False teachers
But how little has this purity of heart been regarded by the false teachers of every age. They have taught people only to abstain from such outward impurities as God has forbidden by name. But they did not strike at the heart, and by not guarding against inward corruptions they in effect approved them.
1771 text
3. But how little has this purity of heart been regarded, by the false teachers of all ages? They have taught men barely, to abstain from such outward impurities, as God hath forbidden by name. But they did not strike at the heart; and by not guarding against, they in effect, countenanced inward corruptions.
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Catalogue & scope
Sermon 23 in the 1771 Works. Matthew 5:8-12.
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