Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts.
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Augustine of Hippo
AD 430
9. "Ascribe unto the Lord glory unto His Name" (ver. 8). Not unto the name of man, not unto your own name, but unto His ascribe worship. ...Confession is a present unto God. O heathen, if ye will enter into His courts, enter not empty. "Bring presents." What presents shall we bring with us? The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit: a broken and a contrite heart,"O God, shalt not Thou despise." Enter with an humble heart into the house of God, and thou hast entered with a present. But if thou art proud, thou enterest empty. For whence wouldest thou be proud, if thou wert not empty? For if thou wast full, thou wouldest not be puffed up. How couldest thou be full? If thou weft to bring a present, which thou shouldest carry to the courts of the Lord. Let us not retain you much longer: let us run over what remaineth. Behold the house increasing: behold the edifice pervade the whole world. Rejoice, because ye have entered into the courts; rejoice, because ye are being built into the temple ...
Sacrifices. Hebrew Mincha, "the oblation "of flour, (Haydock) which denotes the blessed Eucharist, and the spiritual sacrifices of prayer (Menochius)
Victims shall cease, but the pure oblation shall continue among the Gentiles, Malachi as i. 11. (Berthier)
Courts. This shows that their conversion is predicted, since they could not otherwise come thither. (Calmet)
