 | 1842 - 634 pages
...abomination. DEAR Sis., — Will you favor me with an explanation of the passage in Isaiah Ixvi. 3, — " He that killeth an ox is, as if he slew a man." Now, oxen having to be sacrificed as offerings to the Lord, how could the priest be guilty of manslaughter... | |
 | Samuel Spring - 1815 - 262 pages
...wicked, fall under this predicament. To the same purpose is this striking passage of the prophet. " He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man : He...he that burneth incense as if he blessed an idol." This is the prophet's view of the sacrifices of sinners ; and, that he means the sacrifices of all... | |
 | 1815 - 614 pages
...this man will 1 look, eveti to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word. 3 He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man ; he that sacrificeth a Iamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck ; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered... | |
 | Samuel Spring - 1815 - 262 pages
...For, upon describing the acceptable sacrifice which is godly contrition, he immediately adds, " But, he that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man," &c. The * JVot the lamp of the tricked, nor their protperity : This is unnatural and strained. C 2... | |
 | Moses Lowman - 1816 - 428 pages
...3that Jtilleth an ox, is as if he slew a man ; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off" a dogs neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered...he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Observe once more, how the Prophet Jeremiah exhorts an attention to this truth: The word came from... | |
 | Henry Hunter - 1818 - 376 pages
...an enormous offence and adherence to a harmless form of ceremony. With a man of this description, " He that killeth an ox, is as if he slew a man : he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut oft" a dog's. neck ; he that ofiereth an oblation, as if he offered... | |
 | Gardiner Spring - 1819 - 194 pages
...meeting." God sets the guilt of formalists in the most striking light, by the words of the prophet: "He that killeth an ox, is as if he slew a man; he...sacrificed) a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that ofTereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense as if he blessed an idol."... | |
 | William Chillingworth - 1820 - 510 pages
...blood." And again, (Isa. Ixvi. 3.) " He that kills an ox, is as if he slew a man ; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck ; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's flesh; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol/' And what is the reason of this strange aversion... | |
 | William Chillingworth - 1820 - 508 pages
...blood." And again, (Isa. Ixvi. 3.) " He that kills an ox, is as if he slew a man ; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck ; he that offereth* an oblation, as if he offered swine's flesh ; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol." And what is the reason of this strange... | |
 | Samuel Farmar Jarvis - 1820 - 124 pages
...the comparison of them to the sacrifice of dogs and swine. " He that sacrificeth a Iamb, is as if be cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation as if he offered swine's blood," fee. Isaiah, Ixvi. 3. Comp. Matt. vii. <!. and 2 Pet. ii. 22. The law not only forbade dogs to be offered... | |
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He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a, man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. 
