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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 4 › Section 1
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First, an Active trial of it, in which we try it our selves, 2 Cor. 13 5▪ Examine your selves, prove your selves: (i. e.) measure your hearts, duties and graces by the rule of the word; see how they answer to that rule, bring your hearts and the word together by solemn self-examination: confer with your reins, and commune with your own hearts.
First, an Active tryal of it, in which we try it our selves, 2 Cor. 13 5▪ Examine your selves, prove your selves: (i. e.) measure your hearts, duties and graces by the rule of the word; see how they answer to that rule, bring your hearts and the word together by solemn self-examination: confer with your reins, and commune with your own hearts.
Secondly, A Passive trial of it: whether we try it or no, God will t•y it, he will bring our gold to the touchstone, and to the fire. Thou O Lord knowest me, thou hast seen me and tried mine heart towards thee, saith the Prophet, Jer. 12. 3.
Secondly, A Passive tryal of it: whether we try it or no, God will t•y it, he will bring our gold to the touchstone, and to the fire. Thou O Lord knowest me, thou hast seen me and tryed mine heart towards thee, saith the Prophet, Ier. 12. 3.