Ps.38.1:
O LORD, rebuke me not in Your wrath,
And chasten me not in Your burning anger.
κύριε μὴ τῷ θυμῷ σου ἐλέγξῃς με μηδὲ τῇ ὀργῇ σου παιδεύσῃς με
יְהוָה אַל־בְּקֶצְפְּךָ תֹוכִיחֵנִי וּבַחֲמָתְךָ תְיַסְּרֵנִי׃
Domine, ne in furore tuo arguas me, neque in ira tua corripias me.
Why can't the modern, folk-religionists, sing and say this? Or, why "won't" they?
There are answers to that. Any takers?
One hint: the doctrine of God.
It's an extremely serious question. Time for some Rectors and Pastors to take a one-year Sabbatical. Read the Scriptures and books on the doctrine of God. Put em' in a local monastery near their homes. And good liturgical worship in the morning and evening. It's that serious.
Of course, read 38.1 in context...context, context, context. And analogia fidei, hermeneutically.
It's assumed in the Prayer of Humble Access, 1662 BCP.
We do not presume to come to this thy Table, O merciful Lord, trusting in our own righteousness, but in thy manifold and great mercies. We are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under thy Table. But thou art the same Lord, whose property is always to have mercy: Grant us therefore, gracious Lord, so to eat the flesh of thy dear Son Jesus Christ, and to drink his blood, that our sinful bodies may be made clean by his body, and our souls washed through his most precious blood, and that we may evermore dwell in him, and he in us. Amen.
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