Anf-02 vi.iv.iii Pg 239.1
Anf-02 vi.iv.iv.xxi Pg 41.1
Anf-03 v.iv.iii.xxii Pg 14
An inexact quotation of Isa. xl .28.
Although He had respect to the offerings of Abel, and smelled a sweet savour from the holocaust of Noah, yet what pleasure could He receive from the flesh of sheep, or the odour of burning victims? And yet the simple and God-fearing mind of those who offered what they were receiving from God, both in the way of food and of a sweet smell, was favourably accepted before God, in the sense of respectful homage2975 2975 Honorem.
to God, who did not so much want what was offered, as that which prompted the offering. Suppose now, that some dependant were to offer to a rich man or a king, who was in want of nothing, some very insignificant gift, will the amount and quality of the gift bring dishonour2976 2976 Infuscabit.
to the rich man and the king; or will the consideration2977 2977 Titulus.
of the homage give them pleasure? Were, however, the dependant, either of his own accord or even in compliance with a command, to present to him gifts suitably to his rank, and were he to observe the solemnities due to a king, only without faith and purity of heart, and without any readiness for other acts of obedience, will not that king or rich man consequently exclaim: “To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? I am full of your solemnities, your feast-days, and your Sabbaths.”2978 2978
Anf-03 v.iv.v.xxxiii Pg 31
Isa. xl. 8.
Since even then by Isaiah it was Christ, the Word and Spirit4801 4801 See above, note on chap. xxviii., towards the end, on this designation of Christ’s divine nature.
of the Creator, who prophetically described John as “the voice of one crying in the wilderness to prepare the way of the Lord,”4802 4802
Anf-03 v.iv.v.xxxix Pg 50
Isa. xl. 8.
Let the disciples also be warned, “lest their hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness, and cares of this world; and so that day come upon them unawares, like a snare”5062 5062
Edersheim Bible History
Lifetimes xi.ix Pg 207.2, Lifetimes xi.xi Pg 5.2
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, Chapter 40
VERSE (8) - Isa 46:10,11; 55:10,11 Ps 119:89-91 Zec 1:6 Mt 5:18; 24:35 Mr 13:31
