No names may be
mentioned, nor may third persons be incriminated by any form of words
which would enable the confessor to recognize their identity. The
priest hears the confession sitting in a chair. The penitent kneels
beside him and confesses as follows:--"I confess to GOD Almighty, the
Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost, before the whole company of
heaven, and before you, that I have sinned in thought, word, and deed,
by my own fault. Especially I accuse myself that (since my last
confession, which was...ago) I have committed the following sins....
[Here follows the confession in detail: after which]. ... For these
and all my other sins which I cannot now remember, I humbly ask pardon
of GOD, and of you, father, penance, counsel and absolution. Wherefore
I ask GOD to have mercy upon me, and you to pray for me to the Lord
our GOD. Amen."
The confessor then gives advice and counsel according to his wisdom,
commonly imposes a penance, and if assured of the sincerity of the
penitent, pronounces absolution according to the form prescribed in
the Prayer-book Office for the Visitation of the Sick.
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