A Treatise of Repentance and of FastingJ.H. Parker, 1841 - 213 pages |
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Page 87
... disciples of John and of the but thy disciples fast not ? " " Why do the Pharisees fast , Here they call that not Fasting , which St. Luke calls eating and drinking : it being one and the same thing , to eat and drink and not to Fast ...
... disciples of John and of the but thy disciples fast not ? " " Why do the Pharisees fast , Here they call that not Fasting , which St. Luke calls eating and drinking : it being one and the same thing , to eat and drink and not to Fast ...
Page 94
... disciples about the prin- cipal duties of a Christian life , it is not to be thought that He would have mentioned this , unless He intended it should be one part of our Christian duty . Which being not in downright terms commanded , as ...
... disciples about the prin- cipal duties of a Christian life , it is not to be thought that He would have mentioned this , unless He intended it should be one part of our Christian duty . Which being not in downright terms commanded , as ...
Page 96
... disciples we read in the gospel fasted oft , he baptizing them ( as St. Paul speaks , 1 ) with the baptism of Repentance ; that he might prepare them . to receive our Lord . Who was so far from reproving this practice either of their's ...
... disciples we read in the gospel fasted oft , he baptizing them ( as St. Paul speaks , 1 ) with the baptism of Repentance ; that he might prepare them . to receive our Lord . Who was so far from reproving this practice either of their's ...
Page 96
... disciples , ( who also fasted oft ) without the least reflection upon them for it , as if they were superstitious , or did more than needed . No , our blessed Saviour rather approves of their strictness in this . For He saith His disciples ...
... disciples , ( who also fasted oft ) without the least reflection upon them for it , as if they were superstitious , or did more than needed . No , our blessed Saviour rather approves of their strictness in this . For He saith His disciples ...
Page 96
... disciples of John and of the Pharisees fasted oft , but His did not ? Wherein as He no way condemns what either the one or the other did ( for that which was a virtue 4 Hæres . lxxv . n . 6 . in John's disciples , could not be a crime ...
... disciples of John and of the Pharisees fasted oft , but His did not ? Wherein as He no way condemns what either the one or the other did ( for that which was a virtue 4 Hæres . lxxv . n . 6 . in John's disciples , could not be a crime ...
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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.