...happened the day after a general fast. Truly, the reproof of the Prophet had been well applied : ' Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness ; ye shall not fast, as ye do this day, to make your voice be-heard on high. Is it such a fast that...

...Wherefore have we fasted, and thou seest not ? Have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge ? Ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness. Ye shall not fast as this day, to make your voice to be heard on high. Is it such a fast that I have...

...ye find pleasure, and exact all to thy heart 1 have not I ny peace even of old, and your liibours. 4 Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist 'will declare thy righteous,nd thy works ; tor they shall эш. thee. of wickedness : ye shall not...

...as a political device, and of turning the whole into profane ridicule ! Some fast, or pretend to " fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness :" and while they revile, others pay court to, their superiors : and thus they make a day of fasting...

...takest no knowledge ? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours. Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness; ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high. Is it such a fast that...

...takest no knowledge ? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours. Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness ; ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high. Is it such a fast that...

...commonly, when they proclaimed fasts, there was some mischief contrived against us. I knew their fasts were for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness; as the New England professors soon after did ; who, before they put our Friends to death, proclaimed...

...takest no knowledge ? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labors. 4 Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness ; ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high. 5 Is it such a fast...

...takest no knowledge ? Behold, in the days of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours i behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness : ye shall not fast as ye do Otis day, to make your voice to he heard on high ! Is it such a fast that...

...very offensive to God. Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. (Luke xii. 1 .) Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the ßst of wickedness : ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high. Is...