Creed, so do I desire to die in the same Faith: and therefore, confessing the same, I say: I believe in God, the Father Almighty, &c., understanding them all in the same sense in which Holy Mother Church has ever understood them.
III.
I protest that I most humbly ask pardon of all my sins committed against the divine Majesty, my neighbour, and myself, by thought, word, deed, and omission in the observance of the commandments of God, the precepts of the Church [the rule and constitutions which I have professed], in the spiritual and corporal works of mercy, in the abuse of the Sacraments, and in the careless custody of my senses. For all my sins, mortal or venial, secret, or caused by myself in others, I beseech pardon of my God, through his infinite goodness and mercy, through the merits of the Life, Passion, and Death of His Son, my Lord Jesus Christ; through the most powerful intercession of the most glorious Virgin Mary, Mother of Christ; through the aid of all the Angels and Saints of the Heavenly Court, and especially of my Patrons. And I most humbly beg of the divine Goodness to vouchsafe, out of so vast a treasure, to supply all my defects committed in Sacramental Confession, and even now, at the last, to grant me true and sincere contrition for all my sins.
IV.
I protest that I forgive from my soul all who have ever, in any way soever, injured or offended me, nay, I beg of the divine Bounty for them all the blessings which I desire for my own soul; and I ask pardon, moreover, if I have given them occasion to offend me; and pray Almighty God to give me a deep and lively sense of this in my heart, that I may be able truly and sincerely to say, Forgive me my debts, even as I forgive my debtors.
V.
I protest that I most humbly ask pardon, with all my heart, of all whom, by bad example, deeds, words, or in any way soever, I have knowingly or ignorantly offended, and am most ready to offer myself to make every satisfaction; and I earnestly pray God, if I have injured or defrauded any one, to recall it to my memory, and to grant me the sincere will and full power to make reparation for every injury before I die.
VI.
I protest that, in thought, word, and deed, I am inadequate to the divine Goodness, and that I am utterly unable to respond to the infinite benefits and graces which,
