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…

Name: The touchstone of sincerity, or, The signs of grace and symptoms of hypocrisy opened…
Author: John Flavel

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 ...

John Flavel 1630?–1691London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1698

[10], 200, [4] p. · 50k words · Wing F1202 · ESTC R40933

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THE Touchstone of Sincerity: OR, THE SIGNS Of GRACE, AND Symptoms o… › Chapter 3 › Section 1: ••CT. I.

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It is their beauty, How fair, and how pleasant art thou O love for delights! saith Christ of •is People, Cant. 7. 6. Natural beauty con••sts in the Symmetry, and comely proportion •f parts each with other; Spiritual beauty […] the harmony or agreeableness of our souls •o God: and as it is our chiefest beauty, so certainly it is our highest honour; for it gives •s access unto God, who is the Fountain of Honour and Glory; and this makes the righteous more excellent than his neighbour; let his Neighbour be what he will, tho' the blood •f Nobles run in his Veins, the righteous is ⟨p. 38⟩more excellent than he; except saving gra•• be also diffused into his soul.

It is their beauty, How fair, and how plea••nt art thou O love for delights! saith Christ of •is People, Cant. 7. 6. Natural beauty con••sts in the Symmetry, and comely proportion •f parts each with other; Spiritual beauty 〈…〉 the harmony or agreeableness of our souls •o God: and as it is our chiefest beauty, so •ertainly it is our highest honour; for it gives •s access unto God, who is the Fountain of Honour and Glory; and this makes the righte•us more excellent than his neighbour; let his Neighbour be what he will, tho' the blood •f Nobles run in his Veins, the righteous is ⟨p. 38⟩

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