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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 6 › Section 2
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3. Thirdly, An unsound heart may […] commit some sins; not because he truly ha•• them, but because his constitution incli•• him not to them: these men are rather […] holding to a good temper of body, than a gracious temper of soul. Some men cann•• be drunkards if they would; others cann•• be covetous and base▪ •hey are made •è meli•luto of a more refined metal than others; […] chaste and liberal, just & sober nature, […] nature still: the best nature in all is end•ments, is but nature at the best.
3. Thirdly, An unsound heart may 〈…〉 commit some sins; not because he truly ha•• them, but because his constitution incli•• him not to them: these men are rather 〈…〉 holding to a good temper of body, than a gracious temper of soul. Some men cann•• be drunkards if they would; others cann•• be covetous and base▪ •hey are made •è meli•luto of a more refined metal than others; 〈…〉 chast and liberal, just & sober nat•re, 〈…〉 nature still: the best nature in all is end•ments, is but nature at the best.