Leviticus 3

It is giving that glory to an image, which is due to God. All [illegible] or divine worship God appropriates to himself; it is a flower of his crown; the fat of the sacrifice God laid claim to (Leviticus 3:3). Divine worship is the fat of the sacrifice which God reserves for him…

The Jews might not offer to the Lord wine that was small, or mixed, but the strong wine, to imply that we must offer to God the best, the strongest of our affections; if the spouse had a cup more juicy and spiced, Christ should drink of that (Song of Solomon 8:2): I would cause…

What was their use to the same purpose of wine and frankincense, the reader may see at large in the seventh book of Arnobius advers. Gentes. The next solemn sacrifice in the order of their appointment under the Law is, § 30 that which is called [⟨in non-Latin alphabet⟩], Sebach…

We should be reconciled to God, and have his grace and favor. Under the law they were to bring their peace-offering, and lay it on the top of the burnt-offering (Leviticus 3). When we come to offer a thank-offering to God, we should be in a state of amity and friendship with him…

God delights much in tears, else he would not keep a bottle for them (Psalm 56:8). One calls tears a fat sacrifice, which under the law was most acceptable (Leviticus 3:3). Jerome calls mourning a plank after shipwreck.