Fourth, the town of Mansoul determined that the entire town should hold a public fast – a day to show they accepted their Prince as just and to humble themselves before Him for their violations against Him and against Shaddai, His Father. (But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I humbled my soul with fasting, and my prayer rose up in my bosom. – Psalm 35:13) It was decided that anyone in Mansoul who didn’t keep the fast or humble themselves for their faults, but who continued to devote their minds to worldly works or wandering about doing as they pleased, should suffer
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