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…

First, Its Symptom, an unconcerned, i• different regardless spirit in matters of Rely gion; nor hot, nor cold; the true temper […] Formal Professors, who never engaged them […] selves throughly and heartily in the ways […] God, but can take, or leave as times govern• and worldly interest come to be concerne••

First, Its Symptome, an unconcerned, i• different regardless spirit in matters of Rel• gion; nor hot, nor cold; the true temper 〈…〉 Formal Professors, who never engaged them 〈…〉 selves throughly and heartily in the ways 〈…〉 God, but can take, or leave as times govern• and worldly interest come to be concerne••

Secondly, Its cause and root, which is th• defect and want of the Truth, and Power […] inward Grace; noted in these expressions Thou art wretched, and miserable, poor, blind, an• naked; (i. e.) thou art destitute of a rea• principle, a solid work of Grace; these five Epithets do all point at one and the sam•• thing; namely, the defectiveness and rotten • ness of their foundation. The two first, [Greek or Hebrew], wretched and miserable; are more general, concluding them in a sa• condition, a very sinful and lamentable estate: ⟨p. 5⟩the three last, [Greek or Hebrew], Z. poor, blind and naked, are more particular, pointing at those grand defects, and ws in the foundation, which made their ndition so wretched and miserable.