...spirit of grace and supplication, that the whole land might " cry mightily unto God, yea that they might turn every one from his evil way and from the violence that is in his hands. Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish...

...through Nineveh, by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let 304 THE COMPARATIVE COINCIDENCE neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing:...way, and from the violence that is in their hands." We here see the animal creation set almost on a footing with man, even in a moral point of view. Of...

...to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh, by the decree of the king, and his nobles, saving, And again, he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his...people. And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles ha evil way, and from the violence Out un their hands. Who can tell if God «rill ran and repent, and...

...God, and proclaimed a last, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. Let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry...one from his evil way, and from the violence that it in their hands. Jon. iii. ;">. 8. Woe unto thee, Chorazin ; woe unto thee, Bethsaida: for if the...

...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 thing; let them not feed, nor drink water. 8 But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God : yea, let them turn every...

...puhlished through Nineveh, hy the decree of the king and his nohles, saying, Let neither man nor heast, herd nor flock, taste any thing ; let them not feed, nor drink water : But let man and heast he covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God : yea, let them torn every man from his...

...caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh, saying, let neither man nor beast,—herd nor flock— taste any thing; let them not feed nor...way and from the violence that is in their hands!"* The astounding prediction of the prophet answered His gracious intention, Who willeth not the death...

...city, saying, " Let neither man nor beast, «erd nor flock, taste any thing ; let them not feed Jior drink water ; but let man and beast be covered with...and cry mightily unto God ; yea, let them turn every man from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands ; for who can tell," said the king,...

...decreed by the king and nobles, that the people should cry mightily unto God ; and that they should turn, every one, from his evil way, and from the violence that was in their hands ; — that they should do wickedly no more, and that the violent things, the quarrelling,...

...and as 'a means of averting the anger of God. Thus "the people of Nineveh proclaimed a fast, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing : let them not feed, nor drink water." Jonah, iii. 5, 7. In the Old Testament we have not only many private examples of fasting, such as are...