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Prayers, selected and arranged for the worship of families
Prayers selected and arranged for the worship of families Author:Henry Drummond Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: SUNDAY EVENING. AFTER READING THE SCRIPTURES. Confession by all present. Almighty God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Maker of all things and Judge of... more » all men, we acknowledge and bewail our manifold sins and wickedness, which we, from time to time, most grievously have committed, by thought, word, and deed, against Thy divine Majesty, and especially during the past day, provoking most justly Thy wrath and indignation against us. We have not duly hearkened to the word of Thy salvation ; we have resisted the motions of Thy Holy Spirit, and have lightly esteemed the preceptsand ordinances which Thou hast given for our perfection. We have not been unto all men the living epistle of Christ, but we have been ashamed of Thee. We do earnestly repent and are heartily sorry for these and all our misdoings; the remembrance of them is grievous unto us, the burden of them is intolerable. Have mercy upon us, most merciful Father ; for Thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ's sake forgive us all that is past, and grant that we may ever hereafter serve Thee in newness of life, to the honour and glory of Thy name, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. To be said by the Head alone. 0 Lord, we beseech Thee mercifully to hear our prayers, and spare all those who confess their sins unto Thee, that they whose consciences by sin are accused, by Thy merciful pardon may be absolved, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that the words which we have heard this day in Thy house of prayer, with our outward ears, may, through Thy grace, be so grafted inwardly in our hearts, that they may bring forth in us the fruit of good living, to the honour and praise of Thy name, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Purify our reins and our hearts, 0 God, by the fire of T...« less