for I have nothing more to offer them, and trust in God that I never
shall have.



SERMON VII. DUTY AND SUPERSTITION



Micah vi. 6-8. Wherewith shall I come before the Lord and bow
myself before the most High God? Shall I come before him with burnt
offerings? . . . Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams? .
. . Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression; the fruit of my
body for the sin of my soul?

He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord
require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk
humbly with thy God?

There are many now-a-days who complain of that part of the Church
Catechism which speaks of our duty to God and to our neighbour; and
many more, I fear, who shrink from complaining of the Church
Catechism, because it is part of the Prayer-book, yet wish in their
secret hearts that it had said something different about Duty.

Some wonder why it does not say more about what are called
'religious duties,' and 'acts of worship,' 'mortification,'
'penitence,' and 'good works.' Others wonder no less why it says
nothing about what are called 'Christian frames and feelings,' and
'inward experiences.'