 | William Hone - 1820 - 284 pages
...fust, and an acceptable day to the Lord? 16 But to us he saith on this wise. s Is not this the last that I have chosen, to loose the bands of wickedness,...undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go fiee; and that ye break every yoke? 17 4Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring... | |
 | 1828 - 304 pages
...teacher sent of God. Jesus did not come to load men with burdens grievous to be borne ; but he came to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free. This divine Instructer was never known to set forth the Father of spirits, as a being full of vindictive... | |
 | 1833 - 204 pages
...and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him, then, that thief shall die." Isaiah 58: 6—" Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands...oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?" * United States Conftitution— Article IV. Section 4. FROM THE CINCINNATI DAILY GAZETTE. The procession... | |
 | 1822 - 872 pages
...on high. Is it such a fast that I 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 1 Wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord 7 Is not this the fast that 1 have... | |
 | John Venn - 1822 - 446 pages
...your heads mechanically, as a bulrush bends before the wind, without any real submission of the heart! "Wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord?" — It is evident, that a fast, disgraced by such insincerity, could not be acceptable to a pure and... | |
 | 1827 - 916 pages
...afflicted soul, to bring the poor that aro cast out to our house, when we see the naked to cover them, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke." (Isa. Iviii. 7. 10.) Are they feeble ? It moves us " to look diligently lest... | |
 | David Jennings - 1823 - 654 pages
...Isaiah, "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...call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord J " Isa. Iviii, 5. Among the several external rites here particularly specified, as belonging to a... | |
 | Thom Scott - 1824 - 620 pages
...: they ask of me the ordinances of justice, " they take delight in approaching to God. — Is " not this the fast that I have chosen ? to loose the "...oppressed go free ; and that ye " break every yoke f"2 " Tliink not to say within " yourselves, We have Abraham to our Father. " Now is the axe laid unto... | |
 | Harvey Marriott - 1824 - 480 pages
...Iviii. 5. 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...call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord ? 17 The Mercies of Redeeming Love. Romans, v. 7, 8, 9. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die... | |
 | Jesse Torrey - 1824 - 308 pages
...wicked. 22 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...call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord ? 23 Is not this the fast that I have chosen ? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy... | |
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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 ? Is not this the fast that... 
