 | Thomas Vincent - Westminster Assembly - 1806 - 306 pages
...yourselves from all your transgressions : so iniquity shall not be your ruin, Prov. xxviii. 14. He that covereth his sins, shall not prosper : but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them, shall. 2. In turning unto God, Isa. lv. 7. Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts... | |
 | Hugh Gaston - Bible - 1807 - 548 pages
...said, I will confess my transgressions, thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Prov. xxviii. 13. He that covereth his sins shall not prosper, but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. Job xxxi. 33. 1 John i. 9. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just, to for. give us our sins,... | |
 | Thomas Scott - Religion - 1808 - 584 pages
...repentance, is every where represented as inseparable from saving faith, and preparatory to forgiveness. "He that covereth his sins shall not prosper ; but '" whoso confesseth and forsaketh them, shall " have mercy.1" " If we say that we have no sin *' we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us," 1 John... | |
 | 1809 - 1152 pages
...When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glorv : but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden. 13 He arc under thy tongue ; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon. 12 A garden enclo 14 Happy is the man that feareth always : but he that hardcneth his heart shall f II into mischief.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 384 pages
...passage Cordelia is made to allude to a passage in Scripture w—Prov. xxviii. 13 : " He that couereth his sins shall not prosper : but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them, shall have mercy." Henley. * — — of long-engrafted condition,] i e. of qualities of mind, confirmed by lung habit... | |
 | Church of Scotland - Presbyterianism - 1810 - 636 pages
...and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye. 'Prov. xxviii. 13. He that covereth his sins shall not prosper : but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. Prov. xxx. 20. Such is the way of an adulterous woman ; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith,... | |
 | Thomas Tregenna Biddulph - 1810 - 556 pages
...our mamfold sins and wickedness." On this subject the word of God is very clear and decisive: " He that covereth his sins shall not " prosper ; but whoso...confesseth and forsaketh " them shall have mercy. " f Were it necessary, a variety of other passages might be produced. The matter of confession is "... | |
 | First Unitarian Society. Philadelphia - Unitarianism - 1810 - 506 pages
...13. ' Go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice.' Pro. xxviii. 13. ' He that covereth his sins shall not prosper ; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.' BISHOP BEVERIDGE, in his sermons, vol. 10. p. 202. speaking of Christ, says, ' And iinkrs- he mediate... | |
 | Thomas Vincent - Prayer - 1810 - 326 pages
...ftom all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin. Prov. xxviii. 13, He, that coveretli his sins, shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them, shall find mercy. 2. In turning unto God. Isaiah Iv. 7, Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous... | |
 | Francis Gastrell - Bible - 1812 - 378 pages
...confession. (f).. Cover not thy transgressions as Adam, by hiding thine iniquity in thy bosom. (g) He that covereth his sins shall not prosper ; 'but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them, shall have mercy. {h) Wo to the rebellious children, saith the Lord, that cover with a covering, but not of ciy Spirit,... | |
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He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. 
