4,6 Sincere Obedience nece/ary to SERM. kingdom of heaven ; on the other hand, he II. alerts ; that they only fhall enter, which do `-'-v--"the will of his Father, which is in heaven: and having declared that he will reject force who claim the favour of God under the pre- tence of very honourable privileges and gifts, the reafon is, becaufe they are workers of iniquity, or have not done the will of his Father. What efpecially requires explana- nation here, is, doing the will of God. Every one will underhand by it keeping his Com- mandments, which he has given to men for the rule of their actions. In order to their binding us as a law, they mutt be made known ; and they are made known by the light of nature, and by his word. God has written the work of his law on the hearts of men ; and nature itfelf teaches them the difference between right and wrong : which impreffion is fo deep, that no prejudices, evil cuftoms or inftruftions, caufing to err, even in the molt corrupt parts, and ages of the world, have been able to erafe it, tho' indeed it has been in a great meafure obfcured, and in force inftances men have called good evil, andevil good. It pleafed God therefore clear- ly to reveal his will to men, fpeaking to them at fundry times, in divers manners, by prophets
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