...offended against Thy holy laws We VOL. I. D " have left undone those things which we ought " to have done; and we have done those things " which we ought..." mercy upon us miserable offenders : Spare " Thou them, O God, which confess their " faults: restore Thou them that are penitent; " according to Thy...

...Father; We have erred, and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the 32 devices and desires of our own hearts. We have offended...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...

...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...

...goodness and mercy. Wherefore I pra'y and beseech you, as many as are here present, to accompany me with a A general Confession, to be said by the whole Congregation,...have mercy upon us, miserable offenders. Spare thou them, O God, who confess their faults. Restore thou them that are penitent ; According to thy promises...

...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 :...

...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...

...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....

...and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep : We have followed too much the devices and desires of oar own hearts : We have offended against thy holy laws...thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us miserable offenders : LITANY. Have mercy upon us miserable sinners. That it may please thee to give us true repentance,...