 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1806 - 416 páginas
...that the heavens do rule. Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor ; whom thou hast injured and oppressed, if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity. 28 29 AH this... | |
 | 1819 - 488 páginas
...he concludes, by saying," Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities, by showing mercy to the poor, if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity'. " That same prophet, •when called to read the writing... | |
 | 1863 - 1198 páginas
...be exalted with honour." "Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto theo, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor ; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity." Certain it is that almsgiving was regarded as most... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor - 1826 - 628 páginas
...commutes for the baser pleasure with a more noble usage : so said Daniel to Nebuchadnezzar, " Break off~ thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor:"* first be just, and then be charitable; for it is pity, alms, — which is one of the noblest services... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1826 - 632 páginas
...purification of the whole man. But the sum of the doctrine and case of conscience in this particular is this. thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor :"* first be just, and then be charitable ; for it is pity, alms, — which is one of the noblest services... | |
 | John Platts - 1827 - 688 páginas
...set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumblingblock a,U by them? e DAN. iv. 27: Break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to ; the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity. JOEL, ii. 14: Who knoweth if he ,viH return and repent,... | |
 | Henry Belfrage - 1827 - 710 páginas
...dream to his grandfather, he concluded thus : " O king, let my counsel be acceptable to thee, break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor, if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity;"* but he gave no exhortation of this kind to Belshazzar;... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1829 - 590 páginas
...seek mercy, in Dan. iv. 27. " Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor."1' OBJECT. II. If I be liberal and bountiful, I shall only make a righteousness of it, and so... | |
 | Thomas Sherlock - 1830 - 512 páginas
...Daniel's advice to Nebuchadnezzar : ' O King, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor.' Charity is indeed the ' breaking offof sin ;' it is ' righteousness ' and ' mercy ;' it is the essential... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1830 - 602 páginas
...seek mercy, in Dan. iv. 27. " Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor."" OBJECT. II. If I be liberal and bountiful, I shall only make a righteousness of it, and so it will... | |
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Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor, if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity. 
