...let man and beast put on sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God; yea, let every man turn from his evit way, and from the wickedness that is in their hands....sackcloth, and sprinkling themselves with dust and ashes, the scripture saitb, God saw their works, that they turned from their evil ways ; and God repented...

...but let man and beast put on sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God; yea, let every man turn from Aw evil way, and from the wickedness that is in their...can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away tnmhisjifrce wrath, that we perish not ? And upon this their hearty repentance, thus declared outwardly...

...prayers. The king of Nineveh had a solemn fast at the hearing of Jonah's prophecy; " for," says he, " who can tell if God will turn, and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not2?" None but a lunatic would ask for relief from them, that hath neither knowledge...

...Lord with all their strength, and let them turn every "ie from his evil way, and from the iniquity that is in their hands. Who can tell if God will turn, ami forgive; and will turn away from his fierce siigtr, and we shall not perish ? And God saw their...

...prayer of Nine*eh; let us " cry mightily unto God;" let us " turn every one from his evil way" — "who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?" It may be that the Lord will have respect to the fervent prayers of the...

...who feel, that the present times call for importunate intercession at the throne of grace ; for, " who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?" — Jonah, iii. 9. " О ETERNAL God, the Lord of glory ! who art the author...

...Nineveh; for, after Jonah had proclaimed, " Yet forty days and Nineveh shall be destroyed," they said, " Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?" (Jonah iii. 9.) The occasion of the fast in the days of Jeremiah, was similar;...

...caused it to be proclaimed, saying, Let neither man nor beast, bullock nor sheep, taste any thing, neither feed nor drink water : but let man and beast...sackcloth, and sprinkling themselves with dust and ashes, the Scripture saith, God saw their works, that they turned from their evil ways ; and God repented...

...king and his nobles, " — Let them turn every one from the evil of his " way, and from the violence that is in their hands ; " who can tell, if God will...turn, and repent, and " turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish " not ? " l In like manner, the " Lord's voice " crieth," in the late mournful...

...had, and yet all that prince had to comfort himself with, upon the judgment denounced by Jonas, was, 'Who can tell, if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not ?' You that have health, and some prospect of life, consider how poor a consolation...