...cast up mire and dirt. There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked. Malachi. Ye have said, It is vain to serve God ; and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of Hosts? And now we call the proud happy...

...unto God, Depart from us, for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. — Mai. iii. 14, 15.. ../£ is in Vain to serve God : and what profit is it that ive have kept lus ordinance, and that we have "walked mournfully before the Lord of hosts? We call...

...me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken 14 [so much] against thee ? Ye have said, It [is] vain to serve God : and what profit [is it] that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts ; 1 5 with prayer andfasting,...

...hard work, to much work, but will pay them no wages, nor give them no reward, Mahchi iii. 14. "Ye have said, It is in vain to serve God : and what profit is it, that we have kept his ordinances, and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of hosts ?" Sometimes they charge God,...

...neither necessary, nor useful ; therefore " they robbed the Lord in tithes and offerings, and said, It is vain to serve God : and what profit is it, that we have kept his ordinance ?" Mai. iii. 8, 14. The Pharisees did not conduct differently from this, when they were exceedingly...

...he delighteth in them ; or, Where is the God of *' judgment \\ ? " And again : Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what -profit is it, that we have kept Ms ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the, Lord of Hosts? And now we call th& proud...

...his prophets,) ye are gone away from my ordinances, and have not kept them," (Mai. iii. 7.) " Ye have said, It is in vain to serve God ; and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinances ?" (v. 14.) " Thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob, but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel...

...against me, saith the Lord : yet ye say, what have we spoken so much against thee ? Ye have said it is vain to serve God ; and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinances, and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of Hosts ? And now we call the proud...

...And the unbelief of others therein makes them half atheists, Mai. iii. 14, 15. 'Ye have said, it is vain to serve God : and what profit is it, that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of hosts ? And now we call the proud...

...of the Lord is polluted, and the fruit thereof, even his meat is eontemptible. Mal. 3. 14. Ye have said, It is in vain to serve God ; and what profit is it, that we have kept his ordinanee, and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of hosts. (i) Jer. 7. %. Trust ye not...