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Coleridge’s Literary Remains, Volume 4.

BOOK I
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The Confession omitteth not only original sin, but all actual sin as specified by the particular commandments violated, and almost all the aggravations of those sins....

Whereas confession, being the expression of repentance, should be more particular, as repentance itself should be.
Grounded, on one of the grand errors of the whole Dissenting party, namely, the confusion of public common prayer, praise, and instruction, with domestic and even with private devotion.

Our Confession is a perfect model for Christian communities.
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When we have craved help for God's prayers, before we come to them, we abruptly put in the petition for speedy deliverance--( 'O God, make speed to save us: O Lord make haste to help us',) without any intimation of the danger that we desire deliverance from, and without any other petition conjoined.
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It is disorderly in the manner, to sing the Scripture in a plain tune after the manner of reading.
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