...heart and hope shall never fail, For Jesus will be with me there. . 41 PRAYER For Wednesday Evening. Almighty and most merciful Father ! we have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep, and desire to draw nigh unto thee, confessing with shame and sorrow, that we have followed too much...

...attention, if not " .with a pure heart and humble voice," unto the throne of grace, saying after him, " Almighty and most merciful Father, we have erred and...ought not to have done ; and there is no health in us :" yet no one member shall dare to say a word elsewhere of the faults of the congregation, be they...

...sinners?" Have you not voluntarily confessed, " 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 ? " All the wisdom of man, and all the devices of man, so the Word of God assures us, are utterly unable...

...sinners 1" Have you not voluntarily confessed, "We have left undone those things which we ought td have done, and we have done those things which we ought not to have done, and there is no health in us?" All the wisdom of man, and all the devices of man, so the Word of God assures us, are utterly unable...

...F4ther;— We have erred, and strayed from thy-ways like lost sheep. — We have followed toomuch' the devices and desires of our own hearts. — We...offended' against thy holy laws. — We have left undone ' those-things which we ought to have done ; — And we have done those-things ' which we ought n&t...

...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...

...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...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 their faults."...

...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 him to sin, if...

...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...