A Treatise of Repentance and of FastingJ.H. Parker, 1841 - 213 pages |
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... appointed times , which the Church hath fixed , either weekly , or yearly , for humiliation in general for our own and other men's sins ; or for the bewailing those in particular who have deserved the censures of the Church , when they ...
... appointed times , which the Church hath fixed , either weekly , or yearly , for humiliation in general for our own and other men's sins ; or for the bewailing those in particular who have deserved the censures of the Church , when they ...
Page 96
... appointed , desired to receive from the Prophet . But it is most to my purpose to observe , that there were also weekly ( as well as those monthly ) fasts among that people : which our Saviour found in use when He came ; and did and ...
... appointed , desired to receive from the Prophet . But it is most to my purpose to observe , that there were also weekly ( as well as those monthly ) fasts among that people : which our Saviour found in use when He came ; and did and ...
Page 96
... appointed by Moses himself , for solemn assemblies , which he knew could not with safety , be long discontinued . And therefore saith he , " Our master Moses appointed Israel to read the law at morning prayer upon the Sabbath day , and ...
... appointed by Moses himself , for solemn assemblies , which he knew could not with safety , be long discontinued . And therefore saith he , " Our master Moses appointed Israel to read the law at morning prayer upon the Sabbath day , and ...
Page 96
... appointed , in the Church ? " nobody he knew durst contradict this chal- lenge , and undertake to shew the contrary ; which is the more remarkable , because he represents them as set days , by a settled decree of ordinance , and that ...
... appointed , in the Church ? " nobody he knew durst contradict this chal- lenge , and undertake to shew the contrary ; which is the more remarkable , because he represents them as set days , by a settled decree of ordinance , and that ...
Page 96
... case called for a special fast . ( as now the separating Barnabas and Saul for a great work did ; and as in pressing dangers 1 Acts xiii . 2 , 3 . the Bishops of the Church appointed extraor- dinary fasts ) WEDNESDAYS AND FRIDAYS . 123.
... case called for a special fast . ( as now the separating Barnabas and Saul for a great work did ; and as in pressing dangers 1 Acts xiii . 2 , 3 . the Bishops of the Church appointed extraor- dinary fasts ) WEDNESDAYS AND FRIDAYS . 123.
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Page 201 - Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house.
Page 10 - Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners ; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep : let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
Page 83 - Because I have called, and ye have refused ; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded ; but ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh...
Page 82 - And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
Page 1 - And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth ; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
Page 89 - Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away.
Page 84 - ... Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; but ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; when your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
Page 88 - In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks. I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.
Page 73 - Lord, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have 4 refused to return.
Page 96 - The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this Publican. I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. And the Publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.