Lamentation of a Sinner

Catherine Parr (1512 - 1548)

The Lamentation of a Sinner was written in 1544, the year where Parr took on the role of Regent for a number of months when Henry VIII was fighting wars in France. She writes a general (rather than personal) confession of sin and exhortation to holiness. Parr was the first woman to publish a book in English under her own name. (Summary by InTheDesert)

Genre(s): Christianity - Other

Language: English

Keyword(s): autobiography (90), Reformation (72), henry viii (30), confession (10)

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Preface and To the Reader InTheDesert
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Play 01 Of an humble confession of sins to the glory of God InTheDesert
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Play 02 A Lamentation of a Sinner, with a hearty repentance in Faith, to obtain absolution and remission, through the merits of Christ. InTheDesert
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Play 03 What true Faith worketh in the soul of a Sinner InTheDesert
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Play 04 Of the great Love of God towards mankind, and of the inward beholding of Christ crucified InTheDesert
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Play 05 Of the glorious Victories of Christ over all Enemies InTheDesert
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Play 06 That we ought to submit ourselves to the school of the cross, and still look and learn in the book of the cross InTheDesert
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Play 07 A Christian bewailing the miserable ignorance and blindness of men InTheDesert
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Play 08 Of the fruits and rules of true Christianity for men to follow InTheDesert
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Play 09 Of the fruits of infidelity, and offence of weaklings InTheDesert
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Play 10 Of carnal gospellers, by whose evil living, God's truth is shamefully slandered InTheDesert
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Play 11 Of the virtuous properties of God's children, of whom every one attendeth his vocation InTheDesert
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Play 12 The conclusion, with a Christian exhortation to the amendment of Life InTheDesert
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