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Again, Wouldst thou be willing at the great day ¹to be found guilty of hating the ways of God? I I hope I do not so, (will some say) though I give pleasure to my flesh. Yes, that man or woman that chooseth the way of giving content to the flesh, rather then the strict ways of godliness, such a one hates Gods ways, and so hates God himself in hating Gods ways: as, mark that place in Prov. 1. For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord; How was it proved they hated knowledge? They hated that truth of God, and that which should bring them into the ways of God, and guide them in it; How does that appear? They did not choose the fear of the Lord; if thou doest not choose the ways of God, thou hatest the ways of God, and so by consequent art a hater of God himself.

1. 1Who are haters of God.

Thirdly, Wouldst thou willingly have God reject ¹all thy services, and account them as abominable to him? Thus he threatens against those who choose their own ways, Isaiah 66. 3. He that killeth an Ox, is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a Lamb, as if he cut off a dogs neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swines blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol; and the reason of all is given, They have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations. There are not such four expressions of Gods rejecting a mans services that he tenders up unto him, in all the Book of God, ⟨p. 157⟩and this is given as the reason of all, because they have chosen their own ways.

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