...answers, any one of which is sufficient to justify him in declining. THOU SHALT NOT KILL. The Almighty. IT IS THE GLORY OF A MAN TO PASS OVER A TRANSGRESSION. Solomon. I AM NOT AFRAID OF FIGHTING, BUT I AM AFRAID OF SINNING. Colonel Gardiner. I NEITHER AM, NOR...

...heavenly temple." Genuine love to man will not only seem to forgive, but it will do that very thing. "It is the glory of a man to pass over a transgression." Prov. 19:11. Merely to pretend to such a thing, and not to do it, is but miserably to mimic goodness,...

...committed, and that is — to despair of pardon." M. AUGUSTS NICOLAS. I. — GOD PARDONING SIN. As it is the glory of a man to pass over a transgression, (Prov. xix. 2,) so God accounts it His glory to pardon sin. Moses besought the Lord to show him His...

..." Before honour is humility ;" " the discretion of a man deferreth his anger ; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression : " " He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city." "A man's pride shall...

...wrong done Him by man than when impaled upon the tree for man He prayed, " Father, FORGIVE them I " " It is the glory of a man to pass over a transgression " — that glory beamed around the dying head of Jesus when from the cross He breathed this prayer....

...excellency, a glory, a virtue in Christ, to do it in the great day ? &c. [5.] A. fifth argument is this, It is the glory of a man to pass over a transgression. ' The discretion of a man deferreth his anger, and it is his glory to pass over a transgression,' Prov....

...growing and learning. He who refuses forgiveness, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass. " It is the glory of a man to pass over a transgression." He who only believes what he understands, has a very short creed ! Truth and charity must always go together....

...the person who does thee wrong." 3. It is human to do wrong ; it is Godlike to forgive, Matt. 5 : 48. It is the glory of a man to pass over a transgression. 4. He, who is kind to those whom he regards as friends, has a code of morals no higher than the heathen...

...in well-doing will, if any thing will, put to silence the ignorance of foolish men. 1 Peter ii., 15. It is the glory of a man to pass over a transgression. Prov. xix., 11. He who utters, or without good evidence believes a false rumor, is hurt far more than...

...feelings. We are told how to act, if we act at all ; and it may often be well to act upon the maxim, " It is the glory of a man to pass over a transgression." GaL vi. I (referring to the restoration of one who has been " overtaken in a fault ") would suggest...