Devotions of Bishop Andrewes. Vol. I - Christian Classics Ethereal Library

Prayer for Grace

PRAYER FOR GRACE

[O Lord, remit].
all my failings, shortcomings, falls,
offences, trespasses, scandals,
transgressions, debts, sins,
faults, ignorances, iniquities,
impieties, unrighteousnesses, pollutions.

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The guilt of them,
be gracious unto,	pardon;
remit,	forgive;
be propitious unto,	spare;
impute not,	charge not, remember not.
The stain,
pass by,	pass over;
disregard,	overlook;
hide,	wash away;
blot out,	cleanse.

The hurt,
remit,	heal,	remedy;
take off,	remove,	away with;
abolish,	annul,	disperse, annihilate;
that they be not found, that they exist not.

Supply
to faith,	virtue;
to virtue,	knowledge
to knowledge,	continence;
to continence,	patience;
to patience,	godliness;
to godliness,	brotherly love;
to brotherly love,	charity.