| King's Chapel (Boston, Mass.) - 1831 - 438 páginas
...and most merciful Father, We have erred and strayed froni thy ways like lost sheep. We have folio wed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts....have done ; And we have done those things which we ought not to have done. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us miserable offenders. Spare thou those,... | |
| William Jay - 1833 - 518 páginas
...that our iniquities are increased over on: head, and our trespass is gone up into thr very heavens. We have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost...offended against thy holy laws. We have left undone the things we ought to have done ; and we have done the things we ought not to have done ; and there... | |
| Edmund Dorr Griffin - 1831 - 478 páginas
...It is also a fact that the first act of worship in the public services of the church runs thus: — 'Almighty and most merciful Father, we have erred...followed too much the devices and desires of our own heart : we have left undone those things which we ought to have done, and have done those things which... | |
| Abraham Tucker - 1831 - 538 páginas
...have all reason enough to join in the confession, We have not done 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. To what purpose then, may it be said, is a plan of conduct requiring the soundest vigorous health prescribed... | |
| Abraham Tucker - 1831 - 536 páginas
...have all reason enough to join in the confession, We have not done 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. To what purpose then, may it be said, is a plan of conduct requiring the soundest... | |
| Charles Simeon - 1831 - 126 páginas
...self-applause. The •whole tenor of our lives is but too justly marked in those following acknowledgments, " We have offended against thy holy laws; we have left undone those things which we ought to have done: and have done those things which we ought not to have done." Permit me to ask,... | |
| Jacob Abbott - 1832 - 410 páginas
...language of the prayer-book of the Protestant Episcopal church, so admirably adapted to its purpose : " We have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost...not to have done ; and there is no health in us." How general is this language. It is so with our Saviour's model of prayer : " Forgive us our debts,... | |
| Charles Simeon - 1832 - 612 páginas
...imploring mercy at the hands of God. What can express deeper humility than our General Confession ? " Almighty and most merciful Father, we have erred and...the devices and desires of our own hearts : we have left * See ver. 38. undone those things which we ought to have done, and have done those things which... | |
| John McVickar - 1832 - 134 páginas
...It is also a fact that the first act of worship in the public services of the Church runs thus :—' Almighty and most merciful Father, we have erred and...followed too much the devices and desires of our own heart: we have left undone those things which we ought to have done, and have done those things which... | |
| James Slade - 1832 - 564 páginas
...have we to join, with humble and penitent hearts, m the scriptural Confession of our Church Service, " Almighty and most merciful Father, we have erred and strayed from Thy ways like lost sheep." And when we do thus pour forth our " complaint before Him," and " long for His saving health," He will... | |
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