 | Henry Cogswell Knight - Sermons, American - 1831 - 280 pages
...double-minded. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions ; so iniquity shall not be your ruin. He that covereth his sins shall not prosper ; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. We may weep, and we may fast, and we may pray, and we may condemn ourselves ; but unless we at the... | |
 | 1831 - 676 pages
...righteous men do rejoice, there is treat glory : but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden. 1.1 He that covereth his sins shall not prosper but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shal ' ive mercy. Happy is the man that train h always : but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall... | |
 | Henry BROUGHAM (Rector of Tallow.) - 1832 - 202 pages
...God is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." " He that covereth his sins shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy," (Prov. xxviii. 13.) " God looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1832 - 542 pages
...faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness'u:" and again, " He that covereth his sins shall not prosper ; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy "." Perhaps from a retrospect of your past lives you may be led to fear that you have sinned beyond... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1832 - 834 pages
...transgressions, as Adam, and hide their iniquity in their bosom b : " for God's word to them is plain; " He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.0" It is absolutely indispensable that we humble ourselves before God, and that we repent in... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1832 - 684 pages
...Exod. xiv. 17. b Lam. iii. 22. " Gen. vi. 3. blessings of salvation. His determination is, " Whoso covereth his sins, shall not prosper ; but whoso confesseth, and forsaketh them, shall have mercy." Contend, then, with him no longer ; but let " his goodness and long-suffering and forbearance lead... | |
 | Christian life - 1832 - 642 pages
...before their enemies ; they could not prosper whilst the accursed thing was concealed and retained. " He that covereth his sins shall not prosper ; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall find mercy," Prov. xxfiii. 13. As soon as the burdened conscience is made to realize the expiation... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
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