Vers. 4-7. _Formalism tested and found wanting_

+I. The best that formalism can do for man, in religious lineage,

reputation, zeal, and strictest outward observances, has been

experimentally exemplified+ (vers. 5, 6).

+II. The most distinguished champion of formalism has confessed its

utter inadequacy to satisfy the soul+ (ver. 4).

+III. The highest advantages of formalism are worthless compared with

Christ+ (ver. 7).