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But if we desire this reward, let us beware, secondly, of fancying we merit anything of God by our fasting.We cannot be too often warned of this, inasmuch as a desire to establish our own righteousness, to procure salvation of debt and not of grace, is so deeply rooted in all our hearts.Fasting is only a way which God has ordained wherein we wait for his unmerited mercy, and wherein, without any desert of ours, he has promised freely to give us his blessing.
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2. But if we desire this reward, let us beware, secondly, of fancying we merit any thing of God by our fasting. We cannot be too often warned of this; in as much as a desire to establish our own righteousness, to procure salvation of debt, and not of grace, is so deeply rooted in all our hearts:――Fasting is only a way which God hath ordained, wherein we wait for his unmerited mercy; and wherein, without any desert of ours, he hath promised, freely to give us his blessing.