 | 1611 - 360 pages
...be heard on high. Is it such a fast that I have chosen ? A day for a man to afflicl his soul ? Is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, And to spread sackcloth...that I have chosen? To loose the bands of wickedness, To undo the heavy burdens, And to let the oppressed go free, And that ye break every yoke? Is it not... | |
 | George Fox - 1694 - 536 pages
...for a man to afflict Ins soul ? Is it to bow down his head like a bulrush, and to spread sack-cloth under him ? Wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord ? ' Consider all you that do fast, see, if it be not hanging down the head for a day, like a bulrush... | |
 | George Fox - 1694 - 504 pages
...that 1 have chosen, a day for a man to alllict his soul, and how down his head as a bull-rush, £c. Wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord ?" Isai. Iviii. ' And therefore all God's people are to keep the true fast of the Lord from debate... | |
 | Edward Harley - 1735 - 798 pages
...to AFf LICT his Soul ? Is it to bow down his He/d as a Bullruftu and to fpread Sackcloth and Alhes under him ? Wilt thou call this a FAST, and an acceptable Day to the Lord? 6. Is not this the FAST that I have chofen ? to loofe the Bands of VVickednefs, to undo the heavy Burden,... | |
 | Jacques Saurin - 1800 - 308 pages
...such a fast that I have chosen, that a man should ajflict his soul for a day ? Is it to bow down the head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him ? Wilt than call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord ? Isa. Iviii. 5. And what saith God of exterior... | |
 | William Smith - 1803 - 584 pages
...the New, have given us the best rules. " Ye shall not fast (says our text), to make your «' voice be heard on high. Is it such a Fast that I " have...and ashes under him? Wilt thou call / " this a Fast, an acceptable day unto the Lord?" No, implies the prophet in his answer, the Fast which the Almighty... | |
 | George Fox - 1803 - 436 pages
...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...acceptable day to the Lord? Is not this the fast that I have chosen, saith the Lord ; to loose the hands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burthens, and to... | |
 | Jonathan Payne - 1803 - 32 pages
...embrace all good. " It is 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...acceptable day to the Lord ? is not this the fast 19 that I have ch'osen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...high. Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul ? is it to bow do\vn his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and...acceptable day to the Lord? Is not this the fast that 1 have chosen ? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 474 pages
...accept of? a day for a man to afflict his soul, to mortify himself by external abstinence, [is it] to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth...thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the; 6 LORD ? cunxf thou believe it viill be to ? [Is] not this the fast that I have chosen ? to loose the... | |
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Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? 
