 | 1845 - 88 pages
...sin did my mother conceive me." Psalm li. 5. In the confession we use, Sunday after Sunday, saying, " Almighty and most merciful Father ; we have erred...have done ;. and we have done those things which we ought cot to have done ; and there is no health in us." See also Article 9th, where we are told, "... | |
 | John Ley - 1845 - 138 pages
...things as shall please Thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. A General Confession of Sin. \ LMIGHTY and most merciful Father; We -£*- have erred and...have done ; And we have done those things which we ought not to have done; And there is no health in us. But Thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable... | |
 | 1845 - 6 pages
...saying after me ; [Here all shall kneel, repeating after him,'] A LMIGHTY and most merciful Father; -TA- We have erred, and strayed from thy ways like lost...have done; and we have done those things which we ought not to have done ; And there is no health in us. But thou, 0 Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable... | |
 | Thomas Ward - 1845 - 498 pages
...the Common Prayer :— " Almighty and most merciful Father, we have erred and strayed from thy way? like lost sheep ; we have followed too much the devices...holy laws ; we have left undone those things which we ought to have done, and we have done those thing* whic.K y*% \ ought not to have done ; and there... | |
 | Episcopal Church - 1846 - 818 pages
...— 1 A general Confession, to be said by the whole Congregation after the Minister, all kneeling. ought not to have done : And there is no health in us. But thou, О Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable... | |
 | Elizabeth Kraft - 1992 - 238 pages
...self-absorption. Kneeling, led by the minister, the parishioners repeated the following confession: "Almighty and most merciful Father; We have erred,...too much the devices and desires of our own hearts." Most importantly, as the Anglican divine pointed out at the beginning of the service, they did so in... | |
 | David L. Holmes - 1993 - 260 pages
...people. Hear, for example, the words of the General Confession said at Morning and Evening Prayer: Almighty and most merciful Father; We have erred,...have done; And we have done those things which we ought not to have done; And there is no health in us. ... And the last collect (or short prayer) in... | |
 | G. Avery Lee - 1991 - 188 pages
...a lapsed agnostic chanced into an Episcopal church where he heard the Prayer of General Confession: We have erred and strayed from Thy ways like lost...devices and desires of our own hearts. . . . We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; and we have done those things which we ought... | |
 | James Hutchinson Smylie - 1996 - 188 pages
...(1549), a great legacy of those years. Cranmer's Calvinisl touch is seen in the prayer of confession: Almighty and most merciful Father, we have erred and...have done; and we have done those things which we ought not to have done; and there is no health in us. But Thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable... | |
 | Patrick Gossage - 1997 - 234 pages
...constantly reminded of the words of the general confession he had recited so many hundreds of times: Almighty and most merciful father, we have erred and...too much the devices and desires of our own hearts. Epilogue THERE WAS LITTLE discussion about where Pat and Deirdre would meet Terry to discuss this watershed... | |
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Almighty and most merciful Father, We have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts. We have offended against thy holy laws. We have left undone those things which we ought to... 
