Tract of Ash Wednesday
The text of the Tract
O Lord, deal with us not according to our sins, nor requite us according to our crimes. O Lord, remember not against us the iniquities of the past; may Your compassion quickly come to us, for we are brought very low. (kneel) ℣. Help us, O God, our Saviour, because of the glory of Your Name, O Lord; deliver us and pardon our sins for Your Name’s sake.
Haydock
Psalm 102
Verse 10. Iniquities. Which deserved eternal reprobation.
Psalm 78
Verse 8. Former iniquities, which we and our fathers have committed. The Hebrews generally pray for the remission of their parent’s faults. Lam. v. 7. Bar. iii. 5. Dan. ix. 5. C. --- But here the penitents’ own transgressions may be meant. Bert. --- God is ready to pardon such. W.
Verse 9. Help. The necessity of grace, and the co-operation of free-will, are here plainly asserted. S. Aug.