...have known 27 that the heavens do rule. 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 ; whom thou hast injured and oppressed, if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity. 28 29 AH this...

...purged. xxi. 21. He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness and honour. Dan. iv. 27. Break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy. HOH. vi. 5. I desired mercy and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of Cod more than burnt...

...haughtiness, he concludes, by saying," 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'. " That same prophet, •when called to read the writing...

...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...

...folly, and commutes for the baser pleasure with a more noble usage : so said Daniel to Nebuchadnezzar, " Break off~ thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor:"* first be just, and then be charitable; for it is pity, alms, — which is one of the noblest services...

...working with his own hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needs. So also Dan. iv. 27. Break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; ie Whereas, for the time past, the course of thy life hath very much abounded...

...purification of the whole man. But the sum of the doctrine and case of conscience in this particular is this. thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor :"* first be just, and then be charitable ; for it is pity, alms, — which is one of the noblest services...

...should I be inquired of at set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumblingblock a,U by them? e DAN. iv. 27: Break off thy sins by righteousness,...and thine iniquities by showing mercy to ; the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity. JOEL, ii. 14: Who knoweth if he ,viH return and repent,...

...interpreted the dream to his grandfather, he concluded thus : " O king, let my counsel be acceptable to thee, break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor, if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity;"* but he gave no exhortation of this kind to Belshazzar;...

...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 showing mercy to the poor."1' OBJECT. II. If I be liberal and bountiful, I shall only make a righteousness of it, and so...