that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart. Eph. iv. 18.

My people have committed two evils. They have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water. Jer. ii. 13.

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it? Jer. xvii. 9.

He hath not dealt with us after our sins, nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. Psalm ciii. 10.

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John i. 8, 9.

How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof! And I have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me! Prov. v. 12, 13. Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight. Ps. li. 4.

And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments. Ezra ix. 10.

O that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people. Jer. ix. 1.

I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant, for I do not forget thy commandment. Ps. cxix. 176.

Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for

the Lord hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. Is. i. 2.

There is no soundness in my flesh....neither is there any rest in my bones, because of my sin. Ps. xxxviii. 3.

Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes. Job xlii. 6.

O my God, I am ashamed, and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God; for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown unto the heaven. Ezra ix. 6.

We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts, and from thy judgments. Dan. ix. 5.

How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman? Job xxv. 4.

From the sole of the foot even unto the head, there is no soundness in it. Is. i. 6.

Behold, O Lord, for I am in distress; my bowels are troubled, mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled. Lam. i. 20.

I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou Preserver of men? Job vii. 20.

Wherefore doth a living man complain; a man for the punishment of his sins? Lam. iii. 39.

For mine iniquities are gone over my head; as a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me. Ps. xxxviii. 4.

PETITION.

And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee. Deliver me from all my transgressions ;

make me not the reproach of the foolish. Ps. xxxix. 7, 8.

Have mercy upon me, O God according to thy loving kindness; according to the multitude of thy tender mercies, blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. Ps. li. 1, 2.

Be merciful to [my] unrighteousness, and [my] sins and iniquities remember no more. Hebrews

viii. 12.

Enter not into judgment with thy servant; for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. Ps. cxliii. 2.

And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying, the Lord is long-suffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression. Numbers xiv. 17, 18.

O Lord, pardon mine iniquity, for it is great. Ps. xxv. 11.

Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me; O Lord, make haste to help me. Ps. xl. 13.

O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us. Ps. lxxix. 3.

Show us thy mercy, O Lord, and grant us thy salvation. Ps. lxxxv. 7.

Create in me a new heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence, and take not thy Holy Spirit from Ps. li. 11, 12.

me.

Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. Ps.

li. 8.

Lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil. Mat. vi. 13.

Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. Ps. cxix. 18.

Teach me thy way, O Lord, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies. Ps. xxvii.

11.

13.

God be merciful to me a sinner.

Luke xviii.

Order my steps in thy word; and let not any iniquity have dominion over me. Ps. cxix. 133. . Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practice wicked works with men that work iniquity. Ps. cxli. 4.

Cleanse thou me from secret faults; keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me. Ps. xix. 12,

13.

So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. Ps. xc. 12.

O remember not against us former iniquities; let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us; for we are brought very low. Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee. Ps. lxxix. 8. 11.

Be not a terror unto me-let them be confounded that persecute me-let them be dismayed. Jer. xvii. 17, 18.

Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies. Ps. cxix 79. Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue. Ps. cxx. 2.

us

;

Let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands, establish thou it. Ps. xc. 17.

PLEADING.

Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name; and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake. Ps. lxxix. 9.

For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy to all them that call upon thee. Thou, O Lord, art a God, full of compassion and gracious, long-suffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth. Ps. lxxxvi. 5. 15.

And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. And he is the Propitiation for our sins. 1 John, ii. 1, 2.

Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope. I entreated thy favor with my whole heart; be merciful unto me according to thy word. Ps. cxix. 49, 58.

Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live; for thy law is my delight. Ps. cxix. 77. Uphold me, according to thy word, that I may live; and let me not be ashamed of my hope. Ps. cxix. 116.

How much more shall the blood of Christ, who, through the Eternal Spirit, offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works, to serve the living God. Rom. ix. 14.

Restore unto me the joys of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free Spirit. Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee. Ps. li. 12, 13.

Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph? How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves? Ps. xciv. 3, 4.