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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 2
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Great heed also ought to be had in the application of marks and signs, we should first […] them, before we try our selves, or others by ••em, Marks and signs are by some distinguished into exclusive, inclusive, and positive: exclusive marks serve to shut out bold pretends, by showing them how far they come ••ort of a saving work of grace, and they are commonly taken from some necessary common duty, as hearing, praying, &c. he that ⟨p. 54⟩doth not these things, cannot have any wo•• of Grace in him; and yet if he do them, […] cannot from thence conclude his estate to […] gracious: he that so concludes deceive himself.
Great heed also ought to be had in the ap•lication of marks and signs, we should first 〈…〉 them, before we try our selves, or others by ••em, Marks and signs are by some distinguish•d into exclusive, inclusive, and positive: ex••usive marks serve to shut out bold pretend•s, by shewing them how far they come ••ort of a saving work of grace, and they are •ommonly taken from some necessary com•on duty, as hearing, praying, &c. he that ⟨p. 54⟩doth not these things, cannot have any wo•• of Grace in him; and yet if he do them, 〈…〉 cannot from thence conclude his estate to 〈…〉 gracious: he that so concludes deceive himself.