 | Edward Davies - 1811 - 438 pages
...obedience to his laws, cannot constitute true religion, as appears from the language of. the prophet : — Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt-offerings...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... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 444 pages
...refused God's orders, and followed his own will, as appears by the charge following: " And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt-offerings...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 is... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1812 - 520 pages
...glorious resurrection. OF THE DUTY WHICH GOD REQUIRETH OF MAN. 1 SAM. xv. 22. — And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of' the Lwd? 'T'HIS text is a reproof given to one that wore a crown, J_ teaching him, that though he was Israel's... | |
 | Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - 1813 - 416 pages
...when that prince, under a pretence of obedience to a precept, had violated an explicit prohibition. Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt-offerings...the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams, 1 Sam. xv. 22. 5. But is it public worship; (and this is a fifth... | |
 | 1813 - 580 pages
...have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God in Gilgal. Ver. 22 And Samuel said. Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt-offerings...the Lord > Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice ; and to hearken than the fat of rams. Ver. 23. For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness... | |
 | John Murray - 1813 - 438 pages
...require sacrifices and offerings ? 1 Samuel 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." Psalm li. 16, " For thou desirest not sacrifice, else would I give it : thou delightest not in burnt... | |
 | Joanna Southcott - 1813 - 626 pages
...at the 22</ 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 is... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 640 pages
...destroyed, to sacrifice unto the Lord in Gilgal. It was then that Samuel uttered that memorable saying, ' Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt-offerings...the Lord ? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.' Worship is one of the duties we owe to God ; but it is only a... | |
 | Joseph McKean - 1814 - 366 pages
...rest we have utterly destroyed. 22 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. CHAP. XVI. David is anointed King. AND the Lord said unto Samuel,... | |
 | 1815 - 706 pages
...the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal. the voice of the LORD ? Behold, to obey is better...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... | |
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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. 
