...sin did my mother conceive me." Psalm li. 5. In the confession we use, Sunday after Sunday, saying, " Almighty and most merciful Father ; we have erred...have done ;. and we have done those things which we ought cot to have done ; and there is no health in us." See also Article 9th, where we are told, "...

...things as shall please Thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. A General Confession of Sin. \ LMIGHTY and most merciful Father; We -£*- have erred and...have done ; And we have done those things which we ought not to have done; And there is no health in us. But Thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable...

...saying after me ; [Here all shall kneel, repeating after him,'] A LMIGHTY and most merciful Father; -TA- We have erred, and strayed from thy ways like lost...have done; and we have done those things which we ought not to have done ; And there is no health in us. But thou, 0 Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable...

...the Common Prayer :— " Almighty and most merciful Father, we have erred and strayed from thy way? like lost sheep ; we have followed too much the devices...holy laws ; we have left undone those things which we ought to have done, and we have done those thing* whic.K y*% \ ought not to have done ; and there...

...— 1 A general Confession, to be said by the whole Congregation after the Minister, all kneeling. ought not to have done : And there is no health in us. But thou, О Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable...

...self-absorption. Kneeling, led by the minister, the parishioners repeated the following confession: "Almighty and most merciful Father; We have erred,...too much the devices and desires of our own hearts." Most importantly, as the Anglican divine pointed out at the beginning of the service, they did so in...

...people. Hear, for example, the words of the General Confession said at Morning and Evening Prayer: Almighty and most merciful Father; We have erred,...have done; And we have done those things which we ought not to have done; And there is no health in us. ... And the last collect (or short prayer) in...

...a lapsed agnostic chanced into an Episcopal church where he heard the Prayer of General Confession: We have erred and strayed from Thy ways like lost...devices and desires of our own hearts. . . . We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; and we have done those things which we ought...

...(1549), a great legacy of those years. Cranmer's Calvinisl touch is seen in the prayer of confession: Almighty and most merciful Father, we have erred and...have done; and we have done those things which we ought not to have done; and there is no health in us. But Thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable...

...constantly reminded of the words of the general confession he had recited so many hundreds of times: Almighty and most merciful father, we have erred and...too much the devices and desires of our own hearts. Epilogue THERE WAS LITTLE discussion about where Pat and Deirdre would meet Terry to discuss this watershed...