CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…

First, From the Supremacy and Sovereignty of God, ¹who alone is to prescribe to man his duty; He is our great Lord and Master,² so that as it would be very absurd in a Servant to do that work which he thinketh fit, and not what his Master enjoineth, no less is it for men to think that God will accept them in such and such ways, when yet they cannot bring his Superscription and authority stamp• upon it; Hence it is that the Prophets do so often use this expression, Thus saith the Lord; It's not their counsel, or their commands, but Gods: Oh then examine thy actions, thy ways, thou puttest much confidence in them, Thou hast much comfort from them, but are they such as God hath required? Did not our Saviour at one word throw to the ground all that glistering golden Piety of the Pharisees? There is no command for it; This is the foundation you must lay, else your building, though never so glorious will have a terrible fall.

First, From the Supremacy and Soveraignty of God, ¹who alone is to prescribe to man his duty; He is our great Lord and Master,² so that as it would be very absurd in a Servant to do that work which he thinketh fit, and not what his Master enjoyneth, no lesse is it for men to think that God will accept them in such and such waies, when yet they cannot bring his Superscription and authority stamp• upon it; Hence it is that the Prophets do so often use this expression, Thus saith the Lord; It's not their counsell, or their commands, but Gods: Oh then examine thy actions, thy waies, thou puttest much confidence in them, Thou hast much comfort from them, but are they svch as God hath required? Did not our Saviour at one word throw to the ground all that glistering golden Piety of the Pharisees? There is no command for it; This is the foundation you must lay, else your building, though never so glorious will have a terrible fall.

1. 1The grounds of this are