Strangers to the law
But alas, the law of God, as to its inward spiritual meaning, is hidden not from Jews or heathens only, but even from what is called the Christian world — at least from a vast majority of them. The spiritual sense of the commandments of God is still a mystery to them also. Nor is this observable only in those lands which are overspread with Romish darkness and ignorance. But this is too sure: the far greater part even of those who are called reformed Christians are utter strangers to this day to the law of Christ in its purity and spirituality.
1771 text
4. But alas! The law of God, as to its inward spiritual meaning, is not hid from the Jews or Heathens only, but even from what is called the Christian world; at least, from a vast majority of them. The spiritual sense of the commandments of God, is still a mystery to these also. Nor is this observable also in those lands, which are overspread with Romish darkness and ignorance. But this is too sure, that the far greater part, even of those, who are called reformed Christians, are utter strangers at this day to the law of Christ, in the purity and spirituality of it.
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Sermon 36 in the 1771 Works. Romans 3:31.
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