...gone away from mine Ordinances, and have notkefttflen, (Mat. iii 7.) Ye have /aid, It is vain to ferve GOD ; and, -what Profit is it that we have kept his Ordinances ? (v. 1 3 .) Thou haft not called upon me, O Jatob, but thou haft been wearjf of me, O Ifr.iel : Thou...

...jpo&en fo much againjl Him? The Anfwer we have in the next Verfe ; They had fad, it is vain to ferve GOD; and what Profit is it that we have kept his Ordinances, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of Hojis ? —We fee, the Almighty expects (as moft...

...perfons.. Tour words have b'eenjlout again/I me, faith the Lord. Te have faid, it is vain to ferve God, and, what profit is it, that we have kep't his ordinances, and that we have walked mo.urnfully, before the Lord of Hojls ? And now we call the proud, happy ;...

...Let us not therefore fay as thofe irreligious perfons did in Mai. iii. 14. «' It is in vain to ferve God, and what profit is it that we have " kept his ordinances, and walked mournfully before him i" Surely . none ierve him in vain but thofe that ferve him vainly....

...happinefs refulting from the worfhip of God, they had the effrontery to fay, it is vain to ferve God : what profit is it that we have kept his ordinances, that we have walked mournfully, before the Lord of hoils ? Thus, under the influence of thofe bad difpofitions, * Chap. viii. 5. f Mai. i. 13. pofitions,...

...cast up mire and dirt. There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked. Malachi. Ye have said, It is vain to serve God ; and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of Hosts? And now we call the proud happy...

...unto God, Depart from us, for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. — Mai. iii. 14, 15.. ../£ is in Vain to serve God : and what profit is it that ive have kept lus ordinance, and that we have "walked mournfully before the Lord of hosts? We call...

...me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken 14 [so much] against thee ? Ye have said, It [is] vain to serve God : and what profit [is it] that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts ; 1 5 with prayer andfasting,...

...work, to much work, but will pay them no wages, nor give them no reward, Mahchi iii. 14. "Ye have said, It is in vain to serve God : and what profit is it, that we have kept his ordinances, and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of hosts ?" Sometimes they charge God, that he is...

...neither necessary, nor useful ; therefore " they robbed the Lord in tithes and offerings, and said, It is vain to serve God : and what profit is it, that we have kept his ordinance ?" Mai. iii. 8, 14. The Pharisees did not conduct differently from this, when they were exceedingly...