HKB
5 passages · search this phrase →
Often appears with: equity, mercy, and pardon · sin, guilt, and repentance · religious persecution and toleration · justice as a virtue · treaties, truces, and peacemaking · the fear of death · separation from uncleanness · restoring honor without war · repentance and purification of religion · regeneration by the spirit · private diplomacy · peace negotiations
Usually: exhortation (4) · argument (3) · detachment (3) · injustice endured (2) · reconciliation (2) · narrative (1) · reflection (1) · confronting death (1) · temptation (1) · censure (1)
“To be at Peace with God is the Fountain of true Tranquillity of Mind, or, as the Greeks call it, [Greek: euthymia]. For they who live thus, Men can do them no great Injury.” Desiderius Erasmus, The Colloquies of Erasmus, Volume I. · insight
“I seem to myself to travel over the whole World in a Map, and can see more in Histories than if I had rambled through Sea and Land for twenty Years together, as Ulysses did.” Desiderius Erasmus, The Colloquies of Erasmus, Volume I. · insight
“For if one be dead for all, that then are all dead, and that he died for all, because that they which live, should not henceforth live unto themselves: but unto him which died for them and rose again.” William Tyndale, The first New Testament printed in English · insight
Paul urges the Corinthians to be reconciled to God through Christ’s atonement, urges them to receive grace without wasting it, lists virtues amid suffering, and commands separation from uncleanness.
how the lord is to be feared, we fare fair with men. For we are known well enough unto God. I trust also that we are known in your consciences. We praise not ourselves again unto you, but give you an occasion to rejoice of us, that ye may have somewhat against them, which rejoice in the face, and not in the heart. For if we be too fervent, to God are we to fervent: if we keep measure, for your cause keep we measure.…
Prudence persuades Meliboeus to reconcile with God, then privately meets his enemies, persuades them with the benefits of peace and repentance, and they agree to obey Meliboeus’s commands with humility.
in her hands, promising to do just as she desires, and admitting that he is the more held to love and praise her, if she reproves him of his folly) Then Dame Prudence discovered all her counsel and her will unto him, and said: “I counsel you,” quoth she, “above all things, that ye make peace between God and you, and be reconciled unto Him and to his grace; for, as I have said to you herebefore, God hath suffered you…
Calvin teaches that faith looks away from one’s works to God’s mercy and Christ’s perfection, explaining justification as God’s gratuitous embrace and reconciliation through Christ.
praise of righteousness, and ascribes the whole to the grace of God, yet he refers grace to sanctification, in which we are regenerated by the Spirit to newness of life. XVI. The Scripture, when speaking of the righteousness of faith, leads us to something very different. It teaches us, that being diverted from the contemplation of our own works, we should regard nothing but the mercy of God and the perfection of Ch…
God accepts repentance and sincerity, distinguishes those who resist wrongdoing, and condemns public “hurtful speech” unless someone has been wronged, while affirming that good deeds and forgiveness matter.
S: Surely the hypocrites are in the lowest stage of the fire and you shall not find a helper for them. 004.146 Y: Except for those who repent, mend (their lives) hold fast to Allah, and purify their religion as in Allah's sight: if so they will be (numbered) with the believers. And soon will Allah grant to the believers a reward of immense value. P: Save those who repent and amend and hold fast to Allah and make th…
Glaucus continues his philosophy: he disposes of mental unease quickly, avoids anger from servants, reconcilies himself to God before sleep, rejects fear of death, and describes occasional country retreat near Rome.
to pass, that if any good Fortune happens to me, I am not vainly transported, or grow insolent; or if any thing falls out cross, I am not much perplex'd. *Pa.* Truly if you can do this, you are a greater Philosopher than *Thales* himself. *Gl.* If any Uneasiness in my Mind rises, (as mortal Life produces many of them) I cast it immediately out of my Thoughts, whether it be from the Sense of an Affront offered, or a…