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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 7
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But what surprisals or captivities to sin soever may befall an upright soul, yet it appears by these eight following particulars, that he is not the servant of sin, nor in full subjection to it. For,
But what surprisals or captivities to sin soever may befal an upright soul, yet it appears by these eight following particulars, that he is not the servant of sin, nor in full subj•ction to it. For,
1. First, Tho' he may be drawn to sin, yet he cannot reflect upon his sin without shame and sorrow; which plainly shows it to be an involuntary surprise. So Peter wept bitterly, Mat. 26. 75. and David mourned for his sin heartily; others can fetch new pleasures out ⟨p. 107⟩•f their old sins by reflecting on them: and •me can glory in their shame, Phil. 3. 19. •ome are stupid and senseless after sin, and •he sorrow of a carnal heart for it, is but a •orning dew: but it is far otherwise with God's people.
1. First, Tho' he may be drawn to sin, yet he cannot reflect upon his sin without shame and sorrow; which plainly shews it to be an involuntary surprize. So Peter wept bitterly, Mat. 26. 75. and David mou•ned for his sin heartily; others can fetch new pleasures out ⟨p. 107⟩