...therefore, the first page and passage that struck my eye, was the General Confession : — " ' Mmighty and most merciful Father, we have erred and strayed...things which we ought not to have done : and there is no health in us. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders.' " These words, as I read...

...And he had judged Israel forty years. EXERCISE XII. THE CONFESSION. — From the Episcopal Service. Almighty and most merciful Father, — we have erred...our own hearts. We have offended against thy holy law. We have left undone those things which we ought to have done, and we have done those things which...

...more or less, with the contagion ; so that that confession, which they used in their public service, We have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost...too much the devices and desires of our own hearts, fyc. as it suited exactly with their state, and was easy to be said over, being made ready for the...

...more or less, with the contagion ; so that that confession, which they used in their public service, We have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost...too much the devices and desires of our own hearts, fyc. as it suited exactly with their state, and was easy to be said over, being made ready for the...

...Saviour Jesus Christ ; in whose prevailing name we ask these and all other mercies. Amen. A CONFESSION. ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father, we have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. We have transgressed thy holy laws this day by thought, word, and deed. We have indulged too much our lawful...

...offenders and to confess the sins and offences that contribute to a general sense of unworthiness: We have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost...against thy holy laws. We have left undone those things that we ought to have done, and we have done those things that we ought not to have done; And there...

...order. In the daily office of the Anglican Book of Common Prayer, 1662, the general confession states: 'We have followed too much the devices and desires...own hearts; we have offended against thy holy laws ...'. In that context, 'devices and desires' are conceived as inventions of 'our own hearts' which...

...manifold sins and wickedness . . . confess them with an humble lowly, penitent, and obedient heart . . . Almighty and most merciful Father; We have erred,...strayed from thy ways like lost sheep . . . we have offended against thy holy laws . . . and there is no health in us." Madison expresses this Christian...

...But m the words of the Anglican confession, "We have left undone those things which we ought to 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 offenders. Spare thou those, O God,...

...Aurelius, Meditations, 9, 5 (2nd century) 7 We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; And we have done those things which we ought not to have done; And there is no health in us. Book of Common Prayer, General Confession 8 A man's free choice avails only to lead...