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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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5. Fifthly, The upright soul is inquisitive ⟨p. 81⟩••der the rod to find out that evil for which the Lord contends with him by af•••ction, Job 10. 2. show me wherefore thou ••ntendest with me: and Job 34. 31. that which I see not, teach thou me: If I have done •iquity, I will do no more. So Lam. 3. 39, 4. […] us search and try our ways, and turn again […] the Lord; in afflicting God searches them, •nd under affliction they search themselves: •illing they are to hear the voice of the rod, •nd glad of any discovery it makes of •heir hearts.
5. Fifthly, The upright soul is inquisitive ⟨p. 81⟩••der the rod to find out that evil for •hich the Lord contends with him by af•••ction, Job 10. 2. shew me wherefore thou ••ntendest with me: and Job 34. 31. that •hich I see not, teach thou me: If I have done •iquity, I will do no more. So Lam. 3. 39, 4. 〈…〉 us search and try our ways, and turn again the Lord; in afflicting God searches them, nd under affliction they search themselves: illing they are to hear the voice of the rod, nd glad of any discovery it makes of heir hearts.