Testimonia

{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p>What means a fast, then? “Lo, this is the fast which I have chosen,\r\nsaith the Lord. Loose every band of wickedness. Dissolve the knots of\r\noppressive contracts. Let the oppressed go free, and tear every unjust\r\nbond. Break thy bread to the hungry; and lead the houseless poor into\r\nthy house. If thou see the naked, cover him.”<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_770\" id=\"FNanchor_770\">[770]</a> About sacrifices\r\ntoo: “To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to me? saith\r\nthe Lord. I am full of burnt-offerings and of rams; and the fat of\r\nlambs, and the blood of bulls and kids I do not wish; nor that ye\r\nshould come to appear before me. Who hath required this at your hands?\r\nYou shall no more tread my court. If ye bring fine flour, the vain\r\noblation is an abomination to me. Your new moons and your sabbaths I\r\ncannot away with.”<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_771\" id=\"FNanchor_771\">[771]</a> How, then, shall I sacrifice to the<span class=\"pagenum\" id=\"Page_336\">[336]</span> Lord? “The\r\nsacrifice of the Lord is,” He says, “a broken heart.”<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_772\" id=\"FNanchor_772\">[772]</a> How, then,\r\nshall I crown myself, or anoint with ointment, or offer incense to the\r\nLord? “An odour of a sweet fragrance,” it is said,<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_773\" id=\"FNanchor_773\">[773]</a> “is the heart\r\nthat glorifies Him who made it.” These are the crowns and sacrifices,\r\naromatic odours, and flowers of God.</p>","headings":["THE WRITINGS OF CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA.","THE INSTRUCTOR.","BOOK III.","CHAPTER XII. CONTINUATION: WITH TEXTS FROM SCRIPTURE."],"marker_anchor":"FNanchor_773","paragraph_id":"pg71937-paragraph-620"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"b95edbc7a8568ad81d05b703a5c32b40ff6e6c6d28b3e12664d48ff4e26aef8d","edition_title":"The writings of Clement of Alexandria, Vol. 1 (of 2)","edition_translators":["William Wilson"],"edition_year":1867,"explicit_reference_candidates":[],"headings":[],"id":"pg71937-Footnote_773","license_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/policy/license.html","public_import_allowed":false,"record_kind":"original-editor-translator-note","review_required":["work and recension attribution","original-work chronology","Bible reference numbering and citation kind","English edition rights and attribution"],"review_status":"needs_review","rights_evidence":"Project Gutenberg metadata: Public domain in the USA. Existing 1867 English translation; translator died 1875. Electronic transcription subject to Project Gutenberg reuse terms.","source_anchor":"Footnote_773","source_ebook":71937,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\">\n<p><a class=\"label pginternal\" href=\"#FNanchor_773\" id=\"Footnote_773\">[773]</a> Not in Scripture.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"8e5c5bc39922dbad2626ac7651c2eb2e3d94cdcbd721f781e9792143ebb1cd03","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/71937/pg71937-images.html#Footnote_773","text_sha256":"f93e941f2939e83660c2274298cd4241154388acee748ac27b042ee7c1c0b063","verified":false,"work_id":null}

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