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Jonah

Ionas · 9 citations · 2 with divergent numbering

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  • v. 4
    Liber I, cap. 3. De Divino Decreto

    English (Sumner, 1825) {¶11} Jonah iii. 4. — …soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire. Jonah iii. 4. yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown—but it appears from the tenth verse, that when God saw that the…

  • v. 5
    Liber I, cap. 3. De Divino Decreto

    Latin {¶11} Jonæ iii. 5. — …, utique vivet anima tua et civitas hæc non comburetur igne—. Jonæ iii. 5. adhuc quadraginta dies, et subvertetur Nineve; at v. 11. cum vidit eos reversos esse, pœnituit eum: quamvis ir…

  • v. 6
    Liber II, cap. 4. De Cultu Externo

    The two editions number this verse differently. Which numbering Milton was following here has not yet been checked:

    Latin {¶11} Jonæ iii. 7, 8, 9. — …lanctu: lacerate igitur corda vestra, ac non vestes vestras—. Jonæ iii. 7, 8, 9. quum pervenisset hoc verbum ad regem, surgens e solio suo deposuit paludamentum suum a se—, dicendo, homi…

    English (Sumner, 1825) {¶11} Jonah iii. 6—9. — …g, and mourning; and rend your heart, and not your garments—. Jonah iii. 6—9. word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him ......saying,…

  • v. 6
    Liber II, cap. 4. De Cultu Externo

    The two editions number this verse differently. Which numbering Milton was following here has not yet been checked:

    Latin {¶15} Jonæ iii. 7, &c. — …s affligeretur, pro more et ingenio earum gentium. Ezræ ix. 3. Jonæ iii. 7, &c. et aliis locis supra citatis. Jejunium etiam externum iram Dei ad tempus nonnunquam avertit. 1 Reg. xxi…

    English (Sumner, 1825) {¶15} Jonah iii. 6. — …nformably to the customs of those nations. Compare Ezra ix. 3. Jonah iii. 6. and the passages quoted above. Even outward fasting sometimes averts the anger of God for a…

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