 | 1812 - 586 Seiten
...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 the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1823 - 586 Seiten
...Colonies, if longer persisted ini but from the just vengeance of a righteous and all-directing Providence. If you fail, you will at least have the inestimable consolation that £ou nave done what you could " to undo the heavy burthen and to st the oppressed go free," and that... | |
 | 1826 - 538 Seiten
...glory of your country, in that best point, her moral elevation, and recommend her to the favour oí heaven.'' " If you fail, you will at least have the...your children, were evils which you could not avert." "These parliamentary documents are particularly valuable, as exemplifying the unchanged spirit of colonial... | |
 | James Stephen - 1826 - 104 Seiten
...Colonies, if longer persisted in, but from the just vengeance of a righteous and all-directing Providence. If you fail, you will at least have the inestimable...that you have done what you could " to undo the heavy burthen and to let the oppressed go free," and that the sins and calamities of your country, however... | |
 | Zachary Macaulay - 1827 - 416 Seiten
...of its unfortunate victims ; and which adds to its other enormities the fierceness of anti-christian persecution. There would surely be an inconsistency...your children, were evils which you could not avert." The present meeting, for the purpose of petitioning Parliament, has, we are also happy to say, been... | |
 | Zachary Macaulay - 1827 - 408 Seiten
...its unfortunate victims; and •which adds to its other enormities the fierceness of anti-christian persecution. There would surely be an inconsistency...your children, were evils which you could not avert." 70 The present meeting-, for th« purpose of petitioning ParUaroen-t, has, we are also happy to say,... | |
 | Alexander Rodger - 1842 - 236 Seiten
...acceptable day to the Lord? 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, and that ye break every yoke ? Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor... | |
 | Thomas South - 1846 - 164 Seiten
...acceptable day to the Lord ? " 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, and that ye break every yoke ? " Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor... | |
 | Adam Newman Beamish - 1858 - 388 Seiten
...your sorrow for sin. " 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, and that ye break every yoke ?J' In short, this fasting should be accompanied by reformation of life and... | |
 | Henry Allon - 1862 - 538 Seiten
...Lord-Chancellor. No one who knows the Right Reverend Prelate will suspect him of inconvenient conscientiousness. To ' undo the heavy burden, and to let the oppressed go free,' is his aim, and that the end sanctifies the means is an essential part of his episcopal gospel. But... | |
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If you fail, you will at least have the inestimable consolation that you have done what you could ' to undo the heavy burden, and to let the oppressed go free... 
