...acknowledge that we have forsaken the good shepherd and wandered from the right path : when we say " that we have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts," we admit the depravity of the fallen nature which so far from checking we have been too prone to indulge...

...— IT A general Confession, to be said by the whole Congregation after the Minister, all kneeling. ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father ; We have erred...to have done ; And we have done those things which we ought not to have done : And there is no health in us. Bui thou, U LORD, have mercy upon us, miserable...

...Baying— IA General Confession, to be said by the whole Congregation after the Minister, all kneeling. ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father ; We have erred...to have done ; And we have done those things which we ought not to have done : And there is no health in us. Butthou, O LORD, have mercy upon us, miserable...

...language of the prayer book of the Protestant Episcopal Church, so admirably adapted to its purpose : " We have erred and strayed from thy ways 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 laws....

...saying— ITA general Confess,on, to be sind by the whole Congregation after tUe Minister, all kneeling. ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father; We have erred and strayed from thy ways like [ last we may come to his eternal lost sheep. We have followed ! joy, through JESUS CHRIST our too...

...a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me ! " Or again the language of our Church, ' We have erred, and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep : we have done those things which we ought not to have done, and left undone those things which we ought to have...

...after" me ; ^[ A general Confession to be said of the whole Family after the Master t all kneeling. ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father :We have erred,...to 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...

...(ninth century), translated by Helen Waddell Mike Brearley,/ormer captain of the England cricket team Almighty and most merciful Father; We have erred,...to 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...

...The Lord Himself says, 'My people have been lost sheep.' How often have we confessed with our lips, "We have erred and strayed from Thy ways like lost...to have done; and we have done those things which we ought not to have done; and there is no health in us.' * Now, then, do you believe this is all true...

...in one of the most common older confessions from the Reformed tradition still in frequent use today: "We have followed too much the devices and desires...to 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...