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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 5 › Section 4
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1. First, The sincere and upright soul be••es its self to God in affliction, Job 1. 20. •hen God was smiting, Job was praying: •hen God afflicted, Job worshipped: So David, •al. 116. 3, 4. I found sorrow and trouble, •en called I upon […] the name of the Lord; and •hen the messenger of Satan buffeted Paul, […] this cause (saith he) I besought the Lord •rice 2 Cor. 12. 8. Alas, whither should a •hild go in distress but to its Father?
1. First, The sincere and upright soul be••es its self to God in affliction, Iob 1. 20. •hen God was smiting, Iob was praying: •hen God afflicted, Iob worshipped: So David, •al. 116. 3, 4. I found sorrow and trouble, •en called I upon 〈…〉 the name of the Lord; and •hen the messenger of Satan buffeted Paul, 〈…〉 this cause (saith he) I besought the Lord •rice 2 Cor. 12. 8. Alas, whither should a •hild go in distress but to its Father?