 | Margaret Woods - 1830 - 522 pages
...and to clothe the naked, if we wish to perform an acceptable fast to the Lord. It is not for a man " to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him." Kings and legislators may proclaim an outward fast ; but their orders cannot reach the heart. It must... | |
 | 1831 - 930 pages
...shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high. 5 Is it such a fast that 1 r ? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD ? 6 Is not this the fast that I have... | |
 | John Wesley - 1831 - 466 pages
...act will receive any blessing from 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...bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him ?" Are these outward acts, however strictly performed, all that is meant by a man's " afflicting his... | |
 | George Fox - 1831 - 410 pages
...the fist of wickedness ; ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high. Is it such a fast that I have chosen ? 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 thou call... | |
 | George Fox - 1831 - 466 pages
...not this the fast, that the Lord saith in Isaiah, " he doth not accept ?" for he saith, " Is this the fast that I have chosen, a day for a man to afflict his soul, and bow down his head as a bulrush," die. " Wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the... | |
 | Edward Bickersteth - 1832 - 12 pages
...the ßst of wickedness : ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high. Is it such a fast that I have chosen ? a day for a...bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him ? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord? (Isaiah Iviii. 4, 5.) To make a show... | |
 | Stephen Merrill - 1832 - 472 pages
...fist of wickedness ; ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high. 5 Is it such a fast that I have chosen ? a day for a...bulrush, and to spread! sackcloth and ashes under him ? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD ? 6 Is not this the fa-t that I have... | |
 | Luke Howard - 1833 - 418 pages
...fist of wickedness : ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high. . Is it such a fast that I have chosen — a day for...bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him ? Wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord ? Is not this the fast that I have... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1832 - 750 pages
...infidels, idolaters, and what not ; but had the hon. Member forgotten this passage of Isaiah? — ' Is it such 'a fast that I have chosen — a day for...man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow 'down his head like a bulrush, and to ' sprciid sackcloth and ashes under him ? ' Wilt thou call this a fast, and... | |
 | John Relly Beard - 1832 - 516 pages
...one, I would say, " I have a message from God unto thee. Is it such a religion that I have chosen, for a man to afflict his soul ? Is it to bow down...a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under his feet ? Wilt thou call this acceptable unto the Lord ? He that hath a merry heart hath a continual... | |
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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? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord? 
