'to consume them and to destroy' fustings and their cry. And the de FEAST OF PURIM. 634 THESE FEASTS NOT BIND ING ON CHRISTIANS. Em. xiv 5. 6. One man # teemath one day above ancher anther esteemeth every br De fil Let every man be persoaded in his own mind je that regarded the day regret if unto the Lert ani be thr gareth not the day, to the Lad he doth not regard it. He us eateth, eateth to the Lordige giveth God thanks and be the eateth not, to the Land be estet not, and giveth God thanks | Gal, iv, 9, 10. But now, dr that ye have known God a rather are known of God, lew turn ye again to the west bezgarly elements, whereunto p desire again to be in bondage. Î observe days, and months, an times, and years. Col. ii. 16, 17. Let no man them fore judge you in meat, r day, or of the new moon, or die drink, or in respect of an be sabbath days: Which shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ. (See also under ORDINANCES 1st. UNDER THE PATRIARCHAL DISPENSATION. Gen. iv, 3, 4. And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering. Gen. viii, 20. And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. Gen. xxil, 13. And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son. Gen. xxxi, 54. Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in mount. the SACRIFICES. he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar. And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams. And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar. Heb. xi, 4. By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and by it he, being dead, yet speaketh. 2nd. UNDER THE MOSAIC DIS- ONLY ONE PLACE OF SACRIFICE. kill the bullock before the LORD, Exod. xxix, 11. And thou shalt by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. man soever Lev. xvii, 2-5, 8, 9. Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them, This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, saying, What there be of the house of Israel that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat in the camp, or that killeth it out of the camp, And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer an offering unto the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD, blood shall be imputed unto that man; he hath shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people: To the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices which they offer in the open field,even that theymaybring them unto the LORD, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest, and to the LORD. And thou shalt say unto them, Whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers which sojourn among you, that offereth a burntoffering or sacrifice, And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer it unto the LORD, even that man shall be cut off from among his people. Num. xxiii, 1-4, 14, 29, 30. And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and pre-offer them for peace-offerings unpare me here seven oxen and seven rams. And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram. And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever he showeth me, I will tell thee. And he went to an high place. And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram. And Deut. xii, 5, 6, 10, 11, 13, 14, 17, 18, 26, 27. But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and And thither thou shalt come: thither ye shall bring your burntofferings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave-offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your free-will-offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks: But when ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the LORD your God giveth you to inherit, and when he giveth you rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety; Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there: thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye Vow unto the LORD: Take heed to thyself, thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest: But in the place which the LORD shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee. Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds, or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy free-will offerings, or heaveofferings of thine hand: But thou must eat them before the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, andthymaidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates:and thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God in all that thon puttest thine hands unto. Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the LORD shall choose: And thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar of the LORD thy God: and the blood of thy sacrifices shall be poured out upon the altar of the LORD thy God, and thou shalt eat the flesh. 2 Chron. xi. 16. And after them, out of all the tribes of Israel, such as set their hearts to seek the LORD God of Israel, came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto the LORD God of their fathers. BUT RARELY ALSO OTHER PLACES. Exod. xxiv, 5. And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt-offerings, and sacrificed peace-offerings of oxen unto the Lord. 1 Sam. x. 8. And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come down unto thee, to offer burnt-offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peaceofferings: seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come to thee, and shew thee what thou shalt do. 1 Sam. xiii, 8-12. And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him. And Saul said, bring hither a burnt-offering to me, and peace-offerings. And he offered the burnt-offering. And it came to pass, that, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burntoffering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might salute him. And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered themselves together at Michimash: Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the LORD: I forced myself therefore, and offered a burnt-offering. THE TOKEN OF DEVOTION, AND THEREFORE ACCEPTED BY GOD. Lev. vii, 38 Which the LORD commanded Moses in mount Sinal, in the day that he commanded the children of Israel to offer their oblations unto the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai. Lev. ix, 4-6. Also a bullock and a ram for peace-offerings, to sacrifice before the LORD; and a meat offering mingled with oil: for to-day the LORD will appear unto you. And they brought that which Moses commanded before the tabernacle of the congregation; and all the congregation drew near, and stood before the LORD. And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commanded that ye should do; and the glory of the LORD shall appear unto you. Num. xxviii, 2. Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, My offering, and my bread for my sacrifices made by fire, for a sweet savour unto me, shall ye observe to offer unto me in their due season. Num. xxix, 39. These things ye shall do unto the LORD in your set feasts, besides your vows, and your free-will-offerings, for your burnt-offerings, and for your meatofferings, and for your peaceofferings, and for your drinkofferings. Deut. xxxiii, 19. They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand. Ps. iv, 5. Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD. Ps. li, 19. Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of and withont beast. The voice... of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to retura the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD. Micah vi, 6, 7. Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high Go shall I come before him with burntofferings, with calves of a year old? Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or th ten thousands of rivers of Gi shall I give my first-born for my transgression, the fruit of = body for the sin of my soul Ps. 11, 17. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou will not despise. Rom. xii, 1. I beseech y righteousness, with burnt-offer- therefore, brethren, by the ing, and whole burnt offering: mercies of God, that ye presci then shall they offer bullocks your bodies a living sacrifice, upon thine altar. holy, acceptable unto God, talá is your reasonable service. Ps. cvil, 22. And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing. Ps. cxviii, 27. God is the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar. Isa. xliii, 23, 24. Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt-offerings, neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices: I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense. Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices; but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities. Isa. 1x, 7. All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory. Jer. xvii, 26. And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plain, and from the mountains, and from the south, bringing burnt offerings, and sacrifices, and meat-offerings, and incense, and bringing sacrifices of praise, unto the house of the LORD. altar, whereof they have no right Heb. xili, 10. 15, 16. We have an to eat which serve the tabernac By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God cotinually, that is, the fruit of sur lips giving thanks to his came But to do good and to commencate forget not; for with sect sacrifices God is well pleased. BUT NEVER A SUBSTITUTE FUR 1 Sam. xv, 22. And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight i burnt-offerings, and sacrifices is in obeying the voice of the Lor Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. and I will speak; O Israel, and I Ps. 1, 7-14. Hear, O my people, will testify against thee: I an God, even thy God. I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices, it thy burnt-offerings, to have bees continually before me. I wul take no bullock out of thy hone nor he-goats out of thy folds: Fr every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. I know all the fowls of the mountains; and the wild beasts of the field are mine. If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: is the world is mine, and the fulness thereof. Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats Offer unto God thanksgiving, and pay thy vows unto the most High. Jer. xxxiii, 10, 11. Thus saith the LORD, Again there shall be heard in this place, which ye say shall be desolate without man and without beast, even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, with-ing. out man, and without inhabitant, 636 Ps. li, 16. For thou desirest not sacrifice, else would I give thou delightest not in burnt-offer Ps. lxix, 30, 31. I will praise the ་ name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving. This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and boofs. Prov. xxi, 3. To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. courts? neither will I regard the peace- holden from the house of your 3rd. DIFFERENT MATERIALS OF OFFERINGS. QUADRUPEDS. Mal. 1, 7, 8, 12-14. Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we Lev. 1, 2, 10. Speak unto the chilpolluted thee? In that ye say, dren of Israel, and say unto them, Isa. 1, 11, 12. To what purpose The table of the LORD is contemp- If any man of you bring an offeris the multitude or your sacrifices tible. And if ye offer the blinding unto the LORD, ye shall bring unto me? saith the LORD: I am for sacrifice is it not evil? and if your offering of the cattle, even of full of the burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and Iye offer the lame and sick, is it the herd, and of the flock. And not evil? offer it now unto thy if his offering be of the flocks, delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he- governor, will he be pleased with namely, of the sheep, or of the thee, or accept thy person? salth goats, for a burnt-sacrifice; he goats. When ye come to appear the LORD of hosts. But ye have Shall bring it a male without before me, who hath required profaned it, in that ye say, The blemish. this at your hand, to tread my table of the LORD is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible. Ye said also. Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the LORD of hosts: and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the LORD. But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth. and sacrificeth unto the LORD a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen. Jer. vil, 21, 22. Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt-offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh. For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt-offerings or sacrifices. Hosea vi, 6. For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings. Matth. xii, 7. But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless. NOT ACCEPTED WHEN NOT OFFERED IN THE RIGHT SPIRIT. Lev. xxvi, 31. And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours. Prov. xv, 8. The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD; but the prayer of the upright 13 his delight. Prov. xxi, 27. The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more when he bringeth it with a wicked mind? Isa. Ixvi, 3. 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. Yea, they have chown their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations. Hosea vili, 13. They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; but the LORD accepteth them not: now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins; they shall return to Egypt. Amos v, 22, 25. Though ye offer me burnt-offerings, and your meatofferings, I will not accept them: Amos iv, 4, 5. Come to Beth-el, THEIR DISCONTINUANCE THREAT ENED AS A GREAT CALAMITY. Dan. viii, 11, 12. Yea, he magnithe host, and by him the daily fied himself even to the prince of sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down. And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and prospered. Dan. xi, 31. And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate. Joel i, 9. 13 The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD'S ministers, mourn. Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests; howl, ye ministers of the altar; come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is with Lev. ix, 1-3. And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel; And he said unto Aaron, Take thee a young calf for a sin-offering, and a ram for a burnt-offering, without blemish, and offer them before the LORD. And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, saying, Take_ye a kid of the goats for a sin-offering; and a calf and a lamb, both of the first year, without blemish, for a burnt-offering. Lev. xxii, 19. Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats. BIRDS. And the Lev. 1, 14-17. And if the burntsacritice for his offering to the LORD be of fowls, then he shall bring his offering of turtle-doves, or of young pigeons. priest shall bring it unto the altar, and wring off his head, and burn it on the altar: and the blood thereof shall be wrung out at the side of the altar. And he shall pluck away his crop with his feathers, and cast it beside the altar, the ashes. And he shall cleave it on the east part, by the place of with the wings thereof, but shall not divide it asunder: and the priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire: it is a burnt-sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. THEIR QUALIFICATIONS. Lev. xxii, 20-27. But whosoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer; for it shall not be acceptable for you. And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace-offerings unto the LORD, to accomplish his vow, or a free-will-offering in beeves or sheep, it shall be perfect to be accepted: there shall be no blemish therein. Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto the LORD, nor or make an offering by fire of them Deut. xv, 21, 22. And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind or have any ill blem ish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the us clean and the clean person shall eat it alike, as the roebuck, and as the Lart. he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests and we til fade tueres lie landful of the four therectan i affle on thereol with all de frankintense therent and the priest stat bum the memomal of in apra the altar to be an ofaring made byfre, of a sweet sivjar unto the LORD. And the remnant of the mearöfering shall be Aarons and us, was: it is a thing most holy of tue offerings of the Load made by fre. And if then bring an ctia tion of a meat-offering taken in the GTED it to be unleaven cakes of fine for mingled with oil or unleavened wafers anointed WITH OL And if thy oblation be a mat-offering beken in a pan, it shall be of fine for unleavened, mingled with oil. Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil there.: it és a meat-offering. And if thy chlation be a meat-offering baken in the frying pan it shall be made of fine flour with oil And thou shalt bring the meat-offering that is made of these things unto the LeaD: and when it is presented unto the priest, he shall bring it to the altar. And the priest shall take from the meat-offering a memorial thereof, and shall turn it upon the altar: it is an offering unto the LORD. And if thou offer made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD, thou shalt offer, a meat-offering of thy first-fruits for the meat-ffering of thy first the altar & a sweet surtour d the memoria di 16, Col at L Lex. vil. 11-14. And this is the law of the samdee of peaced ferings which be still offer mat the Loan. If he ođer it for a thicks ing. then be stall dder min ta sacribe of thanksgiving Dat ened cakes mingled witbol el theavened wafers anointed Wa cil, and cakes mingled wit of fine fur fried." Bestes the cakes, be shall offer for his > fering leavened treat th sacrifice of thanksgiving of be Peace-oferinza. And of th hill offer one out of the Thi cation for an heaver the LORD, and it stal be de Friest's that sprickleth the law of the peace-offerings. Ler. viii. 26 And out of the ket of unleavened bread, thats before the LORD, he took co leavened cake, and a cake de tread, and one wafer, and pe them on the fat, and upon be right shoulder. Ler. ix, 17. And he brought t meat-offering, and took an a ful thereof and burnt it to altar, beside the burni-sario c the morning. Num. xv, 2-4, 6, 8, 9, 10-21. Spea unto the children of Israel, say unto them, When ye be c Deut. xvii, 1. Thou shalt not sacrifice unto the LORD thy God any block or sheep wherein is blemish, or any evil-favouredness: for that is an abomination uLLO fruits, green ears of corn dried by which I give unto you, Asd v the LORD thy God. MEAT OFFERING. Lev. vi, 20-23. This is the offering of Aaron, and of his sons, which they shall offer unto the LORD in the day when he is anointed; the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meatoffering perpetual; half of it in the morning, and half thereof at night. In a pan it shall be made with oil; and when it is baken, thou shalt bring it in: and the baken pieces of the meat-offering shalt thou offer for a sweet savour unto the LORD. And the priest of his into the land of your habitat the fire, even corn beaten out of make an offering by fire unto t Lev. v, 11, 12. But if he be not bring a meat-offering of a ter deal of flour, mingled with fourth part of an hin of cil→ for a ram, thou shalt prepare ri meat-offering two tenth-dess flour, mingled with the third p of an hin of oil. And when the preparest a bullock for a burad fering or for a sacrifice in pe forming a vow, or peace-cfere sons that is anointed in his stead, thereon; for it is a sin-offering. with a bullock a meat-offering unto the LORD; Then shall be bring shall offer it: it is a statute for shall he bring it to the three tenth-deals of flour, mas ever unto the LORD; it shall be wholly burnt: For every meat-priest, and the priest shall take with half an hin of oil. The offering for the priest shall be his handful of it, even a memorial shall be, that, when ye eat of the wholly burnt: it shall not be eaten. thereof, and burn it on the altar, bread of the land, ye shall according to the offerings made up an heave offering to the by fire unto the LORD: it is a sin- LORD. Ye shall offer up a calef offering. the first of your dough or heave-offering: as ye do the beate shall ye heave it. Of the fis offering of the threshing-Door, your dough ye shall give LORD an heave-offering in you generations. FOR PEOPLE. Exod. xxix, 23. And one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of the unleavened bread that is be fore the LORD. Lev. il, 1-9,14-16. And when any will offer a meat-offering unto the LORD, his offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereou. And law of the meat-offering: The sons Lev. vi, 14, 15. And this is the tenth part of an ephah of four |