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... abstain from all things , give ourselves wholly to fasting , roll ourselves in sackcloth and ashes , and thus incline God , as it were , to repent , to have mercy and compassion upon us ; for by this way God is honoured . " Apol . cap ...
... abstain from all things , give ourselves wholly to fasting , roll ourselves in sackcloth and ashes , and thus incline God , as it were , to repent , to have mercy and compassion upon us ; for by this way God is honoured . " Apol . cap ...
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... abstain'd From water , and their grassy fare disdain'd . " DRYDEN'S Translation . At all events , it is certain that fasting was practised in heathen Rome . Among other distinguished persons mentioned in history , are Numa Pompilius ...
... abstain'd From water , and their grassy fare disdain'd . " DRYDEN'S Translation . At all events , it is certain that fasting was practised in heathen Rome . Among other distinguished persons mentioned in history , are Numa Pompilius ...
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... abstain during the hours of the day and night from all kinds of sustenance , even betel itself , and employ all that time either in prayer or reading . Such of the Bramins and Soudras as are of the sect of the Seivias , have a fast ...
... abstain during the hours of the day and night from all kinds of sustenance , even betel itself , and employ all that time either in prayer or reading . Such of the Bramins and Soudras as are of the sect of the Seivias , have a fast ...
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... abstain not only from eating and drinking , but from anointing themselves , from day break until * Sale , Prel . Diss . Sect . IV . + See Note XL . sun - set , and the stars begin to appear c 2 RELIGIOUS FASTING . 27 drinking from day ...
... abstain not only from eating and drinking , but from anointing themselves , from day break until * Sale , Prel . Diss . Sect . IV . + See Note XL . sun - set , and the stars begin to appear c 2 RELIGIOUS FASTING . 27 drinking from day ...
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... abstained wholly from meat and drink ; but now a mere abstinence from flesh and wine was , by many , judged sufficient for the purposes of fasting ; and this latter opinion prevailed from this time , and became universal among the ...
... abstained wholly from meat and drink ; but now a mere abstinence from flesh and wine was , by many , judged sufficient for the purposes of fasting ; and this latter opinion prevailed from this time , and became universal among the ...
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Page 57 - And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
Page 49 - ... if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul ; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noon-day; and the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones : and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
Page 58 - Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him ; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh? Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily : and thy righteousness shall go before thee ; the glory of the Lord shall be thy rereward. Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer ; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am.
Page 90 - Moses besought the LORD his GOD, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, •which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand ? Wherefore should the Egyptians speak and say.
Page 19 - Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed; but in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings...
Page 16 - And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.
Page 30 - Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat : and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.
Page 70 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Page 18 - But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; that thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
Page 35 - 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...