Two opposite extremes
Many in all ages, having a zeal for God but not according to knowledge, have been strictly attached to the righteousness of the law, the performance of outward duties, but in the meantime wholly regardless of inward righteousness, the righteousness which is of God by faith. And many have run into the opposite extreme, disregarding all outward duties, perhaps even speaking evil of the law and judging the law, so far as it enjoins the performance of them.
1771 text
Many in all ages, having a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge, have been strictly attached to the righteousness of the law, the performance of outward duties, but in the mean time wholly regardless of inward righteousness, the righteousness which is of God by faith. And many have run into the opposite extreme, disregarding all outward duties, perhaps even speaking evil of the law and judging the law, so far as it enjoins the performance of them.
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Catalogue & scope
Sermon 27 in the 1771 Works. Matthew 6:16-18.
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