 | Thomas Boston - Theology, Doctrinal - 1812 - 512 pages
...Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, an4 bow myself before the high God ? Shall I come before htm with burnt-offerings, with calves of a year old ?...thousands of rivers of oil ? Shall I give my first-born for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul ?' Micah vi. 6, 7. But here it may... | |
 | Robert Stevens - 1813 - 668 pages
...fatherless, plead for the widow." •f- " Wherewith/' says the n*ophet Micah, " shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before the High God ? Shall...soul ? He hath showed thee, O man, what is good ; and what doth the Lord require * Isaiah, i. 21, 16, 17. t Micah, vi. 6—8. of thee, but to do justly,... | |
 | Joseph Butler - Sermons, English - 1813 - 788 pages
...know the righteousness of the Lor9," L e. the righteousness which God will accept. Balak demands, " Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself...with ten thousands of rivers of oil ? Shall I give my first born for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul ?" Balaam answers him,... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Civilization - 1813 - 536 pages
...The Prophet Micah £, in a passage partly quoted above, inveighs bitterly against such sacrifices : " Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and " bow...with " thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of * The Abbe de Boissy derives human sacrifices from the history of Abraham preparing to sacrifice his... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1857 - 1220 pages
...nature, that they could not be content to keep at a distance from God. Fearing his wrath, they asked, 'Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself...Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousand!) of rivers of oil ? Shall I give my first-born for my transgression, the fruit of... | |
 | Flavius Josephus - 1814 - 486 pages
...burnt-offering upon the city wall. This also the Jewish prophet Micah c implies, when he enquires, Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself...year old? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousands of fat kids of the goats? Shall I give my first-born for my transgression,... | |
 | John Macgowan - Christian life - 1816 - 742 pages
...Lord? With what shall he procure admittance into his favour ? How shall he be justified with God ? '' Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself...with ten thousands of rivers of oil ? shall I give my first-horn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul ?" Mic. vi. 6, 7- No,... | |
 | William Owtram - Atonement - 1817 - 424 pages
...before the Lord, and bow " myself before the high God ? Shall I come before " him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old ? " Will the Lord be pleased...fruit of my " body for the sin of my soul ? He hath shewed thee, " O man, what is good : and what doth the Lord " require of thee, but to do justly, and... | |
 | William Barlass, Peter Wilson - Sermons, English - 1818 - 688 pages
...relief, and much more than they ever had were it possible. In the language of Micah vi. 6, 7, they say, " Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself...thousands of rivers of oil ? Shall I give my first-born for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul ?" 3. They are weary through great... | |
 | Samuel Woodworth - American poetry - 1818 - 308 pages
...? Shall I come before him with burnt-oflerings,with calves of a year old ? Will Jehovah be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers...soul ? He hath showed thee, O man, what is good : and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy... | |
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Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, And bow myself before the high God? Shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, With calves of a year old ? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, Or with ten thousands of rivers of oil ? Shall I give... 
