 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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 whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy." Prov. 28 : 13. Friends, however, have some peculiar ways of " covering" sin ; and very... | |
 | 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.... | |
 | 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.... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Henry Scawen Plumptre - 1833 - 224 pages
...God's mercies, but as most worthy to receive the greatest of his punishments. " He," says Solomon, " that covereth his sins shall not prosper, but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy." There must be no attempt at concealment by any mantle of self-righteousness, or by any... | |
 | Georg Christian Knapp - Theology, Doctrinal - 1833 - 700 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 forsaknth them shall have mercy." So Christ represents it in the parable of the prodigal son, Luke... | |
 | Henry Forster Burder - Conduct of life - 1834 - 204 pages
...ourselves. Of all sin, without exception, it is said — " He that coyereth his sins shall not prosper ; bat whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall find mercy."...contrite heart — " he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." Sixthly, Let there be no approach to an implacable... | |
 | Alexander Jaffray, John Barclay - Friends in Scotland - 1834 - 642 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... | |
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He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. 
