 | Edmund Dorr Griffin - 1831 - 478 pàgines
...It is also a fact that the first act of worship in the public services of the church runs thus: — 'Almighty and most merciful Father, we have erred...followed too much the devices and desires of our own heart : we have left undone those things which we ought to have done, and have done those things which... | |
 | Abraham Tucker - 1831 - 538 pàgines
...have all reason enough to join in the confession, We have not done 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. To what purpose then, may it be said, is a plan of conduct requiring the soundest vigorous health prescribed... | |
 | Abraham Tucker - 1831 - 536 pàgines
...have all reason enough to join in the confession, We have not done 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. To what purpose then, may it be said, is a plan of conduct requiring the soundest... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1831 - 126 pàgines
...self-applause. The •whole tenor of our lives is but too justly marked in those following acknowledgments, " We have offended against thy holy laws; we have left undone those things which we ought to have done: and have done those things which we ought not to have done." Permit me to ask,... | |
 | Jacob Abbott - 1832 - 410 pàgines
...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...not to have done ; and there is no health in us." How general is this language. It is so with our Saviour's model of prayer : " Forgive us our debts,... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1832 - 612 pàgines
...imploring mercy at the hands of God. What can express deeper humility than our General Confession ? " Almighty and most merciful Father, we have erred and...the devices and desires of our own hearts : we have left * See ver. 38. undone those things which we ought to have done, and have done those things which... | |
 | John McVickar - 1832 - 134 pàgines
...It is also a fact that the first act of worship in the public services of the Church runs thus :—' Almighty and most merciful Father, we have erred and...followed too much the devices and desires of our own heart: we have left undone those things which we ought to have done, and have done those things which... | |
 | James Slade - 1832 - 564 pàgines
...have we to join, with humble and penitent hearts, m the scriptural Confession of our Church Service, " Almighty and most merciful Father, we have erred and strayed from Thy ways like lost sheep." And when we do thus pour forth our " complaint before Him," and " long for His saving health," He will... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1832 - 356 pàgines
...done those things which we ought not to have done and we have left wn-done those things which we ought to have done, and there is no health in us. But thou, O 1 Lord, have mercy upon us miserable offend-ers. Spare thou those, O.' God, who confess their faults.... | |
 | Henry BROUGHAM (Rector of Tallow.) - 1832 - 202 pàgines
...say, when we acknowledge that " we have erred and strayed from God's ways like lost sheep ?" that " we have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts ?"—that " we have offended against God's holy laws?"—that "we have left undone those things which... | |
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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 to... 
