...afflict his soul ? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him', wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD. 6 Is not this the fast, that I have chosen ? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens,...

...his soul ? is it to bow down hie head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes u »der him I wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD! Isa. hiii. 3—5. And to speak unto the priests which aere in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to...

...have attempted it by voluntary mortifications and abstinence. But the fast which God hath chosen, is to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and let the oppressed go free^. Some by acts of devotion : but he tJiat turn' eth away his ear from hearing...

...acts, however strictly performed, all that is meant by a man's "afflicting his soul ?" — " \Vilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord ?" No surely: if it be a mereexternal service, it is all but lost labour. Such a performance may possibly...

...No. This is the fast that the Lord hath chosen — " To lo«se the bands of wickedness, to undo 31 the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke — to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house —...

...soul 1 is it to bow down his head as a bul" *»• rush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him ? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD ? 6 Is not this the fast that I have chosen ? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo f the heavy...

...llie fast that I have chosen, to loose the, bauds of wickedness, to undo the heary burdens, and to lel the oppressed go free ? and that ye break every yoke. Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and tliat thou bring the poor, that are cast out, to thy house / When thou seest the naked, that thou cover...

...acceptable day lo th LORD? 6 In not this the fast that I have chosen to loose the hands of wickedness, lo but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places : whosoever woul ? 7 It it not to deal thy bread to the hungry and that thou bring the poor that are cast oul to thy...

...down his head like a bulrush, and spread sackcloth and ashes under him ? Is not this the fast which I have chosen, to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, to deal thy bread to the hungry, when thou seest the naked that thou cover him, and hide not thyself...

...foi a day ? Is it to bow down the bead as a bulrush, and to spread sarkcloth and ashes under him ? Wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord? Isa. Kin. " And what says God of exterior devotions in general ? ' To what purpose is the multitude...