 | Fore-edge painting - 1815 - 614 pages
...kingdom shall be sure unto thee, after that thou shall have known that the heavens do rule. 2" Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and...thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor ; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity. 28 All this came upon the... | |
 | Sarah Trimmer - 1817 - 412 pages
...kingdom shall be sure unto thee, after that thou shalt have known that the heavens do rule. Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousnes, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy" to the poor: if it may be a lengthening of thy... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1817 - 554 pages
...Nebuchadnezzar to 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 she&ing mercy to the poor." OBJEC. II. If I be liberal and bountiful, I shall only make a righteousness... | |
 | Theology, Doctrinal - 1819 - 488 pages
...mentioning the purpose of God to punish him for his haughtiness, he concludes, by saying," Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and...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... | |
 | Arminianism - 1863 - 1198 pages
...his horn shall 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... | |
 | Arminianism - 1819 - 996 pages
...Redeemer of mankind only knows. He selected his text from Daniel iv. 27, ' Let my counsel be acceptable to thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.' " ANECDOTE O?MR. HERVEY.... | |
 | Joseph Wilson (minister of Laxton.) - Bible - 1824 - 368 pages
...necessary. This faithful prophet fears not to reprove a mighty king ; he says, ( v: 27 ) " Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and...thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mergy to the poor, if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity. " But this advice seems... | |
 | David Osgood - Congregational churches - 1824 - 486 pages
...only mean to ward off or delay the calamity which was impending over him ; his words are, " Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and...thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor, if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity." A similar strain is adopted... | |
 | Thomas Williams (Calvinist preacher) - 1825 - 1068 pages
...kingdom shall be sure unto thee, after that thou shall have known that the heavens do rule. 27 Wherefore, sacrificeth not : as is the good, so is the sinner...that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath. 3 This i shewing mercy to the poor ; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity. 28 All this came upon the... | |
 | William Carpenter - Bible - 1825 - 630 pages
...thouTiide not thyself from thine own flesh 1 Isa. Iviii. 6, 7. Wherefore, О king, let my countenance be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor ; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity, Dan. iv. SÏ7. Give to... | |
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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. 
