 | Jean Calvin - 1841 - 682 pages
...voice of the Lord ? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry." (r) Therefore, whatever human inventions relating to the worship of God, may be defended by the authority... | |
 | John Campbell - 1842 - 512 pages
...voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice ; and to hearken than the fat of rams ! For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry: because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee from being king. And Saul... | |
 | Charles Girdlestone - 1842 - 814 pages
...voice of the LORD ? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. 23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king. with me,... | |
 | John Henry Newman - 1843 - 372 pages
...voice of the Lord ? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice ; and to hearken, than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry." The moral of Saul's history is forced upon us by the events which followed this deliberate offence.... | |
 | 1843 - 844 pages
...destroy all the Amalekites and their cattle; but he failed here again. And then Samuel told him that " Rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee from being king." And it... | |
 | Anti-Mammon (pseud.) - 1843 - 242 pages
...unfolds the truth before alluded to—" Covetousness is Idolatry." So saith the ancient Scripture: " Rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry." " Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee." Non-obedience, then,... | |
 | Thomas Stephen - 1843 - 722 pages
...national character as no time can obliterate, and to which no country can present a parallel. •• Rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry 1." Mary was unquestionably one of the first women of the barbarous age in which she lived. While young,... | |
 | 1843 - 536 pages
...was it said by Samuel, Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams; for rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as the sin of idolatry. (1 Sam. xv.) Ph. But that I may declare to you how God in commonwealths hath ever... | |
 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Publication - 1843 - 548 pages
...was it said by Samuel, Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams; for rebellion is. as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as the sin of idolatry. (1 Sam. xv.) Ph. But that I may declare to you how God in commonwealths hath ever... | |
 | Thomas Becon - 1843 - 532 pages
...over them." " Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken is better than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as the wickedness of idolatry." "By me kings reign: by me princes make just laws. By me lords bear rule,... | |
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Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, As in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to hearken than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, And stubbornness is as iniquity... 
