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O Lord, Almighty God of our fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and of their righteous seed;
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who hast made heaven and earth, with all the ornament thereof;
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who hast bound the sea by the word of thy commandment; who hast shut up the deep, and sealed it by thy terrible and glorious name;
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whom all men fear, and tremble before thy power;
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for the majesty of thy glory cannot be borne, and thine angry threatening toward sinners is importable:
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but thy merciful promise is unmeasurable and unsearchable;
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for thou art the most high Lord, of great compassion, longsuffering, very merciful, and repentest of the evils of men. Thou, O Lord, according to thy great goodness hast promised repentance and forgiveness to them that have sinned against thee: and of thine infinite mercies hast appointed repentance unto sinners, that they may be saved.
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Thou therefore, O Lord, that art the God of the just, hast not appointed repentance to the just, as to Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, which have not sinned against thee; but thou hast appointed repentance unto me that am a sinner:
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for I have sinned above the number of the sands of the sea. My transgressions, O Lord, are multiplied: my transgressions are multiplied, and I am not worthy to behold and see the height of heaven for the multitude of mine iniquities.