 | Robert C. Roberts - 2007 - 216 páginas
...derives, we see that what was left out is chiefly the emotionally expressive elements of the prayer: We have erred, and strayed from thy ways like lost...thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders (p. 6}. The metaphor of wandering, lost sheep; the reference to the violated laws as "holy"; the acknowledgment... | |
 | Fleming Rutledge - 2007 - 422 páginas
...things which we ought to 8. FitzSimons Allison in the Grace Church (NYC) bulletin, October 1977. have done, and we have done those things which we ought...mercy upon us, miserable offenders. Spare thou those who confess their faults. Restore those who are penitent; according to thy promises declared unto mankind... | |
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ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father ; We have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep : We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts : We have offended against thy holy laws : We have left undone those things which we ought... 
