Bible Encyclopedia: Fasting: Approaching Danger

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Esther Before the King.
... Esther knew the danger of approaching the king uncalled for, but she bade Mordecai
to gather the Jews so that they might spend three days in fasting and prayer ...
/.../anonymous/mother stories from the old testament/esther before the king.htm

Of the vision that Appeared to a Certain Man of God Before the ...
... wanted not a warning of the approaching punishment from ... as has been said; and continued
fasting all the ... to adorn themselves like brides, to the danger of their ...
/.../bede/bedes ecclesiastical history of england/chap xxv of the vision.htm

Otho, Bishop of Bamberg.
... His will, he went forth to meet the threatened danger, deeming his ... Friday, Otho spent
in preparing himself by prayer and fasting for the approaching events ...
/.../neander/light in the dark places/otho bishop of bamberg.htm

On Lent, I.
... taskmasters yielded to them when fasting, whom they ... wise Solomon says, "My son in
approaching the service ... laborious struggles, foreseeing too the danger of the ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/leo/writings of leo the great/sermon xxxix on lent i.htm

Acts XIII
... to which I have called them." The fasting, prayer, and ... power of interpreting the
signs of approaching good or ... Such was the constant danger and embarrassment of ...
/.../mcgarvey/a commentary on acts of the apostles/acts xiii.htm

The Life of Mr. Donald Cargil.
... to set apart a day of private fasting to seek ... being wonderfully preserved in the
midst of danger, the enemy ... him not without some notice of approaching hazard. ...
/.../howie/biographia scoticana scots worthies/the life of mr donald.htm

Homilies on the Gospel of John.
... of the Christian, [44]167; danger of approaching in sin ... 126; an obligation to holiness,
[127]89; danger of delaying ... Fasting, a way to pardon, [919]29, [920]142. ...
/.../homilies on the gospel of st john and hebrews/homilies on the gospel of.htm

Of the Discipline of the Church, and Its Principal Use in Censures ...
... ne devenions bourreaux."--There is a danger, lest instead ... initium Quadragesimæ, where
he terms fasting a cure ... season of Lent, for the approaching festival of ...
/.../the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 12 of the discipline.htm

A Total Wreck, all Hands Saved
... day that ye have tarried and continued fasting, having taken ... has a right to point
out the danger, and he ... the meal, and in view of the approaching scramble, in ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture the acts/a total wreck all hands.htm

The Life of Malchus, the Captive Monk.
... and curbing the wantonness of the flesh by fasting. ... that by mutual assistance they
may escape impending danger. ... One party, in view of approaching winter, and ...
/.../jerome/the principal works of st jerome/the life of malchus the.htm

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Esther 4:16
Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast you for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in to the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
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