...down as water, and righteousness as a mighty stream." Again he says in Hosea (vi. 6), " For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice ; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings." Isaiah preaches the same everywhere, and Micah asks (vi. 6, ff.) " Wherewith shall I come before the...

...teaching for doctrines the commandments of men." (Matt. xx. 8, 9.) There is a verse in Hosea : " I desired mercy and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings." (Hosea vi. 6.) God had appointed sacrifice, but in the absence of righteousness this was not simply...

...by several ancient writers, and is rejected by Mill, Wetstein, and other crities." * " For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice ; and the knowledge of God, more than burnt-offerings." Hosea vi. 6. — Compare Isa. i. 10-17 (p. 39), and the passages there referred to. t Compare Mark...

...have slain them by the words of my mouth; and my judgments shall go forth as the light. For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of GOD more than burnt-offerings. its introduction, there were parts of Europe in which the churches were altogether closed during the...

...up with the garniture of music, however delectable, that God is worshipped : the Almighty " desireth mercy and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings ;" but God is " glorified " and " praised " by the legitimate use and exercise of, not one only, but...

...burnt-offerings and sacrifices; but this thing I commanded them, saying, Obey my voice." Hosea says—" I desired mercy and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God, more than burnt-offerings." And our Lord speaks in a similar strain—" Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; for ye...

...pertinent and forcible. God had made his displeasure toward their sins clear as the light. 6. For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice ; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings. "Mercy" here represents the whole circle of moral duties toward man, as in the next clause, " the knowledge...

...slain them by the words of my month, And my judgments have gone forth like the light. For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice, And the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings. Hut they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant ; Even there have they dealt unfaithfully with...

...them by the words of my mouth : and thy judgments were as the light that goeth forth. For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice ; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings." And as Christianity becomes, as certainly more and more it will become a ministration of the Spirit,...

...before us, the relative value of sacrifice and obedience, the Lord said, by Hosea (6 : 6), " I desired mercy, and not sacrifice ; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings ; " hi which passage the latter clause is the more precise statement. So Samuel said to Saul (1 Sam....