...the wine ; none, in short, appearing before the Lord empty : " Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee" (Deut. xvi. 17). But that which peculiarly distinguished this feast was, that each person carried in...

...tabernacles ; and they shall not appear before the Lord empty ; for every man shall give as he is able, altar the burnt-offering and the fat, which when all the people saw, t De. xvi. 16, 17- Hath the Lord (said Samuel) as great delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices, as...

...beyond their power, they were willing of themselves." Deut.ivi. 17. "Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee." Luke xiv. 29. " Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that...

...The law also says, ' They shall not appear before the Lord empty. Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God, which he hath given thee.' 8. Of the passover, the feast of unleavened bread, the sacred historian tells us : ' It is a night...

...Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee ; the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart." And agreeably to this permission,...

...tabernacles ; and they shall not appear before the Lord empty. Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God, which he hath given thee." It would appear, from these words, that there was something left to the gratitude and generosity of...

...command thee. l,i But if thou desirest to eat, and tin« eating of flesh delight thee, kill, and eus according to the blessing of the Lord thy God, which he hath given thee, in thy citii'f : whether it be unclean, that is to say, having blemish or defect: or clean, that is...

...shall not," said their lawgiver, " appear before the Lord empty: every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee." Daut. xvi. 16, 17. The giving of alms to the poor, is enjoined with as much explicitness as other duties....

...nearly to the equitable principle laid down in the Scriptures : " Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee."* This is the principle laid down in the divine law, respecting the pecuniary support of the worship...

...Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee." (Deut-xii. 15.) He makes no mention of any mysteries connected with the art of slaughtering, the ignorance...