...thyself can bestow it. No creature-power can procure it. No prayers nor penances can produce it. ' Thou desirest not sacrifice, else would I give it : thou delightest not in burnt-offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit ; a broken and contrite heart, O God, thou...

...to die without mercy ; as in the cases of murder and adultery, with respect whereunto David saith, ' Thou desirest not sacrifice, else would I give it; thou delightest not in burnt-offering;' Psal. li.16. namely, in such cases as his then was. But, 2. In case of apostacy from...

...merit. They cannot appease the anger of an offended God, nor allay the anguish of a broken heart. " For thou desirest not sacrifice ; else would I give it...burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit : a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise." Their repentance, however boisterous,...

...the pardon of sin, we are never referred to any more availing sacrifice; but to good works only. " Thou desirest not sacrifice, else would I give it...delightest not in burnt offering. The sacrifices of the Lord are a broken spirit. A broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise." Psalm li....

...and offering thou didst not desire; burnt offering and sin offering thou hast not required.'! ' Thtiu desirest not sacrifice, else would I give it; thou delightest not in burnt offering.'! ' ^e that covereth his sins shall not prosper, but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.'S)...

...is suggested to us by the words of David, in the 51st Psalm 16th and 17th verses, where he says, " Thou desirest not sacrifice, else would I give it; thou delightest not in burnt-offering; the sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou...

...reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me. do. li. 16 : Thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it : thou delightest not io burnt offering. ISA. i. 11 : To -what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me ? saith...

...themselves, or as representing the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, they possessed any efficacy, exclaims, " Thou desirest not sacrifice ; else would I give it : thou delightest not in burnt-offerings : the sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, 0 God,...

...mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest;" and at the 16th verse, " For thou desirest not sacrifice, else would I give it; thou delightest not in burnt-offering: the sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou...

...groanings which cannot be uttered. For, as if to wither the vanity and pride of man, it is recorded : " A broken and a contrite heart, 0 God, thou wilt not despise." But his warfare was soon accomplished. Small, indeed, was the amount of labor he performed, but " he...