 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...  The Book of common prayer - Page 281818Full view - About this book
 | James Innell Packer, Carolyn Nystrom - Religion - 2006 - 320 pages
...ourselves. The General Confession of the historic Anglican Prayer Book states what we always find: "We have followed too much the devices and desires...ought not to have done, and there is no health in us." Then, on the other hand, God the Spirit forms questions in our minds that we have to answer, questions... | |
 | Robert C. Roberts - Psychology - 2007 - 216 pages
...chiefly the emotionally expressive elements of the prayer: We have erred, and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices...have done; and there is no health in us. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders (p. 6}. The metaphor of wandering, lost sheep; the... | |
 | Fleming Rutledge - Religion - 2007 - 422 pages
...our General Confession: Almighty and most merciful Father, we have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices...holy laws. We have left undone those things which we ought to 8. FitzSimons Allison in the Grace Church (NYC) bulletin, October 1977. have done, and... | |
 | Dorothy M. Stewart - Religion - 1999 - 466 pages
...them. Lady Lucy Herbert 25.6 Almighty and most merciful Father, we have erred and strayed from thy ways 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 not done those things that we ought to have done, and there is no... | |
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