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Writings of Patrick.
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I have sinned by concupiscence and by perpetration of lust.

I have sinned by consent to, and by knowledge of, evil ads and words.

I have sinned by works upon the Lord's day and by illuring imaginations.[1]

I have sinned by sorrow of the world,[2] and by love of money,[3] and by ambitions after honours.

I have sinned by restlessness and by bitterness of mind.

I have sinned by useless joy, and by scurrility, by grievous words, and by intemperance of clamour.

I have sinned by desperation, and by impurity of confession.

I have sinned by imperfection, and negligence of amendment.

I have sinned by presumption and despair.

I have sinned by acceptance of unjust gifts and by the punishments of impious acts.

I have sinned by pretence, and by pleasing of myself.

I have sinned by silence concerning righteousness, and iniquity, and flattery.

I have sinned by rioting[4] and by taking of polluted food,[5] and by suggestions of the devil, and by the delight of the spirit, and by knowledge of the flesh.

I have sinned in my eyes and in my ears.

I have sinned in my hands, and in my mouth, and in my lips, and in all my deeds.

I have sinned in tongue and in throat.

I have sinned in neck and in breast.

I have sinned in heart and in cogitations.

I have sinned in mind and in operations.

I have sinned in hands and in feet.

I have sinned in bones and in flesh.