty to those under me?

Have I cared for the souls of my children, as well as for their bodies ?