 He that covereth his sins shall not prosper : but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.  Sermons - Page 397by Samuel Davies - 1864Full view - About this book
 | Moses Maimonides, Hermann Hedwig Bernard - Jewish ethics - 1832 - 416 pages
...when his dipping can avail him nothing, unless he throw away the unclean animal ; and so it is said: But whoso confesseth AND FORSAKETH [them] shall have mercy, (Prov. xxviii, 13). Moreover it is necessary that he name5 1 The verse, preceding this, opens thus : Take with you nords,... | |
 | John Henry Hobart, William Berrian - Theology - 1832 - 520 pages
...confession of our sins is necessary to pardon. " He that covereth his sins" (is an inspired declaration) "shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy."* The more minutely we bring them to our recollection, and view them under all those circumstances •which... | |
 | John Henry Hobart, William Berrian - Theology - 1832 - 522 pages
...confession of our sins is necessary to pardon. " He that covereth his sins" (is an inspired declaration) "shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy."* The more minutely we bring them to our recollection, and view them under all those circumstances which... | |
 | Samuel Hanson Cox - Society of Friends - 1833 - 710 pages
...sovereignty, that the person of an opposite character, and he alone, shall be pardoned and saved. " He that covereth his sins shall not prosper : but...confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy." Prov. 28 : 13. Friends, however, have some peculiar ways of " covering" sin ; and very few ways of confessing... | |
 | Alexander Jaffray, John Barclay - Quakers - 1833 - 638 pages
...some way exercised towards him with fear and love, upon reading that Scripture, Prov. xxviii. 13, " He that covereth his sins shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy ;" and so, found it my duty, with all diligence to prosecute that matter; until it be in God's time... | |
 | Ebenezer Ireson - Methodism - 1833 - 392 pages
...alluded to in the text, admits of no such covering up of sin, but requires directly the reverse. ' He that covereth his sins shall not prosper ; but...whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.' ' If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.' If we confess our... | |
 | Jean Frédéric Ostervald - 1833 - 434 pages
...is a great misfortune when the wicked bear rule. This sentence deserves our particular attention : He that covereth his sins, shall not prosper ; but...whoso confesseth and forsaketh them, shall have mercy : Ana this other ; Happy is the man that feareth alway. These words teach us, that without confession... | |
 | Sarah Austin - 1833 - 322 pages
...bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him. 30 He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. 31 Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from any sin ? 32 Surely it is meet to be said... | |
 | Georg Christian Knapp - Theology, Doctrinal - 1833 - 702 pages
...before God (refusing to acknowledge them as such, and to seek forgiveness for them). Prov. 28: 13, " He that covereth his sins shall not prosper ; but...whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy." So Christ represents it in the parable of the prodigal son, Luke xv. Vid. Ps. 32: 3—6. Dan. 9: 4.... | |
 | James Stuart - United States - 1833 - 546 pages
...Christ lived. The confession of every known sin is a principle of their faith, according to the text, " He that covereth his sins shall not prosper, but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy." The rule of life established by the church of this society is summed up in seven injunctions. 1st,... | |
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