Sin
‹ 8 · Outline
9.Grace, forgiveness and redemption
9a.God's readiness to forgive the penitent
See also: God 3e · Religion 4b
The Book of JobVol. 44
- p. 80–81Job asks why God does not pardon his transgression.read · scan
- p. 123–124Man confesses he has sinned and is redeemed; God finds a ransom.read · scan
The Book of PsalmsVol. 44
- p. 169–170Asks God to forget the sins of youth; he instructs sinners.read · scan
- p. 170–171Pleads for pardon of great iniquity and forgiveness of all sins.read · scan
- p. 193–194Asks God to heal his soul, for he has sinned.read · scan
- p. 219–221Iniquities prevail but God forgives transgressions.read · scan
- p. 242–244Prayer that iniquities of forefathers not be remembered and sins be forgiven for God's name's sake.read · scan
- p. 250–251God forgives iniquity and covers sin, turning from wrath; people asked not to return to folly.read · scan
- p. 270–271God forgives iniquities, does not repay sins, removes transgressions as far as east from west.read · scan
- p. 311–313If God marked iniquities none could stand; with him is forgiveness and redemption from all iniquities.read · scan
The Bhagavad-Gita; or, Song CelestialVol. 45
- p. 827–828Even one of evil life, or born of sin, who turns to the Lord becomes righteous and cannot perish.read · scan
Luke, The Gospel According to LukeVol. 44
- p. 356–357Salvation given through remission of sins.read · scan
- p. 366–367Jesus forgives the palsied man's sins and claims authority to forgive; he calls sinners, not the righteous, to repentance.read · scan
- p. 373A sinful woman's tears and anointing bring forgiveness; Jesus says her many sins are forgiven and the Pharisees question who forgives sins.read · scan
- p. 393–394Parable of the lost sheep: joy in heaven over one repentant sinner.read · scan
- p. 394–395Prodigal son wastes his substance, repents and confesses; the father forgives and restores him.read · scan
- p. 395–396Younger son who squandered his living is received back, dead and alive again, lost and found; repentance and forgiveness.read · scan
- p. 402Jesus came to seek and save the lost; crowd murmurs that Zacchaeus is a sinner.read · scan
- p. 415Jesus prays forgiveness for those who know not what they do; the penitent thief is promised Paradise.read · scan
Saint Augustine, The Confessions of St. AugustineVol. 7
- p. 16–17His sin of delighting in vanities has been forgiven; temptation to be rescued from.read · scan
- p. 75Souls are pictured as adulterous, going a whoring from God, who forgives when they return.read · scan
- p. 121–122God rejoices more over one penitent than ninety-nine just persons.read · scan
- p. 161–162His good deeds are God's gifts, his evil ones his own offences; asks mercy and perfecting of his imperfections.read · scan
Hymns of the Christian Church: Latin HymnsVol. 45
- p. 546Prayer to be kept without sin this day and for mercy; redemption by Christ's blood.read · scan
- p. 552–554Culprit heart accuses itself, begs absolution; Mary and the thief forgiven give hope.read · scan
Chapters from the KoranVol. 45
- p. 931God accepts repentance and forgives; angels intercede for the repentant; sinners confess their sins.read · scan
- p. 934–935Prophet is urged to ask forgiveness for his sins.read · scan
- p. 945–946Offences are covered and forgiven if the misbelievers desist; God forgives what is past.read · scan
- p. 951–952God forgives sins of those who follow Him; the self-invented religion of a sect deceived them.read · scan
- p. 960–961Those who wrong themselves and ask God's forgiveness without persevering in the wrong receive pardon.read · scan
- p. 965Believers pray for forgiveness of sins and offences; those who hide the Book buy evil.read · scan
- p. 978–979God forgives those who do evil and ask pardon; a crime wrongs oneself; blaming an innocent is manifest sin.read · scan
- p. 982God pardons those who turn again and do right; the Jews' broken compact and transgression are recounted.read · scan
- p. 995–996God pardons and covers offences of believers; Israel's broken compact brought a curse.read · scan
- p. 997–998God forgives those who repent and act aright after injustice.read · scan
- p. 1000–1001Many vie in sin and unlawful eating; God would cover offences if they believed.read · scan
Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of ChristVol. 7
- p. 260–261The suppliant confesses he is nothing, a poor worm, and pleads God's mercy and grace; only the sinner is left empty.read · scan
- p. 274–275Man the vile sinner deserving hell yet spared by God's love.read · scan
- p. 311Man's conscience cannot justify him; he relies on God's mercy and pardon, not his own righteousness.read · scan
Benvenuto Cellini, The Autobiography of Benvenuto CelliniVol. 31
- p. 256–258He begs God to pardon all his sin.read · scan
John Calvin, Dedication of the Institutes of the Christian ReligionVol. 39
- p. 29–30Calvin calls the faithful miserable sinners with nothing to glory in but God's mercy and hope of salvation.read · scan
- p. 49–50Repentance and perpetual remission of sins in Christ.read · scan
John Donne, PoemsVol. 40
- p. 303–305Donne begs forgiveness for repeated sins, including leading others to sin, and fears perishing at death.read · scan
Izaak Walton, The Life of Dr. John DonneVol. 15
- p. 342He preaches remission to repenting sinners.read · scan
- p. 351–352The hymn 'Wilt thou forgive that sin' confesses habitual sin, leading others to sin, and fear of perishing; pleads forgiveness.read · scan
- p. 363Cannot plead innocence of youth; relies on a merciful God and Saviour, assured of election.read · scan
Izaak Walton, The Life of Mr. George HerbertVol. 15
- p. 416He says he has only sin and misery to offer God, the first pardoned through Christ.read · scan
John Milton, Paradise LostVol. 4
- p. 319Eve calls herself transgressor yet is graced as source of life through pardon.read · scan
John Milton, Samson AgonistesVol. 4
- p. 415Samson accepts his sufferings as justly inflicted and hopes for God's final pardon.read · scan
Blaise Pascal, ThoughtsVol. 48
- p. 240Transgressions forgiven and not remembered; ancestors sinned.read · scan
- p. 268–269Christ calls sinners to repentance and justifies them, leaving the self-righteous in their sins.read · scan
- p. 270–271If men knew themselves, God would heal and pardon them.read · scan
John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's ProgressVol. 15
- p. 25–26Christian's rejecting divine counsel is sin, yet all sins and blasphemies are promised forgiveness to the believing.read · scan
- p. 28–29Christian's sin is great, yet he is forgiven and received; he pleads as an undeserving rebel.read · scan
- p. 31–32Christian feels unfit for admittance, yet none are cast out for past deeds; the burden of sin remains until deliverance.read · scan
- p. 41–42Christian weeps at the Cross and is told his sins are forgiven; he is clothed anew and marked.read · scan
- p. 56–57Christian sings of being forgiven and dwelling next door to Heaven.read · scan
- p. 61–62Apollyon accuses Christian of faults, faintness, and vain-glory; Christian trusts pardon by his Prince.read · scan
- p. 144–145Sadness at the vileness of his sins gives way to assurance of grace and forgiveness.read · scan
- p. 181–183Christiana is convicted of evil to her husband; the messenger declares God ready to forgive and multiply pardon.read · scan
- p. 192–193Mercy asks forgiveness of sins and grace, fearing presumption.read · scan
- p. 193–194Pilgrims sorrow for their sins and beg pardon; the Lord grants forgiveness by promise and by the deed that obtained it.read · scan
John Dryden, All for Love; or, The World Well LostVol. 18
- p. 84Heaven demands only sorrow for sins and pardons them.read · scan
William Penn, Some Fruits of SolitudeVol. 1
- p. 361Our neglect and broken promises are forgiven by God's patience.read · scan
Hymns of the Christian Church: Modern HymnsVol. 45
- p. 568–571Asks guilt be taken away; clouds of sin only are not God's.read · scan
John Woolman, The Journal of John WoolmanVol. 1
- p. 175Affliction over his error, then forgiveness from the Comforter.read · scan
- p. 306–307Joy in heaven over a repentant sinner.read · scan
Robert Burns, Poems and SongsVol. 6
- p. 33–35Poet confesses being led wrong by strong passions and pleads that God's goodness delights to forgive.read · scan
Friedrich Schiller, William TellVol. 26
- p. 471–472Dying, Gessler cries for God's mercy on his soul.read · scan
Alessandro Manzoni, I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed)Vol. 21
- p. 337–338Lucia urges that God pardons many sins for a single act of mercy.read · scan
- p. 344–346Lucia's words that God pardons many sins for one deed of mercy give him a glimmer of hope of forgiveness.read · scan
- p. 394–395Lucia hopes God will touch the wicked man's heart as he did the Unnamed, now a saint.read · scan
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Household TalesVol. 17
- p. 53–54After repeated denial, the Queen repents at the stake and confesses; the Virgin forgives, saying the one who repents is forgiven.read · scan
Thomas Hood, PoemsVol. 41
- p. 908–910Her evil behaviour and weakness owned meekly, sins left to Saviour for forgiveness.read · scan
Edgar Allan Poe, The Poetic PrincipleVol. 28
- p. 387–389She owns her weakness and leaves her sins to her Saviour.read · scan
Robert Browning, A Blot in the 'ScutcheonVol. 18
- p. 373–378Mildred, fatherless and motherless, says God forgot her and she fell, yet hopes for pardon.read · scan
William Morris, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 1183–1185Guenevere, accused, pleads for forgiveness and dreads a deathbed choice between heaven and hell, regretting unknown truth.read · scan
9b.Christ's atonement and the second Adam
See also: Theology 5b · Immortality 7a · Justice 10a · Life and Death 7b
Paul, The First Epistle of Paul to the CorinthiansVol. 45
- p. 510–511Christ died for our sins; Paul, a former persecutor, is saved by grace.read · scan
- p. 511–512Without Christ's resurrection, believers are still in their sins.read · scan
Paul, The Second Epistle of Paul to the CorinthiansVol. 45
- p. 521–522God reconciles the world, not reckoning trespasses; Christ made sin for us so we become righteousness of God.read · scan
Luke, The Acts of the ApostlesVol. 44
- p. 445–446Everyone who believes in Jesus receives remission of sins through his name.read · scan
- p. 451Through Jesus remission of sins is proclaimed, justifying believers beyond what Moses's law could.read · scan
- p. 472–473Baptism to wash away sins, calling on his name.read · scan
Hymns of the Christian Church: Greek HymnsVol. 45
- p. 541–543Christ takes away the sins of the world; prayer for sinless hours of darkness.read · scan
Saint Augustine, The Confessions of St. AugustineVol. 7
- p. 157–158Prays God forgive Monica her debts; her sins are forgiven through Christ's ransom, not her own merit.read · scan
- p. 196–197Christ's righteousness voids the death of sinners, healing infirmities and making servants into sons.read · scan
- p. 197Frightened by his sins and misery, he asks to be healed and redeemed by Christ's blood.read · scan
Dante Alighieri, ParadiseVol. 20
- p. 310Sin alone disfranchises man, unlike the Chief Good; lost dignity returns only if guilt is paid with equal pain.read · scan
- p. 419Eve opened the wound that Mary closed.read · scan
Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of ChristVol. 7
- p. 279–280The speaker calls himself a miserable sinner whose salvation is won by Christ's Passion and death.read · scan
- p. 337–338Grace of the sacrament removes the disfigurement of sin, unknown to the faithless who serve sin.read · scan
Martin Luther, Concerning Christian LibertyVol. 36
- p. 348Believing teaches that all within us is guilty and damnable, so Christ's merits alone remit sins.read · scan
- p. 352Soul full of sin and death exchanges with Christ's grace, life and salvation.read · scan
- p. 353Christ takes on the bride's sins, death and hell and overcomes them by his invincible righteousness.read · scan
- p. 353–354The sinful soul's sins are laid on Christ, so they cannot destroy her; she claims his righteousness.read · scan
- p. 358–359Believer's sin is swallowed up in Christ's righteousness, so conscience of sin no longer terrifies.read · scan
Sir Walter Raleigh, PoemsVol. 40
- p. 203–204Sins give black verdicts against souls, but Christ pleads His death and they live.read · scan
Edmund Spenser, PoemsVol. 40
- p. 248–250Christ's blood washes us clean from sin.read · scan
Robert Southwell, The Burning BabeVol. 40
- p. 218–219Men's defiled souls are washed in His blood.read · scan
Richard Rowlands, Our Blessed Lady's LullabyVol. 40
- p. 256–258Contrasts the fruit of death from Paradise with the fruit of life that redeems the fall.read · scan
Izaak Walton, The Life of Dr. John DonneVol. 15
- p. 353–355Serpent as emblem of death and poison, cured by the Cross; crucify nature and implore grace.read · scan
George Herbert, PoemsVol. 40
- p. 341–343Soul guilty of dust and sin, ashamed; Love reminds who bore the blame.read · scan
John Milton, Poems Written at School and at College, 1624-1632Vol. 4
- p. 7–9Redemption from deadly forfeit; Nature feels guilty and sinful before her Maker's eyes.read · scan
- p. 11–13Holy song would make leprous Sin melt away and Hell pass, though full redemption awaits the cross.read · scan
John Milton, Poems Written at Horton, 1632-1638Vol. 4
- p. 40–42Man's transgression of the Covenant and lost state in death, redeemed by Christ.read · scan
John Milton, Paradise LostVol. 4
- p. 136As all perish in Adam, so all shall be restored in the second root, Christ.read · scan
- p. 319Grace regenerates the penitent pair; the Son pleads his merit to atone for their sin.read · scan
- p. 342Christ must satisfy the penalty due Adam's transgression.read · scan
- p. 342Baptism signifies cleansing from guilt; Christ crucifies the sins of all mankind.read · scan
- p. 342Eve acknowledges her wilful crime and banishment, yet takes consolation in the Promised Seed who will restore all.read · scan
John Milton, Paradise RegainedVol. 4
- p. 359Paradise lost by one man's disobedience is recovered by one man's obedience through all temptation.read · scan
- p. 359The Son will win back what the first man lost and conquer Sin and Death.read · scan
- p. 359He will bear mankind's sins' full weight to work redemption.read · scan
- p. 405Christ's resisting temptation redeems Adam's fall and regains lost Paradise; Satan's snares are broken.read · scan
Blaise Pascal, ThoughtsVol. 48
- p. 24Nature is corrupt, requiring a Redeemer.read · scan
- p. 72–73Christian faith rests on corruption of nature and redemption by Christ.read · scan
- p. 90–91Since the corruption of nature, men are left in darkness from which Christ alone rescues them.read · scan
- p. 141Men make themselves unworthy of mercy; redemption is given from undeserved compassion.read · scan
- p. 161By one man all was lost and the bond with God broken, by one man renewed.read · scan
- p. 174Christ taught men they are self-loving, enslaved, blind, sick and sinners, to be delivered by hating self and following Him.read · scan
- p. 176–177Contrast of the first Adam's garden of delight, where he lost mankind, with the garden of agony.read · scan
- p. 179Knowing our sins would make us lose heart; Christ heals them, and repentance brings forgiveness and knowledge of them.read · scan
- p. 179Pascal sees in himself depths of pride, curiosity and lust; Christ made sin for him takes his scourges and will heal him.read · scan
- p. 181–182Corruption of man's nature makes him unworthy of God and redeemed only by the Redeemer.read · scan
- p. 218–219Had Adam not sinned and Christ not come, there would be one covenant and one age.read · scan
- p. 221Christ adopted our sins and unites us to Him; our sins are our own, virtues His.read · scan
- p. 231The true enemies are sins; Messiah frees his people from iniquities.read · scan
- p. 232Deliverance is from iniquity, sin coming to an end.read · scan
- p. 256The Messiah is to be the victim for the sins of the world.read · scan
- p. 258–259The deliverer would crush the demon's head and free his people from all iniquities.read · scan
- p. 267Christ reconciles his people to God and saves them from wrath and sin's bondage.read · scan
- p. 271–272Christ takes away the sins of the world, unlike lambs; men's only enemies are themselves and their passions that separate them from God.read · scan
Blaise Pascal, Minor WorksVol. 48
- p. 398The real weakness of sin is remedied by the death of a God.read · scan
John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's ProgressVol. 15
- p. 32–33The dusty parlour, swept and sprinkled, prefigures cleansing from sin's guilt by Christ's blood.read · scan
- p. 40–41Christian's burden of sin falls at the Cross; life given by Christ's death.read · scan
- p. 52–53Burden of sin falls at sight of the crucified one; sins forgiven, coat and mark given by Shining Ones.read · scan
- p. 211–212Christiana recalls the pardon promised at the Gate and the burden falling at the sepulchre.read · scan
- p. 212–213Pardon for sinners is obtained by another's obedience and blood; by one man's disobedience many were made sinners.read · scan
- p. 214Pardon comes by the work of another, given to the poor beggar.read · scan
- p. 215Sin delivers us to the curse of the law; redemption requires a price paid by Christ's blood, covering polluted souls.read · scan
Hymns of the Christian Church: Modern HymnsVol. 45
- p. 561–564Ruined nature, Adam's likeness to be effaced and the Serpent bruised; the second Adam restores.read · scan
John Woolman, The Journal of John WoolmanVol. 1
- p. 190–191Christ sent to repair the breach made by disobedience and finish sin.read · scan
Robert Burns, Poems and SongsVol. 6
- p. 137–139Guiltless blood shed for guilty man; prayer for divine grace.read · scan
Thomas Carlyle, Sir Walter ScottVol. 25
- p. 405–406Ram-Dass claims fire to burn all the world's sins; the divine man must burn up some of the world's miseries and errors.read · scan
9c.Grace as necessary against sin
See also: Theology 6a · Law 5b · Religion 8c · God 4b
Buddhist WritingsVol. 45
- p. 607The Buddha will roll back the clouds of sin and folly of the world.read · scan
The Bhagavad-Gita; or, Song CelestialVol. 45
- p. 805–809The ship of Truth bears even the worst wrong-doer safely across the sea of transgressions.read · scan
- p. 872–874Krishna promises to free the soul from all its sins.read · scan
Saint Augustine, The Confessions of St. AugustineVol. 7
- p. 76–77Salvation is far from sinners such as he then was.read · scan
- p. 116–117Man's law in his members wars against the law of his mind; only grace through Christ delivers him from sin.read · scan
- p. 125–126The law of sin in his members wars against the law of his mind; only grace through Christ can deliver him.read · scan
Hymns of the Christian Church: Latin HymnsVol. 45
- p. 547–549Prays to be freed from sin, vice and the infernal foe.read · scan
- p. 549–552Sinner pleads for saving grace, confessing his lost condition.read · scan
Dante Alighieri, ParadiseVol. 20
- p. 323Blessed souls feel joy not for the fault, forgotten, but for the virtue and providence that overruled it.read · scan
Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of ChristVol. 7
- p. 278–279Prayer to be kept from sin, and not blotted from the book of life.read · scan
- p. 281–282Confesses infirmity, weakness before temptation and the flesh warring against the spirit; begs mercy and strength.read · scan
- p. 287–288Mind oppressed by the weight of sins asks to be lifted up.read · scan
- p. 313–314Wretched slavery of sins and temptations weigh man down.read · scan
- p. 343The Sacrament heals sins, bridles passions and conquers temptations; the speaker is an unworthy sinner.read · scan
- p. 344–345The speaker is burdened with sins, temptations and passions, and only God can deliver him.read · scan
- p. 356–357No merit of one's own suffices; only grace and mercy allow approach, and sins hinder grace.read · scan
- p. 358–359When grace is withheld, impute it to one's sins; even a small hindrance must be overcome.read · scan
- p. 360The disciple confesses his infirmity, temptations and defilement, asking God's remedy and consolation.read · scan
Martin Luther, Concerning Christian LibertyVol. 36
- p. 348–349'Thou shalt not covet' convicts everyone of sin since no one can help coveting.read · scan
- p. 365The law terrifies men into knowledge of their sins and penitence, then the word of grace gives remission.read · scan
John Calvin, Dedication of the Institutes of the Christian ReligionVol. 39
- p. 30Man is naked of virtue, a slave to sin, liberated only by God's grace in Christ.read · scan
- p. 43Some misused doctrine of grace to justify continuing in sin.read · scan
Sir Thomas Browne, Religio MediciVol. 3
- p. 328–329Prays sins not eclipse God's light.read · scan
John Milton, Paradise LostVol. 4
- p. 319Future will show supernal grace contending with the sinfulness of men.read · scan
- p. 342Law stirs up natural pravity so men see need for a greater atonement; sins provoke God against Israel.read · scan
Richard Crashaw, Wishes for the Supposed Mistress; Upon the Book and Picture of the Seraphical Saint TeresaVol. 40
- p. 362–364He asks her to take away himself and sin by a gracious robbery.read · scan
Blaise Pascal, ThoughtsVol. 48
- p. 68Grace is the means by which religion enters the heart.read · scan
- p. 74–75Those in blindness are capable of grace which may enlighten them.read · scan
- p. 139–140Philosophers never knew man's unrighteousness; union with God comes by grace and penitence.read · scan
- p. 146–147Double capacity of grace and sin is common to all.read · scan
- p. 163Natural vice resists grace; the heart is torn between opposed efforts.read · scan
- p. 165–166Sins have dreadful consequences, even the smallest faults; grace is needed to make a saint and God must not impute sins.read · scan
- p. 176Of himself he has only misery and error.read · scan
- p. 178We implore mercy not to be left at peace in our vices but delivered from them.read · scan
- p. 297–298Miracles are one of the last effects of grace.read · scan
- p. 310Grace given to the humble; question whether humility itself is given.read · scan
Blaise Pascal, Minor WorksVol. 48
- p. 396Nature is corrupted and needs redemption; without grace men fall into pride or indolence.read · scan
John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's ProgressVol. 15
- p. 51–52Interpreter's man who sinned out of hope of God's mercy; Christ maintains grace in the heart against Satan.read · scan
- p. 141–142Hopeful finds reformation cannot pay off his debt of sin; sin mixes with even his best duties.read · scan
- p. 142–143Hopeful's own righteousness cannot save; only a sinless man's righteousness can.read · scan
- p. 149–151The soul, aware of its lost condition under the Law, flies to Christ to escape condemnation and wrath.read · scan
- p. 200–201Christiana's guilt and neglect; Mercy sees their imperfections make manifest the riches of grace.read · scan
- p. 203–204Full of the venom of sin, yet faith lets the sinner dwell in the best room of heaven.read · scan
- p. 229–230Sin is a mighty tyrant from which only God can deliver us.read · scan
- p. 269–270Riddle: one must be conquered by grace to mortify sin; a slave to corruptions cannot be a monument of grace.read · scan
- p. 288–290Verses warn that sin can rebuild Doubting Castle and make Despair live again; pilgrims go from sin to grace.read · scan
Hymns of the Christian Church: Modern HymnsVol. 45
- p. 559–561Confesses being unrighteous and full of sin; asks grace to cover and purify.read · scan
- p. 564–566Sinful man cannot see God's glory; prayer for the wanderer who spurned the divine voice.read · scan
- p. 566–568Rebellious past; grace needed against the tempter.read · scan
Ralph Waldo Emerson, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 1259–1260Nature's shade heals the hurts which sin has maderead · scan
Richard Henry Dana, Jr., Two Years Before the MastVol. 23
- p. 369Learning without a changed heart merely produces a more capable sinner.read · scan
Hippolyte Taine, Introduction to the History of English LiteratureVol. 39
- p. 417God regards every soul as sinful, saved only through a stricken conscience and renewed heart.read · scan
Sidney Lanier, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 1391–1392The marsh frees the soul from sad discussion of sin.read · scan
9d.Forgiveness between persons
Confucius, The Sayings of ConfuciusVol. 44
- p. 66–67Ruler dares not forgive sin and asks that the people's sins fall on his head.read · scan
Aristophanes, The FrogsVol. 8
- p. 459–460Those who slipped under Phrynichus's oligarchy should be pardoned for their single sin.read · scan
Buddhist WritingsVol. 45
- p. 769–770The treasurer confesses acting in ignorance and asks pardon; she pardons him.read · scan
Paul, The Second Epistle of Paul to the CorinthiansVol. 45
- p. 518Forgiveness of the offender, lest he be swallowed by sorrow and Satan gain advantage.read · scan
Luke, The Gospel According to LukeVol. 44
- p. 383The prayer asks forgiveness of sins as we forgive debtors, and deliverance from temptation.read · scan
- p. 398–399Woe to those who cause little ones to stumble; rebuke a sinning brother and forgive him repeatedly when he repents.read · scan
Luke, The Acts of the ApostlesVol. 44
- p. 438–439Dying, Stephen prays that this sin not be laid to his killers' charge.read · scan
Saint Augustine, The Confessions of St. AugustineVol. 7
- p. 148God heals one soul's fault through another's unhealthy anger; she condemned and forsook it.read · scan
- p. 156–157Prays for his mother's sins; no life is blameless if God withheld mercy; all die in Adam.read · scan
Chapters from the KoranVol. 45
- p. 929–930Brothers confess they were sinners; Joseph pardons them and Jacob promises to seek forgiveness for them.read · scan
Stories from the Thousand and One NightsVol. 16
- p. 78He seeks forgiveness, citing the pardon given by the envied to the envier.read · scan
Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of ChristVol. 7
- p. 350–351Prays for mutual pardon of offences, removal of anger and contention, and healing of passions and vices.read · scan
Sir Thomas Malory, The Holy GrailVol. 35
- p. 157–159Uwaine forgives Gawaine, and prays God forgive him, the slaying of a sworn brother.read · scan
William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of DenmarkVol. 46
- p. 204–205Hamlet asks pardon, attributing his wrong to madness, not himself.read · scan
- p. 207Laertes and Hamlet exchange forgiveness, absolving each other of the deaths.read · scan
William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of King LearVol. 46
- p. 278–280Gloucester cries 'O my follies!' and prays the gods forgive his abuse of Edgar.read · scan
- p. 301–303Lear begs to be forgiven for wrongs done and offers to drink poison.read · scan
- p. 310Vicious begetting of Edmund is linked to punishment; Edmund confesses and forgives.read · scan
William Shakespeare, The TempestVol. 46
- p. 453–454He names the wrongs of Alonso, Sebastian and Antonio, and forgives them.read · scan
Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, Philaster, or Love Lies A-BleedingVol. 47
- p. 731Philaster confesses wronging his faithful friends, asks forgiveness, fears exclusion from heaven; they pardon himread · scan
- p. 734–737Philaster forgives the King's fault against his father and urges him to love the lady and be savedread · scan
- p. 738–740The King repents wronging Philaster, begs forgiveness and yields his daughter; Philaster acceptsread · scan
- p. 742–744The King repents wronging Philaster and asks forgiveness, which Philaster grantsread · scan
- p. 744Dion begs mercy for his undiscreet suspicions and Arethusa and Philaster pardon him; concealment called a faultread · scan
John Eliot, Eliot's Brief NarrativeVol. 43
- p. 143A ruler, penitent after a fit of passion, says the hardest thing is to forgive himself.read · scan
John Milton, Samson AgonistesVol. 4
- p. 415Dalila seeks forgiveness; Samson forgives only at a distance.read · scan
Molière, Tartuffe, or The HypocriteVol. 26
- p. 261–263Cleante says a Christian should pardon the offence and stifle vengeance; Tartuffe feigns forgiveness.read · scan
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, The Tragedy of Faust, Part IVol. 19
- p. 127–129The husband's remorse and desire for his wife's pardon at death.read · scan
Alessandro Manzoni, I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed)Vol. 21
- p. 153–155Remorse for her fault and a wish to expiate it lead Gertrude to write to her father imploring pardon.read · scan
- p. 156Gertrude begs pardon; the Prince says forgiveness must be deserved and that her fault has a remedy.read · scan
- p. 381–382The Unnamed asks forgiveness of Lucia; he has repented and is 'no longer what he was'.read · scan
- p. 382–383The converted Unnamed humbly accepts Lucia's forgiveness for his wrong; repentance shown in his changed manner.read · scan
- p. 383–384The Unnamed has repented of his great sins and confessed to the Cardinal; Lucia is urged to forgive him and pray for him.read · scan
- p. 589Renzo's shame and repentance of hatred, forgiving by God's grace.read · scan
- p. 590–591Salvation of Rodrigo and Renzo depends on forgiveness and compassion; God's disposition toward us mirrors ours to others.read · scan
- p. 627–628Renzo's forgiving hope for Rodrigo's mercy.read · scan
- p. 630–631Renzo says he has forgiven Rodrigo from his heart; Don Abbondio calls it his duty.read · scan
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Household TalesVol. 17
- p. 211–212The sisters repent with all their hearts the evil done to Two-eyes, who forgives and cares for them.read · scan
Percy Bysshe Shelley, The CenciVol. 18
- p. 347–350Giacomo pleads for forgiveness and laments his weak, wicked tongue.read · scan
Edgar Allan Poe, The Poetic PrincipleVol. 28
- p. 374–375Sin forgiven by Christ is cursed forever by man, the poem's bitter close about a fallen girl.read · scan
Alfred, Lord Tennyson, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 1045–1047He calls on God to strike the weak race who cannot forgive, declaring they are not worthy to live.read · scan
Robert Browning, A Blot in the 'ScutcheonVol. 18
- p. 392Mertoun seeks reparation and forgiveness before dying; Tresham grants pardon.read · scan
- p. 399–401The question of pardon and forgiveness for Tresham's rash deed.read · scan
- p. 402Tresham confesses he refused to listen and killed the innocent; Mildred forgives and blesses him, invoking Heaven's mercy for the vilest.read · scan
Walter Bagehot, John MiltonVol. 28
- p. 185–186Milton's reconciliation with his wife shown as Christian patience and forgiveness.read · scan
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