 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 Missionary Herald - Page 2431829Full view - About this book
 | 1611 - 360 pages
...make your voice to 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 and ashes under him ? Wilt thou call this a fast, And an acceptable day to the... | |
 | George Fox - 1694 - 504 pages
...this day, to make your voice to be heard on high. 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 bull-rush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him ? Wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable... | |
 | Jonathan Payne - 1803 - 32 pages
...depart from all evil, and to 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 and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord... | |
 | George Fox - 1803 - 436 pages
...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 ? 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... | |
 | William Smith - 1803 - 584 pages
..." have chosen — 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? Wilt thou call / " this a Fast, an acceptable day unto the Lord?" No, implies the prophet in his answer, the Fast which the Almighty... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...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 ashes under him ? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord? Is not this the fast that 1 have chosen ? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English Language - 1805 - 954 pages
...to-weii themselves to the ground Ix'fcie him. 2 Kings. Is it to hnv down his hcid as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him ? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the . 3. Т о bend, or incline, in condescension. Let it not grieve thee to tow down thine ear... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 474 pages
...soul, to mortify himself by external abstinence, [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; 6 LORD ? cunxf thou believe it viill be to ? [Is] not this the fast that I have chosen ? to... | |
 | Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - Sermons, French - 1806 - 406 pages
...chosen, that a man should afflict his soul for a day? Is it to bow down the 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 ? Isa. Iviii. 5. And what saith God of exterior devotions in general? To what purpose is... | |
 | 1807 - 570 pages
...day, to make your voice to be heard on high. 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 and ashes under him •' wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the... | |
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