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CHAP. 5.--OF THE SACRIFICES WHICH GOD DOES NOT REQUIRE, BUT
WISHED TO aS OBSERVED FOR THE EXHIBITION OF
THOSE THINGS WHICH HE DOES REQUIRE.
And who is so foolish as to suppose that the things offered
to God are needed by Him for some uses of His own? Divine
Scripture in many places explodes this
idea. Not to be wearisome, suffice it to quote this brief
saying from a psalm: "I have said to the Lord, Thou art my
God: for Thou needest not my goodness."(1)
We must believe, then, that God has no need
WISHED TO aS OBSERVED FOR THE EXHIBITION OF
THOSE THINGS WHICH HE DOES REQUIRE.
And who is so foolish as to suppose that the things offered
to God are needed by Him for some uses of His own? Divine
Scripture in many places explodes this
idea. Not to be wearisome, suffice it to quote this brief
saying from a psalm: "I have said to the Lord, Thou art my
God: for Thou needest not my goodness."(1)
We must believe, then, that God has no need