...— IT 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 those, O God. who confess...

...our obligations in numerous instances of ingratitude ; we have erred and strayed from thy ways, and- have followed too much- the devices and desires of our own hearts ; we have done those thing§ we ought not to have done, and left undone those things we ought to have done, and...

...our Reformers, in their imitation of this passage, touched only upon that of actual transgression. " Almighty and most merciful Father, we have erred "...we ought not to have done : and there is no health « in us." But in the confession of our Communion Service, this deviation is still more striking, because...

...our obligations in numerous instances of ingratitude; tve have erred and strayed from thy ways, and have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts; we have done those things we ought not to have done, and left undone those things we ought to have done, and...

...me. ^f A general Confession to be said of the whole Congregation after t/ie Minister, all kneeling. ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father; We have erred and...have done; and we have done those things which we ought not to .bay done ; and there is no health in us. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable...

...the end that we may obtain forgiveness of the same, by his infinite goodness and mercy. Exhortation. Almighty and most merciful Father, we have erred and...holy laws. We have left undone those things which we ought to have done ; and we have done those * There is none righteous, no, Ps. six. 12. The flesh...

...and hourly, by our wickedness and stubborn disobedience, horribly fall away from God. Horn, xxxii. 1. We have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost...our own hearts ; we have offended against thy holy la\vs ; we have left undone those things which we ought to have done ; and we have done those things...

...contrary out of your own mouths. You have confessed this day, and on your bended knees before God — " We *' have offended against thy holy laws. We have...have done : " and we have done those things which we ought not " to have done." — And when you spake these words, did not your consciences assure you,...

...contrary out of your own mouths. You have confessed this day, and on your bended knees, before God — " we have offended against thy holy laws ; we have left...have done, and we have done those things which we ought not to have done." And when you spake these words, did not your consciences assure you that they...

...was then made by each while kneeling, after the excellent form in the Prayer Book, beginning thus, "Almighty and most merciful Father, we have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep." The 95th Psalm was then read by alternate verses, by the captain and the crew, and at its close, some...