are called liars in Ps. 116[:11],n because no one keeps or can keep God’s law from the bottom of the heart. For everyone finds in himself displeasure in what is good and pleasure in what is bad. If, now, there is no willing pleasure in the good, then the inmost heart is not set on the law of God. Then, too, there is surely sin, and God’s wrath is deserved, even though outwardly there seem to be many good deeds and an honorable life. Hence, St. Paul concludes, in chapter 2[:13], that the Jews are
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