Works done by unregenerate men, although, for the matter of them, they may be things which God commands, and of good use both to themselves and others: Yet, because they proceed not from an heart purified by faith; nor are done in a right manner, according to the word; nor to a right end, the glory of God; they are therefore sinful, and cannot please God, or make a man meet to receive grace from God. And yet their neglect of them is more sinful, and displeasing unto God.
Changes from Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 16.7
Works done by unregenerate men, although, for the matter of them, they may be things which God commands, and of good use both to themselves and others: Yet, because they proceed not from an heart purified by faith; nor are done in a right manner, according to the word; nor to a right end, the glory of God; they are therefore sinful, and cannot please God, or make a man meet to receive grace from God. And yet their neglect of them is more sinful, and displeasing unto God.
Works done by unregenerate men, although, for the matter of them, they may be things which God commands, and of good use both to themselves, and others: yet, because they proceed not from an heart purified by faith; nor are done in a right manner, according to the Word; nor, to a right end, the glory of God; they are therefore sinfull, and cannot please God, or make a man meet to receive grace from God. And yet, their neglect of them is more sinfull, and displeasing unto God.
Westminster Confession of Faith (American revision, 1788), Paragraph 16.7
Works done by unregenerate men, although, for the matter of them, they may be things which God commands, and of good use both to themselves and others: Yet, because they proceed not from an heart purified by faith; nor are done in a right manner, according to the word; nor to a right end, the glory of God; they are therefore sinful, and cannot please God, or make a man meet to receive grace from God. And yet their neglect of them is more sinful, and displeasing unto God.
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