Fasting: Observed on Occasions of Afflictions of the Church

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Luke 5:33-35
And they said to him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; but your eat and drink?
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This HomilyWas Delivered in the Old Church of Antioch
... powers; what further need have I of fasting, or to ... and drink, which are given us,
by occasions and necessities ... For, as I have already observed, he was not so ...
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The Life of Mr. Thomas Hog.
... for he frequently employed such on extraordinary occasions) to set ... a day and a night
for fasting and prayer ... During the time of worship, he observed a servant ...
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Letter xx. Self-Examination.
... To be used on ordinary occasions. ... Have I observed my regular seasons of prayer ... In
such cases, also, it may be very proper to observe a day of fasting and prayer ...
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From the Close of the General Conference of 1812 to the Death of ...
... were led to humble themselves by fasting and prayer ... that pressed him down on ordinary
occasions; at the ... Ostervald has observed, Hell is paved with the skulls of ...
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Confessio Augustana.
... are to be observed which may be observed without sin ... do nothing' (John 15:5), and
the Church singeth, 'Without ... to wit, that he be invocated in all afflictions. ...
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Answers to Prayer
... One day, as little George observed his mother weeping ... of conscience he sought in
fasting and special ... thy strength,' comes in beautifully on such occasions. ...
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From the Close of the General Conference of 1832 to the Beginning ...
... consultation and prayer; appointed days of fasting and thanksgiving ... and he evinced
on all occasions a mind ... the primitive records of the church, in analyzing the ...
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Footnotes
... has composed an admirable work." It has been properly observed, that during ... On one
of the occasions, she was taken to Edinburgh, and ... of the Church of Scot., vol ...
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From the Close of the General Conference of 1820 to the Beginning ...
... go through a most painful process of fasting and other ... nation, but of great and painful
afflictions: by a ... duties of religion are punctually and daily observed. ...
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Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners:
... state of the wretched persecutor, who occasions such sufferings ... night of the Lord
to be observed of all ... I should count those but small afflictions, and should ...
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