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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 3 › Section 2
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Though it can do many things for you, yet it cannot Justify you before God: you cannot make a garment of to cover your guilt, not plead the dignity of it at Gods bar for your discharge; 'tis not your inherent, but Christs imputed righteousness must do that for you; though in other respects it be very necessary.
Though it can do many things for you, yet it cannot Justifie you before God: you cannot make a garment of to cover your guilt, not plead the dignity of it at Gods bar for your discharge; 'tis not your inherent, but Christs imputed righteousness must do that for you; though in other respects it be very necessary.
Nay, remember; how excellent soever it be, it's not the native growth and product of your hearts; all the grace you have is foreign to your Natures; and what you have, is received, 1 Cor. 4. 7.
Nay, remember; how excellent soever it be, it's not the native growth and product of your hearts; all the grace you have is foraign to your Natures; and what you have, is received, 1 Cor. 4. 7.
And Lastly, remember he that is most proud and conceited of his own graces, will be found to be the owner of least grace, and hath most cause to question, whether he have any or no. It's the nature of grace to humble, abase and empty the Soul; and it's the strength of our Corruptions which thus puffs us up with vain conceits.