We have repented, as you know, through your grace, most bitterly of that time of death in which we tried to live; and now, you have given us to see our pardon in the wounds of Jesus, and my soul puts her trust in him. God incarnate is the ground of our hope that we are accepted and forgiven, notwithstanding that previous life of ours.
But Lord, the worst of it is, that in many of our actions, even since then, we betray a disbelief of you. Like the children of Israel in the wilderness, you might well say of us, “How long will it be, before they believe me, though I have shown all my signs and wonders among them?” O God, you have been very faithful to your servants. And now, blot out the sin of your servants.