| Laurence Sterne - 1803 - 318 pages
...virtuous and a good life are more acceptable in the light of God, than either prayer or thankfgiving, for, behold, to obey is better than facrifice, and to hearken than, the fat of rams ;— neverthelefs, as the one. ought to be.done, fo the other ought not, by any means, to be left... | |
| Robert MacCulloch - Bible - 1804 - 590 pages
...is an abomination in my light. ' * Hath the Lord as great delight in burm-of* ferings and facrifices as in obeying the voice of the * Lord ? Behold, to obey is better than facrifice, an4 ' to hearken, than the fat of rams *.' How awful the word of God, by the prophet Ezckiel f.! '... | |
| Joanna Southcott - Prophecies - 1804 - 606 pages
...verse, to the end, " 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. For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness... | |
| 1804 - 824 pages
...was said to him by the prophet — "Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold to obey is belter than sacrifice, and to hearken than the ¡at of rams." But not to dwell on the case of individuals,... | |
| 1806 - 854 pages
...sacrifice than Cain." 1 Sam. xv. 22. " 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 ihe fat of rams." Psal. 1. 5. " Gather my saints together unto rne.those... | |
| Thomas Baldwin - Baptism - 1806 - 352 pages
...Granting this ; but, if we fincerely think, and act otherwife, fhall we not be ' as well accepted ?' " To obey is better than facrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. n \ " If ye love me, keep my commandments."§ For " In vain do ye 'worfnip me, teaching for doffrines... | |
| Richard Graves - Bible - 1807 - 520 pages
...pretext^ ;for 'he said, * ". Hath the Lord as great a 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... | |
| Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - Sermons, French - 1808 - 326 pages
...violated an explicit prohibition. 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, \ Sam. xv. 22. 5. But is it public worship ; (and this... | |
| Anthony Freston - Sermons - 1809 - 272 pages
...holy prophet had before declared, " 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." -fI could wish next to point out a few of those... | |
| Edward Cooper - Sermons, English - 1810 - 540 pages
...animated reproof from the prophet. 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... | |
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