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Draw near me, to wit, in acts of worship,
with their mouth and with their lips; with outward devotions, and the profession of religion.
But have removed their heart far from me; they do not pay me that love, and fear, and obedience which I require, and prefer before all sacrifices and external services.
Their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men; they worship me not in such way and manner as I have commanded and prescribed, but according to their own and other men’s inventions, preferring the devices and traditions of their false prophets before my institutions. For this was a common error among the Jews, as we learn from Jer_7:31 Hos_5:11, and many other scriptures; and thus our blessed Saviour expounds this very place, Mat_15:7-9.