...with humble voices and sincere hearts, in the following general confession :-r~" Al" mighty and inpst merciful father, we " have erred and strayed from thy ways " like lost sheep;" this is in imitation of the following passage in scripture. " 4-H " we, like sheep, have gone astray,...

...after me; B z If Ge^f General confession to he said hy the whole congregation, after the minister. ALMIGHTY and most merciful father ! .we have erred...our own hearts ; we have offended against thy holy laws ; we have left undone those things which we ought to have done; and we have done those things...

...confine myself to a fyw general observations upon tha Ianguagp of the prayer before, us* 1814.] 86 " Almighty and most merciful Father, we have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep." The Scriptures fully warrant us to address in this manner the Almighty God. I quote but pne passage...

...saying after me ; ^[ General confession to be said by the if bole congregation, after the minuter. ALMIGHTY and most merciful father! we have erred and strayed from thy ways ]ike lost sheep ; we have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts ; we have offended...

...General Confession to be saidby thewhole Congregation after the Minister, all kneeling. A LMIGHTY andmost merciful Father; We have erred and strayed from thy...our own hearts. We have offended against thy holy laws. We have left undone those things which we ought to have done ; And we have done those things...

...all arc taught to adopt them for our own use, when we say in our Liturgy, " We have erred and s.rayed from thy ways like lost sheep; we have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts." Well might we have been left to wander till we had fallen a prey to the roaring lion that -.eeketh...

...all are taught to adopt them for our own use, When we say in our Liturgy, " We have erred and s rayed from thy ways like lost sheep; we have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts." Well might we have been left to wander till we had fallen a prey to the roaring lion that" eeketh to...

...are, in our general confession, traced up to their proper source, the corruption of our nature : " We have followed " too much the devices and desires of our own '•hearts." Are our hearts full of evil devices and desires? Who will deny it? The evil is not adventitious, but...

...holy and just and good ;" but we, as we have often confessed with our lips, instead of obeying then), have " followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts ; we have oQènded against" these "holy laws; we have left undone those things which we ought to have done, and...

...P. 1xvi. 1. 24. ' The morning, &c.'6 That is, the name, or sin, of Adam is not mentioned in them. * We have followed too much the devices and desires ' of our own hearts.'7 But why is it evil to * follow ' the devices and desires of our own hearts,' if our hearts...