| Jacob Abbott - Christian life - 1832 - 414 pages
...like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices and deSecret prayer often too general. sires of our own hearts. We have offended against thy holy...not to have done ; and there is no health in us." How general is this language. It is so with our Savior's model of prayer ! " Forgive us our debts,... | |
| Richard Mant (bp. of Down, Connor and Dromore) - 1836 - 184 pages
...heavenly grace, saying after me ; A general Confession, to be said of the whole Family, after the Master, all kneeling. ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father; We...have mercy upon us, miserable offenders. Spare thou them, O God, which confess their faults. Restore thou them that are penitent ; According to thy promises... | |
| Walter Farquhar Hook - 1836 - 80 pages
...sins before Almighty God. Tlie Confession to be said of the whole Family after the Person officiating, all kneeling. ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father; We...have mercy upon us, miserable offenders: Spare thou them, O God, which confess their faults: Restore thou them that are penitent ; According to thy promises... | |
| John Alonzo Clark - Christian life - 1836 - 412 pages
...therefore, the first page and passage that struck my eye, was the General Confession : — " ' Mmighty and most merciful Father, we have erred and strayed...O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders.' " These words, as I read on, seemed to describe my case so exactly, that I could not but adopt, as... | |
| John Pring - 1839 - 184 pages
...attention, if not " .with a pure heart and humble voice," unto the throne of grace, saying after him, " Almighty and most merciful Father, we have erred and...ought not to have done ; and there is no health in us :" yet no one member shall dare to say a word elsewhere of the faults of the congregation, be they... | |
| Richard Graves - 1840 - 468 pages
...which the church of England begins her truly scriptural liturgy ;—"Almighty and most merciful Father, we have offended against thy holy laws; we have left...ought not to have done; and there is no health in us." We must therefore humbly implore, " O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders ; spare thou them,... | |
| Church of England - Reformation - 1841 - 590 pages
...saying after mo ; « A general Confession, to be said of the whole Congregation after the Minister, kneeling. ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father; We have...have mercy upon us, miserable offenders. Spare thou them, O God, which confess their faults. Restore thou them that be penitent; according to thy promises... | |
| 1841 - 46 pages
...Congregation after the Minister, all kneeling. A LMIGHTY and most merciful Father; We have erred, jfX and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. We have...have done ; And there is no health in us. But thou, 0 Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders. Spare thou them, O God, which confess their faults.... | |
| Episcopal Church - 1841 - 410 pages
...like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts. We have oilended against thy holy laws. We have left undone those things...not to have done : And there is no health in us. But thuu, О LORD, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders. Sjmre thou those, О GOD, who confess their... | |
| Arthur Henry Dyke Troyte - 1842 - 234 pages
...labour is not in vain in the Lord. If Then the Genera! Confession, to be said by the whole family, kneeling. ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father; We •*"*•...have mercy upon us, miserable offenders. Spare thou them, O God, which confess their faults. Restore thou them that are penitent; According to thy promises... | |
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