160 THE TREATISES OF CYPRIAN.
law of Moses."1 Moreover,in Daniel: " And we are lowly
thisday in allthe earth because of our sins,and there is
not at thistime any prince,or prophet,or leader,or burnt-
offering,or oblation,or sacrifice,or incense,or place to
sacrificebefore Thee, and to find mercy from Thee. And
yet in the soul and spiritof lowlinessletus be acceptedas
the burnt-offeringsof rams and bulls,and as itwere many
thousands of lambs which are fattest.If our offeringmay
be made in Thy presencethisday,theirpower shallbe con
sumed, forthey shallnot be ashamed who put theirtrustin
Thee. And now we followwith our whole heart,and we
fear and seek Thy face. Give us not over unto reproach,
but do with us accordingto Thy tranquillity,and according
to the multitudeof Thy mercy deliverus."2 Also in the
same place: " And the king exceedinglyrejoiced,and com
manded Daniel to be taken up out of the den of lions; and
the lionshad done him no hurt,because he trustedand had
believedin hisGod. And the king commanded, and they
brought those men who had accusedDaniel; and they cast
them in the den of lions,and theirwives and theirchildren.
And beforethey had reached the pavemenfrof <he den they
were seizedby the lions,and they brake alltheirbones in
pieces. Then Darius the king wrote,To allpeoples,tribes,
and languageswhich arein my kingdom, peace be unto you
from my face. I decreeand ordainthatallthosewho are in
my kingdom shallfear and tremble before the most high
God whom Daniel serves,becauseHe isthe God who liveth
and abidethforever,and His kingdom shallnot pass away,
and His dominion goeth on for ever; and He alonedoeth
signs,and prodigies,and marvellousthings in the heaven
and the earth,who snatchedDaniel from the den of lions."1
Also in Micah : " Wherewith shallI approachtheLord, and
lay hold upon Him ? in sacrifices,in burnt-offerings,in calves
of a year old? Does the Lord favour and receiveme with
thousands of fat goats? or shallI give my first-fruitsof
unrighteousness,the fruitof my belly,the sin of my soul?
1 Hist.ofSusannah,1-3.
3 SongoftheThreeChildren,14-19. 3Dan.vi.24-28.