 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...  The Book of common prayer - Pągina 281818Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 2004 - 96 pągines
...Lord have mercy upon us. 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.... | |
 | Velma Demerson - 2006 - 172 pągines
...melodious droning words: 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, which confess their faults. Restore... | |
 | Robert J. Higgs, Michael Braswell - 2004 - 410 pągines
...Christians, everywhere. Almighty and most merciful Father, we have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices...holy laws. We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; and we have done things which we ought not to have done; and there is no health... | |
 | Paula Jean Miller, Richard Fossey - 2004 - 276 pągines
...Austen's Anglicanism, the general confession exhibits an awareness of sin along with a call to perfection: 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. . . . Grant . . . that we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober... | |
 | Robert Andrew Baker, John M. Landers - 2005 - 468 pągines
...the Ministerall kneeling. 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.... | |
 | Lucy Reid - 2005 - 164 pągines
...form for evening worship: Almighty and most merciful Father, 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. The tone is self-accusing, pessimistic, and takes for granted that "miserable sinners" stand in need... | |
 | William H. Willimon - 2005 - 370 pągines
...are all familiar with that prayer. It says, "We have erred and strayed from Thy ways like lost sheep. We have offended against Thy holy laws. We have left...ought not to have done, and there is no health in us" A number of people on the Harvard campus wanted to eliminate that last phrase: "there is no health... | |
 | Leanne Van Dyk - 2004 - 153 pągines
...confession is spoken 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...holy laws, we have left undone those things which we ought to have done, and done those things which we ought not to have done.15 Other prayers of confession... | |
 | J. I. Packer, Carolyn Nystrom - 2009 - 319 pągines
...ourselves. The General Confession of the historic Anglican Prayer Book states what we always find: "We have followed too much the devices and desires...ought not to have done, and there is no health in us." Then, on the other hand, God the Spirit forms questions in our minds that we have to answer, questions... | |
 | Robert C. Roberts - 2007 - 207 pągines
...chiefly the emotionally expressive elements of the prayer: 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 (p. 6}. The metaphor of wandering, lost sheep; the... | |
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