...to be proclaimed, and published through Nineveh, by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any...way, and from the violence that is in their hands. b See on MAT. x. 15. c ISA. xiv. 13 — 15 : Thou hast said in thy heart, I will ascend into heaven,...

...I remembered the Lord, and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple. — Jonah ii. 7Let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God, &c. Whocantellif God will turn? &c. And they prevailed. — Jonah iii.8-10. Seek ye the Lord, all ye...

...countrymen to repentance, and to exhort their kings and their nobles to cry mightily to GOD, and to turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that was in their hands *. It was the ncivs of Strongbow's success which • Jonah iii. 8. HENRY IN IRELAND....

...to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh, by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, " Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any...sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God : yea let them turn everyone from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands. Who can tell if God will...

...strict observation of this religious solemnity, concluding with these pious and remarkable words ; ' Let them turn every one from his evil way, and from...that is in their hands ; who can tell if God will repent and turn from his fierce anger that we perish not?' The effect was what might be hoped for from...

...sackcloth. And he exhorts them to pray 421 with the most earnest supplication. " Cry mightily unto God ; let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands;" let them bring forth fruits meet for repentance, for " who can tell if God will turn and repent, and...

...robe, and cover himself with sackcloth and sit in ashes ! And will thy people believe in God, and " turn every one from his evil way and from the violence that is in their hands?" From the contemplation of objects without, I turn now to make enquiry respecting the companions of...

...it to bo proclaimed and published through Nineveh, by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing ; let them not feed nor drink water," Jonah in. 5, 6. But besides these solemn and public fasts, we read of some private men who practised...

...their participation in the privations of a public fast. The proclamation of the king of Nineveh says, " Let " man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry " mightily unto God : yea, let them be converted every " one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands."(s) The word...

...neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste, anything, let them not feed, nor drink water; let all cry mightily unto God, yea, let them turn every one from his evil way. Who can tell if God Will turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not. When God heard their...