 | Jean Calvin - 1863 - 612 pages
...of the guilt, we are taught to ransom by satisfactions. For Daniel exhorted Nebuchadnezzar : " Break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor" (Dan. iv. 27). And Solomon says, " By mercy and truth iniquity is purged" (Prov. xvi. 6); and again,... | |
 | Joseph Hall - Theology - 1863 - 632 pages
...acknowledge his infinite power, &c. 27. "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."] — Wherefore, O king, as it hath pleased thee... | |
 | 1864 - 402 pages
...from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them." — Jer. xviii. 8. " Break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor, if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity." — Dan. iv. 17. NIGHT. — Prayer and Praise : "... | |
 | Samuel Davies - Presbyterian Church - 1864 - 664 pages
...repentance ; and Daniel gives him a solemn advice, " 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, if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity," Dan. iv. 27. He continued impenitently proud, and... | |
 | Samuel Prideaux Tregelles - Bible - 1864 - 332 pages
...earnest desire for his welfare: " 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." A year passed on: the king's heart was not humbled;... | |
 | Charlotte Maria Tucker - 1864 - 386 pages
...known that the heavens do rule. " Wherefore, 0 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." We are not told how the blood rushed to the cheek... | |
 | Michael Ferrebee Sadler - 1865 - 418 pages
...from them. See also Daniel iv. 27. " Wherefore, 0 King, let my counsel be acceptable unto 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." I remember that some time ago Lord Shaftesbury,... | |
 | William Theodore Wylie - Families - 1865 - 286 pages
...ways my ways, saith the LORD. 4 Wherefore, 0 King, let my counsel be accept able 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. 5 Therefore, also now, saith the LORD, Turn ye even... | |
 | British and foreign freed-men's aid society - 194 pages
...the advice given by Daniel to Nebuchadnezzar — "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 sooner these amiable people of the South reach... | |
 | Thomas George Bell - 1869 - 192 pages
...in the second verse. In Daniel iv. 27, righteousness, and mercy to the poor, run parallel. " Break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor." The words of Peter, (Acts x. 35,) " He that feareth Him, and worketh righteousness," refer to what... | |
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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. 
