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? The Dangers of the Country - Page 113de James Stephen - 1807 - 142 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
| John Platts - 1827 - 676 pages
...sackcloth, and went softly. ISA. Iviii. 5 : 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 sackcloth and ashes under him ? Wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD ? JOEL, ii. 12,... | |
| Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (1802-1822) - 1827 - 522 pages
...day, to make your voice to be heard on high. Is it such a last 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 sackeloth and ashes under him ? wilt thou call this a fest, and an acceptable day to the Lord ? Numb.... | |
| William Newnham - 1827 - 702 pages
...with a sacrifice of solid pleasure; not that we would make it " a day for a man to afflict his soul, to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him, and call this an acceptable day to the Lord;" but on the contrary, one on which,... | |
| Thomas Wright (of Borthwick, Scotland.) - 1828 - 464 pages
...speaketh God by the voice of the Prophet : — " 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... | |
| sir John Bayley (1st bart), Henry Clissold - 1828 - 196 pages
...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 ? 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 ? /* not this the... | |
| Maria Jane Jewsbury - 1828 - 262 pages
...actions. " Is it," says God by his prophet Isaiah, " 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... | |
| Lydia Maria Child - 1829 - 306 pages
...this day, to make your voice be-heard on high. 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... | |
| Thomas Charlton Henry - 1829 - 356 pages
...fallen into this self-righteous delusion, " 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... | |
| John Wesley - 1829 - 520 pages
...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 down his head as a bulrush, and. to spread sackcloth and ashes under him ?" Are these outward acts, however strictly performed, all that is meant by a man's... | |
| John Everitt Good - 1829 - 692 pages
...day, to make your voice to be heard on high. Is it such a fast that I have chosen ? — a day for 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... | |
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