 ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father; We have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep : We have followed too much, the devices and desires of our own hearts : We have offended against thy holy laws : We have left undone those things which we ought...  A manual for the visitation of the sick - Page 104de James Beaven - 1852 - 173 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1842 - 986 pages
...much, for they have turned the lamps, kindled of God, to be the light of the world, into darkness. " We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts." " We have left undone that which we ought to have done, and we have done that which we ought not to have done."... | |
 | Robert Burrowes - 1834 - 274 pages
...acknowledge that we have forsaken the good shepherd and wandered from the right path : when we say " that we have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts," we admit the depravity of the fallen nature which so far from checking we have been too prone to indulge... | |
 | Jacob Abbott - 1832 - 414 pages
...language of the prayer book of the Protestant Episcopal Church, so admirably adapted to its purpose : " We have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices and deSecret prayer often too general. sires of our own hearts. We have offended against thy holy laws.... | |
 | 1835 - 604 pages
...saying— ITA general Confess,on, to be sind by the whole Congregation after tUe Minister, all kneeling. ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father; We have erred and strayed from thy ways like [ last we may come to his eternal lost sheep. We have followed ! joy, through JESUS CHRIST our too... | |
 | John Scott - 1835 - 426 pages
...a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me ! " Or again the language of our Church, ' We have erred, and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep : we have done those things which we ought not to have done, and left undone those things which we ought to have... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1836 - 188 pages
...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... | |
 | Richard Claridge - 1836 - 346 pages
...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... | |
 | Richard Claridge - 1836 - 350 pages
...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... | |
 | Richard Waldo Sibthorp - 1836 - 210 pages
...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... | |
 | Ammi Rogers - 1836 - 276 pages
...like lost sheep : the whole congregation repeat the same words with a loud but humble voice. He says, We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts : the whole congregation repeat it after him, &c. In this way there is a general and public confession... | |
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