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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. "
The Presbyterian Quarterly Review - Page 71
edited by - 1853
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Notes, Critical, Illustrative, and Practical, on the Book of Daniel: With an ...

Albert Barnes - Bible - 1855 - 508 pages
...ia alleged that what is said in ch iv. 27, of the efficacy of almsgiving in averting the judgment* of God, is an opinion that had its origin in later...thee, and brake off thy sins by righteousness, and tJiiite iniquities by a/imcing mercy to t/te poor ; it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity." This,...
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A manual of private devotions

Lancelot Andrewes (bp. of Winchester.) - Devotional calendars - 1855 - 138 pages
...man that considereth the poor and needy. By Mercy and Truth iniquity is purged. (Prov. xvi. 6.) Break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. (Dan. iv. 27.) They showed the coats and garments which she had made. I. Except ye repent, ye shall...
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The Evening of Life; Or, Meditations and Devotions for the Aged

William Edward Heygate - 1856 - 264 pages
...Jer. xvii. 1 1 ; S. James v. 3. obtaineth the favour of GOD in JESUS CHRIST. " Break off" or redeem "thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor."1 " Alms maketh an atonement for sins, that is, they put a man into the way of having the propitiation...
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Short Sermons on Important Subjects

Jonathan Edmondson - Methodist Church - 1857 - 586 pages
...address to Nebuchadnezzar, " Wherefore, 0 king, let my counsel be acceptable unto tliee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor." Dan. iv, 27. And our Lord said to the angel of the Laodicean church, "I counsel thee to buy of me gold...
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The Sermons of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor: Complete in One Volume ...

Jeremy Taylor - Church year sermons - 1859 - 566 pages
...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...
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Commentary on Ecclesiastes: With Other Treatises

Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg - Bible - 1860 - 510 pages
...of righteousness, the vjicked is there. In Daniel iv. 27, Daniel says to Nebuchadnezzar — " break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor." The righteous and the wicked God will judge, (ver. 17). Here the righteous man is Israel : the wicked...
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Commentary on Ecclesiastes, with other treatises, tr. by D.W. Simon

Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg - 1860 - 504 pages
...place of righteousness, the wicked is there. In Daniel iv. 27, Daniel says to Nebuchadnezzar—" break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor." The righteous and the wicked God will judge, (ver. 17). Here the righteous man is Israel: the wicked...
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Lives of the Archbishops of Canterbury ...

Walter Farquhar Hook - Bishops - 1860 - 558 pages
...to the rule. At first this seemed to work well. Casuists taking for their text, Dan. iv. 27, " Break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor," permitted men to purchase a relaxation of the punishment due to their offences, by their alms-deeds,...
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Lives of the Archbishops of Canterbury ...

Walter Farquhar Hook - Bishops - 1861 - 530 pages
...to the rule. At first this seemed to work well. Casuists taking for their text, Dan. iv. 27, " Break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor," permitted men to purchase a relaxation of the punishment due to their offences, by their alms-deeds,...
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Broadcast

Nehemiah Adams - Homiletical illustrations - 1863 - 240 pages
...Nebuchadnezzar deserves to be pondered : " 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." That which was good for the king is good for all. We do well to notice the very frequent connection...
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