Gospel-love, heart-purity, and the flourishing of the righteous being the last sermon of the…

And I would say these two things further.

God often declares himself very highly against such as do good, themselves continuing evil. He declares himself weary of their services, especially when there is hypocrisy in them. Isa. 1. 14. Prov. 21. 27. The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination, how much more when he bringeth it with a wicked mind? That is, when he brings it for base ends, hoping by his sacrifice to satisfy God for his sin. Some hope by their good works to turn away the wrath of God; and they hope to get Heaven by their good prayers, and by their alms (and the like). I say, when a man doth a good thing, with such an evil mind as this, hoping to satisfy the Justice of God, and ⟨p. 33⟩turn away his wrath by his doings; this is now abomination to God. Or when he hopes that God will be well pleased with him, in that he brings him a sacrifice, doth him some outward service, though he goes on in his sin. These are those the Lord doth so often protest against.

God often declares himself very highly against such as do good, themselves continuing evil. He declares himself weary of their services, especially when there is hypocrisie in them. Isa. 1. 14. Prov. 21. 27. The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination, how much more when he bringeth it with a wicked mind? That is, when he brings it for base ends, hoping by his sacrifice to satisfie God for his sin. Some hope by their good works to turn away the wrath of God; and they hope to get Heaven by their good prayers, and by their alms (and the like). I say, when a man doth a good thing, with such an evil mind as this, hoping to satisfie the Justice of God, and ⟨p. 33⟩