Sic Israelitico populo in Aegypto Dominus se quidem innotuit; sed tamen eis sacrificiorum usus quae diabolo solebat exhibere, in cultu proprio reservavit, ut eis in suo sacrificio animalia immolare praeciperet; quatenus cor mutantes, aliud de sacrificio amitterent, aliud retinerent: ut etsi ipsa essent animalia quae offerre consueverant, vero tamen Deo haec et non idolis immolantes, iam sacrificia ipsa non essent.
So unto the children of Israel. being in Egypt, the Lord did indeed make Himself known; but yet he retained unto them the use of the sacrifices (which they were wont to offer to the devil) in His own worship, by requiring them to slay the animals in sacrifice to Him; in order that with change of heart they should lose one thing in the sacrifice but preserve another: that is, that the beasts they offered before they should now offer still, but yet in slaying them unto the true God and not unto idols they should not be the same sacrifices as they were before.
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