...heart : we have left undone those things which we ought to have done, and have done those things which we ought not to have done, and there is no health in MS.' And this is repeated by the whole congregation on their knees. Such is the theory, such is the...

...hearts to kneel before the throne of grace, he puts the language of confession on their lips, — " We have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep," " We are all, as an unclean thing,1' — " We would acknowledge our transgressions, before thee," — "Against...

...mourn as He would have us ? In the confession in which we joined an hour ago, while we repeated, " we have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost...devices and desires of our own hearts — we have oflended against thy holy laws — we have left undone those things which we ought to have done, and...

...congregation, he will constantly begin the sacred office by an act of hypocrisy, in saying, " Ahnighty Father, we have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. We have oflended against thy holy laws. There is no health in us. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable...

...and simplicity, " we have left undone that which we ought to have done, and we have done that which we ought not to have done, and there is no health in us ?" And then, when we contemplate our privileges and blessings as Christian disciples hrought, to the...

...our Lord. A general Confesnon to be taid of the whole Congregation with the Minister, all kneeling: ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father; •**• We have erred, and strayed from thy way like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts. We have offended...

...the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, etc. • 89 PRAYER XXIX. FROM THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER. Morning. Almighty and most merciful Father, we have erred and...we ought not to have done ; and there is no health us. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders. Spare thou those, O God; who confess...

...summons to confession ("Almighty and most mercifull Father, We have erred and strayed from thy wayes like lost sheep, We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts"). Absolution came next if the parson were present. ("Almighty God . . . pardonest and absolveth all them...

...conversation. Perhaps the service helped. Maybe when we said the confession, "We have done those things which we ought not to have done," and "There is no health in us," the guilt she felt began to be dispelled. I don't know, but when the service was over, we had lunch...

...that: "We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; and we have done those things we ought not to have done, and there is no health in us." 1 Yet we cling to the idea that we're basically consistent planners who are just subject to odd aberrations,...