{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">Since, therefore, the days are evil, and Satan<a id=\"r469\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f469\"><sup>[469]</sup></a> possesses\r\nthe power of this world, we ought to give heed to ourselves,\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_103\">103</span>and diligently inquire into the ordinances of the Lord.\r\nFear and patience, then, are helpers of our faith; and long-suffering\r\nand continence are things which fight on our side.\r\nWhile these remain pure in what respects the Lord, Wisdom,\r\nUnderstanding, Science, and Knowledge rejoice along with\r\nthem.<a id=\"r470\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f470\"><sup>[470]</sup></a> For He hath revealed to us by all the prophets that\r\nHe needs neither sacrifices, nor burnt-offerings, nor oblations,\r\nsaying thus, “What is the multitude of your sacrifices unto\r\nme, saith the Lord? I am full of burnt-offerings, and desire\r\nnot the fat of lambs, and the blood of bulls and goats, not\r\nwhen ye come to appear before me: for who hath required\r\nthese things at your hands? Tread no more my courts, not\r\nthough ye bring with you fine flour. Incense is a vain\r\nabomination unto me, and your new moons and sabbaths I\r\ncannot endure.”<a id=\"r471\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f471\"><sup>[471]</sup></a> He has therefore abolished these things,\r\nthat the new law of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is without\r\nthe yoke of necessity, might have a human oblation.<a id=\"r472\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f472\"><sup>[472]</sup></a> And\r\nagain He says to them, “Did I command your fathers, when\r\nthey went out from the land of Egypt, to offer unto me burnt-offerings\r\nand sacrifices? But this rather I commanded them,\r\nLet no one of you cherish any evil in his heart against his\r\nneighbour, and love not an oath of falsehood.”<a id=\"r473\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f473\"><sup>[473]</sup></a> We ought\r\ntherefore, being possessed of understanding, to perceive the\r\ngracious intention of our Father; for He speaks to us,\r\ndesirous that we, not<a id=\"r474\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f474\"><sup>[474]</sup></a> going astray like them, should ask\r\nhow we may approach Him. To us, then, He declares, “A\r\nsacrifice [pleasing] to God is a broken spirit; a smell of\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_104\">104</span>sweet savour to the Lord is a heart that glorifieth Him that\r\nmade it.”<a id=\"r475\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f475\"><sup>[475]</sup></a> We ought therefore, brethren, carefully to inquire\r\nconcerning our salvation, lest the wicked one, having\r\nmade his entrance by deceit, should hurl<a id=\"r476\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f476\"><sup>[476]</sup></a> us forth from our\r\n[true] life.</p>","headings":["The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers","THE EPISTLE OF BARNABAS.","THE EPISTLE OF BARNABAS.","Chap. ii.—The Jewish sacrifices are now abolished."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg77576-paragraph-167"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"debd318065120d539dd70d1f22b11d68ec0c41491bdcc2c5ae1e851cd351e418","edition_title":"The writings of the Apostolic Fathers","edition_translators":["Alexander Roberts","James Donaldson","Frederick Crombie"],"edition_year":1870,"explicit_reference_candidates":[{"book":"JER","chapter":7,"kind":"unreviewed","source_notation":"Jer. vii. 22","verse":22,"verse_end":22},{"book":"ZEC","chapter":8,"kind":"unreviewed","source_notation":"Zech. viii. 17","verse":17,"verse_end":17}],"headings":[],"id":"pg77576-f473","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. Historical 1870 English edition; electronic transcription subject to Project Gutenberg reuse terms.","source_anchor":"f473","source_ebook":77576,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f473\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r473\">473</a>. </span><abbr title=\"Jeremiah\">Jer.</abbr> <abbr title=\"seven\">vii.</abbr> 22; <abbr title=\"Zechariah\">Zech.</abbr> <abbr title=\"eight\">viii.</abbr> 17.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"5cef11d737d7f5d65aa99f44ca2d8e967d725f3bed872960330e88c0905597a9","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html#f473","text_sha256":"597cf0f96a216cdaec97c5b9e33ab62022e96fb644471559fe8cec0a9570a55a","verified":false,"work_id":null}