| Jesse Fonda - 1824 - 382 pàgines
...Prophet Isaiah, in relation to the ancient fasts,f " Is this a day for a man to afflict his soul ; te bow down his head as a bulrush ; and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him?" Oh! no: It is the Christian jubilee, — it is the festival of our redemption, — it is the triumph... | |
| 1824 - 400 pàgines
...his soul 1 Is it to bow down his head like a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him 1 wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord 1 Is not this the fast that I have chosen 1 to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens,... | |
| Thomas Williams (Calvinist preacher) - 1825 - 1068 pàgines
...to be heard on high. 5 Is it such a fast that I have diosen ? a day for a man to afflict his soul ? a scorner, lest lie hate thee : rebuke a wise man,...wise man, and he will be yet wiser : teach a just m 6 Is not this the fast, that I have chosen ? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens,... | |
| John Milton - 1825 - 472 pàgines
...evil. /sat. Iviii. 5, 6. ' is it such a fast that 1 have chosen ? a day for a man to afflict his soul ? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread...wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day unto Jehovah ? is not this the fast that I have chosen ? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo... | |
| John Milton - 1825 - 794 pàgines
...evil. Isai. Iviii. 5, 6. is it such a fast that I have chosen ? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread...wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day unto Jehovah ? is not this the fast that I have chosen ? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo... | |
| 1825 - 664 pàgines
...FASTING.—Isaiah Iviii. 5.—"/* it such a path that I have chosen, a day for a man to afflict his soul ? Is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him ? Wilt thou tlten call this a fast and an acceptable day to the Lord." The duty itself is first considered and... | |
| William Carpenter - 1825 - 698 pàgines
...the field, xvi. !> j. Is it such a fast that 1 have chosen 1 a day for a man to afflict his soul 1 is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him ? wilt tliou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD 1 Isa. Iviii. 5. Speak unto all the people... | |
| James Hervey - 1825 - 398 pàgines
...the same purpose ? " Is it such a fast that I have chosen — a day for a man to afflict his soul ? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him ?" Isa. Iviii. 5. ; to discontinue your ordinary business, and refrain from a meal's meat? to make... | |
| John Wesley - 1825 - 742 pàgines
...God. " Is it such a fast that I have chosen, saith the Lord; a day for a man to afflict his soul ? Is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him ? " Arc these outward acts, however strictly performed, all that is meant by a man's "afflicting his... | |
| William Carpenter - 1825 - 630 pàgines
...his soul ? is it to bow down hie head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes u »der him I wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD! Isa. hiii. 3—5. And to speak unto the priests which aere in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to... | |
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