...xv. 24 ; Luke xv. 4. 2 Isa. xxx. 21 ; John x. 4. In what words do we confess our actual sins ? — " We have offended against thy holy laws ; we have left...have done, and we have done those things which we ought not to have done." What three sorts of sin do we here confess ? — General disobedience, sins...

...and most merciful Father; We have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. We have folio weä 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 : Arid there is no health in us. Butthou, О LORD, have mercy upon us, miserai...

...ways, like lost sheep. We have followed too much the 8 See Conant's Ser. vol. ip 180, ed. 1699. devices of our own hearts. We have offended against thy holy...have done ; and we have done those things which we ought not to have done. And there is no health in us !" Verily, in this, we are all equal. Our sins...

...worthiness of thy Son Jesus Christ, our Lord. Our Father, S,c. The grace, 4*c. WEDNESDAY MORNING. ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father, we have erred and strayed...the devices and desires of our own hearts. We have left undone those things which we ought to have done: and have done those things which we ought not...

...of thy Son Jesus Christ, our Lord. Our Father, $•<:. The grace, fyc. WEDNESDAY MORNING. ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father, we have erred and strayed...the devices and desires of our own hearts. We have left undone those things which we ought to have done: and have done those things which we ought not...

...such things as shall please Thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. A General Confession of Sin. \ LMIGHTY 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. But Thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable...

...self-absorption. Kneeling, led by the minister, the parishioners repeated the following confession: "Almighty and most merciful Father; We have erred, and strayed...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...

...Hear, for example, the words of the General Confession said at Morning and Evening Prayer: Almighty and most merciful Father; We have erred, and strayed...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...

...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...

...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 strayed...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...