TSK · Luke 18:13

And when he was in tribulation, he besought the Lord his God, and humbled him selfe exceedingly before the God of his fathers,

And submitted not him selfe before the Lorde, as Manasse his father had meekened him selfe: but Amon trespassed greatly.

Wherefore I geue myne owne selfe the blame, and take repentaunce in the dust and asshes.

Pardon thou therfore for thy name sake O God my wickednesse: for it is very great.

I sayde, O God be mercifull vnto me: heale my soule, for I haue sinned agaynst thee.

But thou O Lorde art a God full of compassion and mercy: long yet thou be angry, plenteous in goodnes and trueth.

Vau Let thy louing mercie also come vnto me O God: euen thy saluation, accordyng to thy worde.

Israel ought to trust in God, for there is mercy with God: and there is plenteousnes of redemption with him.

Then sayd I, Wo is me, for I am lost, in as much as I am a man of vncleane lippes, and dwell among people that hath vncleane lippes also: for mine eyes haue seene the kyng the Lorde of hoastes.

Moreouer, I hearde Ephraim that was led away captiue complayne on this maner: O Lorde thou hast correct me, & thy chastenyng haue I receaued, as an vntamed calfe, conuert thou me and I shalbe conuerted: for thou art my Lorde God.

We haue sinned and haue committed iniquitie, and haue done wickedly, yea we haue rebelled, & haue departed from thy preceptes, & from thy iudgementes.

O my God, encline thyne eare & hearken, open thyne eyes, beholde howe we be desolated, yea and the citie also which is called after thy name: for we do not present our prayers before thee in our owne righteousnes, but in thy great mercies.

When Simon Peter sawe this, he fell downe at Iesus knees, saying: Lorde, go from me, for I am a sinfull man.

I wyll aryse, and go to my father, and wyll say vnto hym: Father, I haue sinned agaynst heauen, and before thee,

But the other aunswered, and rebuked hym, saying: Fearest thou not God, seing thou art in the same dampnation?

Nowe when they hearde this, they were pricked in their heartes, and sayde vnto Peter, & vnto the other Apostles: Ye men & brethren, what shall we do?

But the lawe in the meane tyme entred in, that sinne shoulde encrease. But where sinne was plenteous, grace was more plenteous.

This is a faythfull saying, and by all meanes worthy to be receaued, that Christe Iesus came into the worlde to saue synners, of whom I am chiefe.

For I wyll be mercyfull to their vnrighteousnes, and their sinnes and their iniquities wyll I thynke vpon no more.