6 Ash Wednesday Thomas Cranmer, 1549 O MOST mightie god and mercifull father,
which hast compassion of all menne,
and hateste nothyng that thou haste made:
whiche wouldeste not the deathe of a sinner,
but that he shoulde rather turne from sinne and bee saved:
mercifully forgeve us oure trespasses,
receyve and coumforte us,
whiche bee grieved and weried with the burden of our sinne:
Thy propertie is to have mercie,
to thee onely it apperteineth to forgeve sinnes:
spare us therfore, good Lorde,
spare thy people whome thou hast redemed.
Enter not into judgemente with thy servauntes,
which be vile yearthe, and miserable sinners:
But so turne thy ire from us,
which mekely knowlage our vilenes,
and truely repent us of our fautes:
so make hast to helpe us in this worlde:
that wee may ever live with thee in the worlde to come:
through Jesus Christe our Lorde.
Amen.