SUMMARY

1. Our sins of thought, word and deed make us unfit to present ourselves before God.  Therefore in public and private prayer we confess (own up to) our sins – either in general or particular – in order to show that we want no more to do with them.

2. Every evening we should think over our sins committed during the day (self-examination), and confess them to God and tell him we are sorry.  We should also do this before we make our Communion.

Reference

Church of England (1662) Book of Common Prayer. Forms of prayer to be used at sea.Available from:

http://www.cofe.anglican.org/worship/liturgy/bcp/texts/27-forms-of-prayer-to-be-used-at-sea.html (Accessed 17 August 2010) (Internet).