| George Haggitt - 1796 - 408 páginas
...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,... | |
| Church of England - 1802 - 604 páginas
...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...our own hearts ; 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... | |
| 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 páginas
...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 páginas
...General Confession to be saidby thewhole Congregation after the Minister, all kneeling. A LMIGHTY andmost merciful Father; We have erred and strayed from thy...our own hearts. 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... | |
| Charles Simeon - 1810 - 518 páginas
...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... | |
| Charles Simeon - 1810 - 516 páginas
...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... | |
| Thomas Tregenna Biddulph - 1810 - 556 páginas
...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... | |
| 1811 - 872 páginas
...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... | |
| Thomas Scott - 1811 - 408 páginas
...P. 1xvi. 1. 24. ' The morning, &c.'6 That is, the name, or sin, of Adam is not mentioned in them. * We have followed too much the devices and desires ' of our own hearts.'7 But why is it evil to * follow ' the devices and desires of our own hearts,' if our hearts... | |
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