 | James Patriot Wilson - Church polity - 1833 - 428 pages
...oppressive, profane practices. Humble yourselves before God with a penitent, sin-renouncing, obedient spirit. "Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt-offerings...obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold to obey is better thaa sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams." The madness which the prophet thus sharply reprehends,... | |
 | Religion - 1834 - 400 pages
...AMBROSE EDSON, BERLIN, CONNECTICUT. GOD'S CLAIMS, AND THE SINNER'S IMMEDIATE DUTY. 1 SAMUEL, xv. 22. — Hath the Lord as great delight in burntofferings and...the Lord ? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice ; and to hearken, than the fat of rams. THE text may be regarded as clearly warranting the sentiment,... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1842 - 986 pages
...the Amalekites which he was commanded utterly to destroy. •' Hath the Lout)," said the prophet, " as great delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices...voice of the Lord ? Behold, to obey is better than to sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams." 1 Sam. xv. 22. All these passages point oat the... | |
 | Christian life - 1842 - 608 pages
...of the Amalekites which he was commanded utterly to destroy _ " Hath the LORD," said the prophet, " as great delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices...voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than to sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams." 1 Sam. xv. 22. AH these passages point out the... | |
 | Henry Hunter - Bible - 1834 - 618 pages
...of the Lord, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the Lord. And Samuel said, V+ 7 Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice ; and to hearken, than the fat of rams. For rebel) ion is... | |
 | Robert Haldane - Bible - 1834 - 526 pages
...not plead his excuse, or reverse the sentence. " Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of the Lord ? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness as... | |
 | Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet - 1853 - 274 pages
...promote the honor of God and procure his blessing. " Hath the Lord as great delight in burntoflerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of the Lord ? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams." And now the day of preparation for the passover had come. At... | |
 | Clifton Jones - Religion - 2006 - 250 pages
...compensate for lack of obedience. "And Samuel mid, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD?...23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath... | |
 | Religion - 2006 - 285 pages
...Samuel said: 'Has the LORD as great delight in burnt- offerings and sacrifices, as in hearkening to the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than...23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as idolatry and terafim. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has also... | |
 | E. J. Hibbard - Law (Theology) - 2007 - 84 pages
...intended to make the Lord a "free-will offering." The cases are parallel. "And Samuel said [to Saul], Hath the Lord as great delight in burntofferings and...the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to harken than the fat of rams." See 1 Samuel 15, especially noting verse 22. When one thing is... | |
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And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. 
