...part of God? See what the same scripture says : " Is not this the fast that I have chosen, to loosen the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free?".. Do ye know, Christians, do ye know, nobles and people of Maranham, what is the fast which God requires...

...a Jer. vii. 22, 23. 5 Zech. viii. 17. like a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him ? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD? But to us he saith on this wise. • Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of...

...which 1 have chofen? To loofe the bands of wickednefs, to undo the heavy burdens, to let the opprtffi-d go free, and that ye break every yoke? Is it not to deal iky bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are caft out to thine houfe ? when thou...

...afflict his soul ? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread -sackcloth and ashes under him? e arc servants this day, and for the land that thou gavest С /i not this the fast that I have chosen? ю loose the bands of wickedness, to undo thn heavy burdens,...

...mechanically, as a bulrush bends before the wind, without any real submission of the heart ! ' " Wj|t thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord?"— It is evident, that a fast, disgraced by such insincerity, could not be acceptable tp a pure and holy...

...strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness. Ye shall not fast as ye do this day. Is not this the fast that I have chosen ? to loose the bands...oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke"? Thus saith the "Lord God, Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel; remove violence and spoil, and execute...

...sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt tbou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD? 6 /snot 0 "_ 18 5 7 hit not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house?...

...fust, and an acceptable day to the Lord? 16 But to us he saith on this wise. s Is not this the last that I have chosen, to loose the bands of wickedness,...undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go fiee; and that ye break every yoke? 17 4Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring...

...his soul ? 2 Is it to bow down his head like a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord? 10 But to us he saith on this wise. 8 Is not this the fast that I have chosen, to loose the bands of...

...teacher sent of God. Jesus did not come to load men with burdens grievous to be borne ; but he came to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free. This divine Instructer was never known to set forth the Father of spirits, as a being full of vindictive...