...holy and just and good ;" but we, as we have often confessed with our lips, instead of obeying then), have " followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts ; we have oQènded against" these "holy laws; we have left undone those things which we ought to have done, and...

...P. 1xvi. 1. 24. ' The morning, &c.'6 That is, the name, or sin, of Adam is not mentioned in them. * We have followed too much the devices and desires ' of our own hearts.'7 But why is it evil to * follow ' the devices and desires of our own hearts,' if our hearts...

...The whole tenor of our lives is but too justly marked in those follow* ing acknowledgments, " We ham offended against thy holy laws ; we have left undone those things which we ought to have done : and have done those things which ice ought not to have done." Permit me to...

...Confession In be said uf the whole Congregation after the Minuter, all kneeling. A LMIGHTY and most jL\. merciful Father; We have erred, and strayed from thy...ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the 41 devices and desires of our own hearts. We have offended against thy holy laws. We have left undone...

...me : A general Confeuion, to be laid of tie •whole Congregation after the Minuter, all kneeling. ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father, We have erred and...the devices and desires of our own hearts : We have ofr fended against thy holy Laws : We have left undone those things which we ought to have done ; And...

...hear in this place. We have confessed that " we have erred and strayed like lost sheep" — that " we have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts" — and that " there is no health in us." We also know, that nothing is more plainly declared in the...

...with a A general Confession, to be said by the whole Congregation, after the Minister, all kneeling. ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father, We have erred and...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 them, O God, who confess...

...P. 1xvi 1. 24. ' The morning, &c.'J That is, the name, or sin, of Adam is not mentioned in them. ' We ' have followed too much the devices and desires of our 'own hearts. '§ But why is it evil to 'follow the de' vices and desires of our own hearts,' if our hearts be not...

...general Confession, to be said by the whole Congregation aller the Minister, all kneeling. ALMIGHTY anil most merciful Father ; We have erred and strayed from...offended against thy holy laws. We have left undone those ihings which we ought to have done ; And we have done those tilings which we ought not to have done:...

...grace,' not only « with a pure heart,' but also « with an « humble voice,' saying after him, « Almighty and most merciful Father ; we « have erred...devices « and desires of our own hearts. We have of« fended against Thy holy laws. We have left « undone those things, which we ought to hare ' done...