The New Devout Communicant Etc Fifth Edition

Author : James Ford
Publisher : Rarebooksclub.com
ISBN 13 : 9781230059907
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (599 download)

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Download or read book The New Devout Communicant According to the Church of England written by James Ford and published by Rarebooksclub.com. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1825 edition. Excerpt: ... men! I acknowledge and bewail my manifold sins and wickedness, which from time to time I have most grieviously committed by thought, word, and deed, against thy divine Majesty. O Lord, I have offended against thy holy laws; I have followed too much the devices and desires of mine own heart; I have left undone those things which I ought to have done; and I have done those things which I ought not to have done, and there is no health in me. I have been disobedient to thine authority, and unmindful of thy goodness; I have not behaved as thy servant, or as the disciple of Jesus Christ. But do Thou, O God, have mercy upon me; Thou, who desirest not the death of a sinner, but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live, have mercy upon me; pardon and deliver me from all my sins; cleanse me from all unrighteousness; confirm and strengthen me in all goodness: and grant me the assistance of thy Holy Spirit, that, by denying all ungodliness and worldly lusts; by living soberly, righteously, and godly; by bringing forth fruits meet for repentance; and by walking henceforward in newness of life, I may so please Thee in this present world that I may inherit thine eternal joy in that which is to come; through Jesus Christ, our Lord. For Repentance, O gracious God, who hast compassion upon all men, and who desirest not the death of a sinner, but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live, mercifully grant me such a true and unfeigned repentance of all my past sins, such an hatred and abhorrence of all my former ways, that I may from this moment relinquish them, and turn to Thee and live. Give me that humble and contrite spirit, whose complaints Thou never despisest; that faith, which overcometh the world, and which will enable...