...echoes a line in the general confession of the The Book of Common Prayer, which opens, "Almighty and merciful Father; we have erred, and strayed from thy...too much the devices and desires of our own hearts" (23; emphasis added). Using the line to inform the meaning of "desert of the heart," one can argue...

...father in the afternoon. It was a comforting ritual, written into her being, protected, cherished. We have erred, and strayed from thy ways like lost...too much the devices and desires of our own hearts. I'm sure I am still a believer, she thought. Despite Peter. But she was not comforted as she wanted...

...cracks in Soviet bloc unity. 45 The words "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 no health in us" come from "A General Confession" in The Book of Common Prayer, 1559: The Elizabethan Prayer Book, ed....

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...Book of Common Prayer, but it could be said, without material change, by all Christians, everywhere. Almighty and most merciful Father, we have erred and...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...

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...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...