...that is, like sheep who have deserted their shepherd, we have wandered from the paths of the Lord; " we have followed too " much the devices and desires of our own "hearts;" we have given ourselves too much up to the innate corruption of our nature, a corruption which we were born...

...confession to he said hy the whole congregation, after the minister. ALMIGHTY and most merciful father ! .we have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost...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 which...

...confession to he said by the wbole congregation, after the minister. ALMIGHTY and most merciful father ! \ve have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep...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 which...

...shepherd's care, still inclined to stray ! How true an emblem of the weakness and frailty of man ! " We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts," This is, in fact, a plain avowal of a wicked and depraved nature : it is assumed, that the devices...

...by the whole Congregation after the Minister, all kneeling. A LMIGHTYandmostmer-iJk ciiiil Father; We have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost...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 which...

...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...

...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...

...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...