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.