...Morning and Evening Prayer: Almighty and most merciful Father; We have erred, and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices...have done; and there is no health in us. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders. Spare thou those who are penitent; According to thy...

...the England cricket team Almighty and most merciful Father; We have erred, and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices...have done; And there is no health in us. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders. Spare thou them, O God, which confess their faults....

...been lost sheep.' How often have we confessed with our lips, "We have erred and strayed from Thy ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices...ought not to have done; and there is no health in us.' * Now, then, do you believe this is all true concerning you?" "Mester, you make me tremble!" "Trembling...

...in one of the most common older confessions from the Reformed tradition still in frequent use today: "We have followed too much the devices and desires...have done; And there is no health in us. But Thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders."3 In the same manner, the assurance of pardon often...

...offences that contribute to a general sense of unworthiness: We have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices...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...

...congregation in unison: Almighty and most merciful father, we have erred and strayed from thy ways, like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices...have done: and there is no health in us: but thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us miserable offenders. Spare thou them, O God, which confess their faults....

...deliver us we must undeceive ourselves. St. Augustine of Hippo We have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices...ought not to have done. And there is no health in us. Book of Common Prayer Confessing sin is not informing God, it is agreeing with him. Derek Cleave It...

...iniquity of my sin. Psalm 32:5 Almighty and most merciful Father, We have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices...done, And there is no health in us. •\ But thou, Oh Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders. Spare thou them, O God, which confess their faults....

...mission to the nations. "Almighty and most merciful Father, we have erred and stmyed from thy ways, like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices...ought not to have done, and there is no health in us. " A Ceneral Confession, Book of Common Pmyer What's striking, once more, is the persistence of God's...

...Common Prayer of 1928, the faithful repeated a general confession that included the following words: We have followed too much the devices and desires...have done; and there is no health in us: but thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us miserable offenders . . . On Communion Sundays, the Episcopalians confessed...