{"id":"42.1","chapter":42,"number":1,"text":"Publick Humiliation, by Fasting and Prayer, is an Ordinance of God, appointed for his Church and People. And it being an extraordinary Duty, especially as it hath respect to the Church generally, or the Nation as such, and therefore we must have due regard to the Grounds, Ends, and Manner, of its being performed; confessing of, and reforming from Sin, both in publick as well as private Fasts. Abstaining from our Pleasures, as also our common Food, in a sensible and real afflicting of our Souls before the Lord; or to seek to God by Prayer and Fasting for some Spiritual, or Temporal Good, that God hath promised us, or that we stand in need of. Having due regard to God’s Word and Glory, in this Solemn, or Divine Ordinance.","segments":[{"text":"Publick Humiliation, by Fasting and Prayer, is an Ordinance of God, appointed for his Church and People.","proofs":["Joel 1:14–15","2:12–18","2 Chronicles 20:3"],"refs":[{"printed":"Joel 1:14–15","osis":["Joel.1.14-Joel.1.15"]},{"printed":"2:12–18","osis":["Joel.2.12-Joel.2.18"]},{"printed":"2 Chronicles 20:3","osis":["2Chr.20.3"]}],"note":null},{"text":"And it being an extraordinary Duty, especially as it hath respect to the Church generally, or the Nation as such, and therefore we must have due regard to the Grounds, Ends, and Manner, of its being performed; confessing of, and reforming from Sin, both in publick as well as private Fasts.","proofs":["Leviticus 23:27–29","Ezra 8:21","9:4","10:1","Nehemiah 9:1–3","Isaiah 58:3–6"],"refs":[{"printed":"Leviticus 23:27–29","osis":["Lev.23.27-Lev.23.29"]},{"printed":"Ezra 8:21","osis":["Ezra.8.21"]},{"printed":"9:4","osis":["Ezra.9.4"]},{"printed":"10:1","osis":["Ezra.10.1"]},{"printed":"Nehemiah 9:1–3","osis":["Neh.9.1-Neh.9.3"]},{"printed":"Isaiah 58:3–6","osis":["Isa.58.3-Isa.58.6"]}],"note":null},{"text":"Abstaining from our Pleasures, as also our common Food, in a sensible and real afflicting of our Souls before the Lord; or to seek to God by Prayer and Fasting for some Spiritual, or Temporal Good, that God hath promised us, or that we stand in need of. Having due regard to God’s Word and Glory, in this Solemn, or Divine Ordinance.","proofs":["Jonah 3:4, 6–9","Zechariah 7:5","Matthew 6:16–18","2 Samuel 12:21–22","Esther 4:16"],"refs":[{"printed":"Jonah 3:4, 6–9","osis":["Jonah.3.4","Jonah.3.6-Jonah.3.9"]},{"printed":"Zechariah 7:5","osis":["Zech.7.5"]},{"printed":"Matthew 6:16–18","osis":["Matt.6.16-Matt.6.18"]},{"printed":"2 Samuel 12:21–22","osis":["2Sam.12.21-2Sam.12.22"]},{"printed":"Esther 4:16","osis":["Esth.4.16"]}],"note":null}],"relations":{},"diffs":[],"page":"66","leaf":90}