...lips, "We have left undone the things that we ought to have done, and we have done those things that we ought not to have done, and there is no health in us." Would you know if you have the Spirit? Then mark my question.—Do you feel your sins? (c) See, for...

...second paragraph: the General Confession from Wesley's (and the Episcopal) morning and evening prayer ("Almighty and most merciful Father, we have erred and strayed from thy ways. . . ."). The fourth paragraph adds two further ingredients in this pastiche, namely, pietistic turns...

...will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Psalm 32:5 Almighty and most merciful Father, We have erred and...done, And there is no health in us. •\ But thou, Oh Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders. Spare thou them, O God, which confess their faults....

...Israel and her mission to the nations. "Almighty and most merciful Father, we have erred and stmyed from thy ways, like lost sheep. We have followed too...ought not to have done, and there is no health in us. " A Ceneral Confession, Book of Common Pmyer What's striking, once more, is the persistence of God's...

...certainly look happier than when you came in." "Much happier," I agreed. PART VI Devices and desires "We have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost...too much the devices and desires of our own hearts." A GENERAL CONFESSION BOOK OP COMMON PRAYER, 1928 VERSION MAY 1987 BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA Wrongful Life...

...absolution: B78 Genero/ Almighty and most merciful Father, B34 we have wandered and strayed from your ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the...desires of our own hearts. We have offended against your holy laws. We have left undone those things that we ought to have done; and we have done those...

...sins when we come into church? Why do grown-up, strong men and women get down on their knees and say, "We have followed too much the devices and desires...own hearts; we have offended against thy holy laws"? Why do we say, "We have left undone those things which we ought to have done, and we have done those...

...the Presbyterian Church (USA) begins: "Almighty and merciful God, we have erred and strayed from your ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts." 5 We lose the way of God, in spite of having the road map of God's Word. Just having a map is never...

...legs, that he had refused to walk beside her anywhere his friends might see them? He had been ten. We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts, the rector told the four people in the pews, who would agree that they had followed their desires,...

...have lefte undone those thinges which we oughte to have done, and we have done those thinges which we ought not to have done, and there is no health in us . . .' It seems altogether characteristic, given the exuberant fantasy apparent in the writing of this...