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Writings of Patrick.

I have sinned by corrupt and wicked works [&] judgments.

I have sinned by negligence and by forgetfulness of the works of God.

I have sinned by wandering and subtlety of my mind.[1]

I have sinned by impatience and by imperfection of hope.

I have sinned by hardness and by blindness of heart and mind.

I have sinned by forgetfulness[2] of the love of God and of my neighbour.

I have sinned by disobedience and by the loss of good ordinances.[3]

I have sinned by the loss of heavenly desires and by the love of earthly things.

I have sinned by inclinations to evil, and by deceitful arguments.

I have sinned by evil examples, and by the uncleanness of humanity.

I have sinned by vain melancholy,[4] and by stupor of mind.

I have sinned by feigned humility, and loss of the love of God.

I have sinned by cursing, and by divinations.[5]

I have sinned by the non-accomplishment of my vows and by wicked inventions.

I have sinned by [over-] investigation[6] of the majesty of God, and of heavenly life.

I have sinned by pomps of the body, and by canvassing for the favours of men.

I have sinned by the intemperance of mirth and madness.

I have sinned by laziness and indolence of mind.

I have sinned by counsels of iniquity, and by returning of evil.