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The touchstone of sincerity, or, The signs of grace and symptoms of hypocrisy opened…The touchstone of sincerity, or, The signs of grace and symptomes of hypocrisie opened…
The touchstone of sincerity, or, The signs of grace and symptoms of hypocrisy opened in a practical treatise upon Revelations III 17, 18 being the second part of the Saint indeed / by John Flavell ...The touchstone of sincerity, or, The signs of grace and symptomes of hypocrisie opened in a practical treatise upon Revelations III 17, 18 being the second part of the Saint indeed / by John Flavell ...
London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1698
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THE Touchstone of Sincerity: OR, THE SIGNS Of GRACE, AND Symptoms o… › Chapter 2 › Section 5
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The Saints may approve thee, and God •ndemn thee, Rev. 3. 1. Thou hast a name •at thou livest but thou art dead: Men may […] there's a true Nathanael, and God may […], there's a self-cozening Pharisee.
The Saints may approve thee, and God •ndemn thee, Rev. 3. 1. Thou hast a name •at thou livest but thou art dead: Men may 〈…〉 there's a true Nathanael, and God may 〈…〉, there's a self-couzening Pharisee.
Reader, thou hast heard of Judas & Demas, • Ananias & Sapphira, of Hymeneus and Philem; once renowned and famous Professors, thou hast heard what they proved at last. ••Take heed their case be not thine own; […] they not all as it were with one mouth […] to thee, O Professor! if thou wilt not •me where we are, don't cozen thy self […] we did: if thou expectest a better place •••d lot, be sure thou get a sincerer Heart: •••d we been more self-suspicious, we had •••en more safe.
Reader, thou hast heard of Iudas & Demas, • Ananias & Sapphira, of Hymeneus and Phile•; once renowned and famous Professors, thou hast heard what they proved at last. ••Take heed their case be not thine own; they not all as it were with one mouth to thee, O Professor! if thou wilt not me where we are, don't couzen thy self we did: if thou expectest a better place d lot, be sure thou get a sincerer Heart: d we been more self-suspicious, we had en more safe.