II. What is warrantable must be given to God. The sacrifices, whereof mention is here made, were by the Law prescribed: and in all manner of sacrifices by the Law prescribed, something was given to God. They therefore that appeared before the Lord without a sacrifice, are said to appear aempty: which was expressly forbidden. The many bprecepts of bringing oblations, vow-offerings, free-will offerings, first-fruits, tithes, and other gifts unto the Lord, and cGods gracious acceptation thereof: yea and the many dthreatenings against those who brought not those gifts unto the Lord, and judgements executed upon them, give sufficient proof to the fore-mentioned must. 5What is warrantable must be given to God. The pious Jews manifested herein much zeal to the Lord. When the Tabernacle was first to be made, the people were so free-hearted and bountiful in bringing rams skins, badgers skins, Shittim wood, oil, spices, sweet incense, fine linen, blue, purple and scarlet, brass, silver, gold, and all manner of precious stones, as they brought emore then enough: a proclamation was made to restrain them. Wonderful great and precious were the treasures which fDavid and his Princes prepared for the Lord towards the building of his house. At that time gthey offered burnt offerings to the Lord, a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, and a thousand sheep, with their drink-offerings and sacrifices in abundance. h4sa and his people offered seven hundred oxen, and seven thousand sheep. iHezekiah and his people, two thousand bullocks and seventeen thousand sheep. kJosiah and his people three thousand and eight hundred bullocks, and thirty seven thousand six hundred small cattle. lSolomon went beyond all these, and offered a sacrifice of two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. Behold here what testimonies of gratitude were given to the Lord.
II. WHat is warrantable must be given to God. The sacrifices, whereof mention is here made, were by the Law prescribed: and in all manner of sacrifices by the Law prescribed, something was given to God. They therefore that appeared before the Lord without a sacrifice, are said to appeare aempty: which was expresly forbidden. The many bprecepts of bringing oblations, vow-offerings, free-will offerings, first-fruits, tithes, and other gifts unto the Lord, and cGods gracious acceptation thereof: yea and the many dthreatnings against those who brought not those gifts unto the Lord, and judgements executed upon them, give sufficient proofe to the fore-mentioned must. 5What is warrantable must be given to God. The pious Iewes manifested herein much zeale to the Lord. When the Tabernacle was first to be made, the people were so free-hearted and bountifull in bringing rammes skins, badgers skins, Shittim wood, oile, spices, sweet incense, fine linnen, blue, purple and scarlet, brasse, silver, gold, and all manner of precious stones, as they brought emore then enough: a proclamation was made to restraine them. Wonderfull great and precious were the treasures which fDavid and his Princes prepared for the Lord towards the building of his house. At that time gthey offered burnt offerings to the Lord, a thousand bullocks, a thousand rammes, and a thousand sheepe, with their drink-offerings and sacrifices in abundance. h4sa and his people offered seven hundred oxen, and seven thousand sheepe. iHezekiah and his people, two thousand bullocks and seventeen thousand sheepe. kIosiah and his people three thousand and eight hundred bullocks, and thirty seven thousand six hundred small cattell.
- aDeut. 16. 16. [Greek or Hebrew]Deut. 16. 16. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉
- bDeut 12. 11. Exo. 2•. 29. Neh. 10. 32, &c
- c2 Chr. 31. 5, 10
- dMal. 3. 8, 9.
- 5The zeal of Jews in giving to God.The zeale of Iewes in giving to God.
- eEzo. 36. 5, 6.
- f1 Chro. 29. 1, &c.
- g—21.
- h2 Chro. 15. 11
- i—30. 24.
- k—35. 7▪ &c
- l—7, 5.
