| George Haggitt - 1796 - 408 pages
...with humble voices and sincere hearts, in the following general confession :-r~" Al" mighty and inpst merciful father, we " have erred and strayed from thy ways " like lost sheep;" this is in imitation of the following passage in scripture. " 4-H " we, like sheep, have gone astray,... | |
| George Burder - 1835 - 654 pages
...conscience already smites you, and your own mouth must certainly condemn you. How often have you said, " We have 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 not to have done !" Probably you... | |
| Church of England - 1802 - 604 pages
...after me; B z If Ge^f General confession to he said hy the whole congregation, after the minister. ALMIGHTY and most merciful father ! .we have erred...holy laws ; 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. — But, we entreat... | |
| 1814
...confine myself to a fyw general observations upon tha Ianguagp of the prayer before, us* 1814.] 86 " Almighty and most merciful Father, we have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep." The Scriptures fully warrant us to address in this manner the Almighty God. I quote but pne passage... | |
| John Disney - 1802 - 342 pages
...saying after me ; ^[ General confession to be said by the if bole congregation, after the minuter. ALMIGHTY and most merciful father! we have erred and strayed from thy ways ]ike lost sheep ; we have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts ; we have offended... | |
| Church of England - 1810 - 466 pages
...General Confession to be saidby thewhole Congregation after the Minister, all kneeling. A LMIGHTY andmost merciful Father; We have erred and strayed from thy...holy laws. 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... | |
| Charles Simeon - Sermons - 1810 - 516 pages
...all are taught to adopt them for our own use, When we say in our Liturgy, " We have erred and s rayed from thy ways like lost sheep; we have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts." Well might we have been left to wander till we had fallen a prey to the roaring lion that" eeketh to... | |
| Charles Simeon - Sermons - 1810 - 518 pages
...all arc taught to adopt them for our own use, when we say in our Liturgy, " We have erred and s.rayed from thy ways like lost sheep; we have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts." Well might we have been left to wander till we had fallen a prey to the roaring lion that -.eeketh... | |
| Thomas Tregenna Biddulph - 1810 - 556 pages
...are, in our general confession, traced up to their proper source, the corruption of our nature : " We have followed " too much the devices and desires of our own '•hearts." Are our hearts full of evil devices and desires? Who will deny it? The evil is not adventitious, but... | |
| Religion - 1811 - 872 pages
...holy and just and good ;" but we, as we have often confessed with our lips, instead of obeying then), have " followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts ; we have oQènded against" these "holy laws; we have left undone those things which we ought to have done, and... | |
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