An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of…

That is, of the flesh in man (Gal. 5.19.) The works of the flesh are manifest, which are these, Adultery, &c. Good is Gods work in us, evil is our work against the mind of God. Sin is often called the work of our hands, (Psal. 28.4.) Give them after the work of their hands, render to them their desert; that is, what they have deserved by their sins. Moses declared his fear and holy jealousy concerning the children of Israel in this Language, (Deut. 31.29.) I know that after my departure, ye will utterly corrupt your selves, because ye will do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger by the work of your hands. Idolatry is specially called the work of mans hands, because Idolaters either worship that as a god, or God by that, which their hands have wrought (Rev. 9.20.) They repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship Devils, and Idols of Gold, and Silver, and Brass, &c. Yet Idolatry is much more the work of the heart, than of the hand. And as Idolatry, so any other sin, whether of heart or tongue, may be called the work of our hand, it being that which is most properly our work, though originally the Devils work. As to pardon sin, is properly the work of God, so to commit sin, is properly the work of man. There is no work so much ours, as that; no work properly ours, but bad work; all the good we do, is the work of God in us, or by us.

That is, of the flesh in man (Gal. 5.19.) The works of the flesh are manifest, which are these, Adultery, &c. Good is Gods work in us, evil is our work against the mind of God. Sin is often called the work of our hands, (Psal. 28.4.) Give them after the work of their hands, render to them their desert; that is, what they have deserved by their sins. Moses declared his fear and holy jealousie concerning the children of Israel in this Language, (Deut. 31.29.) I know that after my departure, ye will utterly corrupt your selves, because ye will do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger by the work of your hands. Idolatry is specially called the work of mans hands, because Idolaters either worship that as a god, or God by that, which their hands have wrought (