A Prayer for Grace

Devotions of Bishop Lancelot Andrews

(1555-1626)

PRAYER FOR GRACE

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

The guilt of them,

Be gracious, 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

          And to brotherly love, charity.

That I forget not my cleansing from my former sins, but give diligence to make my calling and election sure through good works.