...We have left undone thofe things which we ought to have done ; And we have done thofe things which we ought not to have done : And there is no health in us. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us miferable offenders. Spare thou thofe, O God, who confefs their faults. Reftore thou thofe who are...

...have left undone thofe things which we ought to have done; And we have done thofe things which 'wd -ought 'not to have done ; And there is no health in us. Bill thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, referable offenders. Spare thou them, O God, which confefs their...

...lost sheep : We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts : We have ofr fended against thy holy Laws : We have left undone those...have done; And there is no health in us. But thou, О Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders : Spare thou them, О God, which confess their faults...

...Miniater, all kneeling. ALMIGHTY and most merciciful Father; We have erred and strayed from thy wavs like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices...have done : And there is no health in us. But thou, О Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders. Spare thou those, G God, who confess their faults....

...sheep. We have followed too much the devices « and desires of our own hearts. We have of« fended against Thy holy laws. We have left « undone those...and there is no « health in us. But Thou, O Lord, hare mercy « upon us miserable offenders : Spare Thou them, « O God, which confess their faults :...

...we have left undone those things which ** we ought to have done; we have done " those things which we ought not to have " done, and there is no health in us 7 ." In the same spirit of humiliation " we ac" knowledge and bewail our manifold sins " and wickedness,...

...our Reformers, in their imitation of this passage, touched only upon that of actual transgression. " Almighty and most merciful Father, we have erred "...have done : and there is no health « in us." But in the confession of our Communion Service, this deviation is still more striking, because the resemblance...

...do the things that Cleanse thou me from secret faults. ye would. Gal. v. 17. We arc all things which we ought not to have done; and there is no health in us. Confession. Remember not, Lord, our offences, nor the offences of our forefathers ; neither take thou...

...who concludes with beseeching the people to join him in the confession, which runs in this form — " Almighty and most merciful Father, we have erred and...O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders." I have thought proper to repeat these words, though they are so well known, because too many say them...

...general Confession, to be said by, the whole Congregation after the Minister, all kneeling. ALMIGHTY ana* most merciful Father ; We have erred and strayed from...have done : And there is no health in us. But thou, О Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders. Spare thou those, О God, who confess their faults....