...P. 1xvi 1. 24. ' The morning, &c.'J 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. '§ But why is it evil to 'follow the de' vices and desires of our own hearts,' if our hearts be not...

...general Confession, to be said by the whole Congregation aller the Minister, all kneeling. ALMIGHTY anil most merciful Father ; We have erred and strayed from...offended against thy holy laws. We have left undone those ihings which we ought to have done ; And we have done those tilings which we ought not to have done:...

...grace,' not only « with a pure heart,' but also « with an « humble voice,' saying after him, « Almighty and most merciful Father ; we « have erred...devices « and desires of our own hearts. We have of« fended against Thy holy laws. We have left « undone those things, which we ought to hare ' done...

...our obligations in numerous instances of ingratitude ; we have erred and strayed from thy ways, and- have followed too much- the devices and desires of our own hearts ; we have done those thing§ we ought not to have done, and left undone those things we ought to have done, and...

...we have left undone those things which ** we ought to have done; we have done " those things which we ought not to have " done, and there is no health in us 7 ." In the same spirit of humiliation " we ac" knowledge and bewail our manifold sins " and wickedness,...

...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...

...our obligations in numerous instances of ingratitude; tve have erred and strayed from thy ways, and have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts; we have done those things we ought not to have done, and left undone those things we ought to have done, and...

...me. ^f A general Confession to be said of the whole Congregation after t/ie Minister, all kneeling. ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father; We have erred and...have done; and we have done those things which we ought not to .bay done ; and there is no health in us. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable...

...the end that we may obtain forgiveness of the same, by his infinite goodness and mercy. Exhortation. Almighty and most merciful Father, we have erred and...holy laws. We have left undone those things which we ought to have done ; and we have done those * There is none righteous, no, Ps. six. 12. The flesh...

...and hourly, by our wickedness and stubborn disobedience, horribly fall away from God. Horn, xxxii. 1. We have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost...our own hearts ; we have offended against thy holy la\vs ; we have left undone those things which we ought to have done ; and we have done those things...