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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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Infer. 4. Is grace so invaluably precious? How precious then ought the ordinances of God to be to our souls, by which grace is first communicated, and afterwards improved in our souls! The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver, Psal. 119. 72. and good reason, whilst it imparts and improves that to which Gold and Silver is but dross and dung.
Infer. 4. Is grace so invaluably precious? How precious then ought the ordinances of God to be to our souls, by which grace is first communicated, and afterwards improved in our souls! The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver, Psal. 119. 72. and good reason, whilest it imparts and improves that to which Gold and Silver is but d•oss and dung.
None but those that value not Grace, will ever slight the means, or despite and injure the instruments thereof. It's a sad sign of a graceless world, when these precious things fall under contempts and slights.
Infer. 5. If Grace be so precious how watchful should all gracious persons be in the dates of temptation! the design of temptation is to rob you of your treasure: when Cut-purses get into the crowd, we use to say; Friends, look to your purses. How many brave Christians have we read and heard of, that have rather chosen to part with their lives, than with their graces, who have resisted unto blood, striving against sin? Heb. 12. 4.
Infer. 5. If Grace be so precious how watchful should all gracious persons be in the dates of temptation! the design of temptation is to rob you of your treasure: when Cut-purses get into the croud, we use to say; Friends, look to your purses. How many brave Christians have we read and heard of, that have rather chosen to part with their lives, than with their graces, who have resisted unto blood, striving against sin?