Jonah 3:9

“…evil way, and the unrighteousness which was in their hands, saying, Who knoweth if God will repent, and turn away His anger from us, and we shall not perish?”—so also, from the beginning, did God permit man to be swallowed up by the great whale, who was the author of transgression, not that he should perish…” — editor's note: Jon. iii. 8, 9.

“…Mercy must be implored; they said in this sort reasoning among themselves, “Who knoweth whether God may turn for the better His sentence, and have pity?”” — editor's note: Jonah iii. 9.

“The same conduct is in the Chronicles attributed to Manasseh, and in the book of the prophet Jonah to Nineveh, and in the gospel to the publican.” — editor's note: Jon. iii. 5–10.

“…stink through his wickedness; and who goeth mourning and of a sad countenance; who imitates the repentance of Manasseh and the humiliation of the Ninevites upon which God had mercy; who utters the words of the Publican in the Temple, and is justified rather than the stiff-necked Pharisee; who like the Canaanite…” — editor's note: Jon. iii. 7–10.