 | William Smith - 1803 - 584 pages
...sackcloth and ashes under him ! Wilt thou call this a Fast — an acceptable day' unto the Lord? Is not the Fast that I have chosen — " To loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, to let the oppressed go free, break every yoke, deal thy bread to the hungry, to bring the Poor that... | |
 | Thomas Clarkson - Society of Friends - 1806 - 480 pages
...the real fast is of a different nature from that required. " Is not this the fast," says Isaiah*, " that I have chosen, to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the op* Isaiah Iviii. 6, 7. pressed pressed go free, and that ye break every yoke ? Is it not to deal thy... | |
 | Richard Graves - Bible - 1807 - 520 pages
...Prophet Isaiah, with such superior beauty and energy ? * " Is. not this " the * Isaiah, Ifiiu 6, &c, " the fast that I have chosen ; to loose the " bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy " burdens, to let the oppressed go free ; and " that ye break every yoke ? Is it not to " deal thy bread to the... | |
 | James Stephen - France - 1807 - 158 pages
...bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall po»sess their houses." Ezekiel vii. 23-4. " Is not this the fast that I have chosen ; to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heayy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke?" Not less clear to... | |
 | Thomas Clarkson - Society of Friends - 1807 - 482 pages
...the real fast is of a different nature from that required. " Is not this the fast," says Isaiah*, " that I have chosen, to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and * Isaiah Iviii. 6, 7. to to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every vote ? Is it not to... | |
 | 1807 - 592 pages
...the sacred volume, which, for the credit of our. country, we could wish to obliterate, it is this ; (Isa. Iviii. 6.) Is not THIS the fast that I ha<ve chosen ? to loose the lands of w'viedness, to undo the heavy burdttu, and to let the ufifiressed go free, and that ye break... | |
 | James Hare - God - 1809 - 412 pages
...sort of conduct he approves and requires from them, he thus expresses himself; " Is not this the fast I have chosen ? to " loose the bands of wickedness,..." heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free? " Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and " that thou bring the poor that are cast out to "... | |
 | William Wake - Apostolic Fathers - 1810 - 418 pages
...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 wickedness, to undo the heavy burthens, and to let the oppressed go free ; and that ye break every yoke ? Is it not to deal thy bread... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1812 - 586 pages
...judgments by deep and sincere repentance; not by a political fust, but by a scriptural one. Isaiah viii. 6 — "Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burden?, and to let the oppressed go free, that ye break every yoke? Is it not todea! thy bread to... | |
 | Francis Gastrell - Bible - 1812 - 378 pages
...thou call this a fa1t, and an acceptable day to the Lord ? Is it not this the fast that I have chostn, to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed 90 free, and that ye break every yoke ? Is it rot to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring... | |
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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... 
