90 THE TREATISES OF CYPRIAN. the burnt sacrificesof rams,and fatof lambs,and blood of bullsand goats. For who hath requiredthesethingsfrom your hands ? '!1 Also in the forty-ninthPsalm : " I willnot eatthe fleshof bulls,nor drinkthe bloodof goats. Offer to God the sacrificeof praise,and pay your vows to the Most High. Callupon me in the day of trouble,and I willdeliver thee: and thou shalt glorifyme."2 In the same Psalm, moreover: " The sacrificeof praiseshallglorifyme : therein isthe way in which I willshow him the salvationof God." * In the fourth Psalm too: " Sacrificethe sacrificeof right eousness,and hope in the Lord."4 Likewise in Malachi : u I have no pleasureconcerningyou, saiththe Lord, and I will not have an acceptedofferingfrom your hands. Because from the risingof the sun,even unto the going down of the same,my name isglorifiedamong the Gentiles; and in every placeodoursof incenseare offeredto my name, and a pure sacrifice,becausegreatismy name among the nations,saith the Lord."5 17. That the oldpriesthoodshouldcease,and a new priest shouldcome, who shouldbe forever. In the 109th Psalm: "Before the morning starI begat thee. The Lord hath sworn,and He willnot repent,Thou arta priestforever,afterthe orderof Melchizedek."6 Also in the firstbook of Kings, God saysto the priestEli: " And I willraiseup to me a faithfulpriest,who shalldo all thingswhich are in my heart: and I willbuild him a sure house; and he shallpass in the presence of my anointed ones for alldays. And itshallbe,whosoever shallremain in thinehouse,shallcome to worshipforan obolusof money, and forone loafof bread."7 18. That anotherProphet such as Moses was promised,to wit,one who should give a new testament,and who ratherought to be heard. In Deuteronomy God saysto Moses : " And the Lord said 1Isa.i.11,12. 3Pa.l.13-15. 3 Ps.l.23. * Pa.iv.5. * Mai.i.10,11. 6Pa.ex.8. 7 1 Sam.ii.35,86.