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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 7 › Section 2
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But an upright heart, hath very high, and pure aims in duty; the desire of their •oul is to God, Isa. 26. 8. their soul follows •ard after God, Psal. 63. 8. One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I might dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to see the beauty of the Lord; and to enquire in his Temple, Psal. 27. 4. These are the true Eagles that play at the Sun, and will not stoop to low and earthly objects. Alas! if the enjoyment of God be missed •n a duty, it is not the greatest enlargements of gifts will satisfy: he comes back like a man that hath taken a long journey to meet his friend upon important business; and lost •is labour; his friend was not there.
But an upright heart, hath very high, and pure aims in duty; the desire of their •oul is to God, Isa. 26. 8. their soul follows •ard after God, Psal. 63. 8. One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I might dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to see the beauty of the Lord; and to enquire in his Temple, Psal. 27. 4. These are the true Eagles that play at the Sun, and will not stoop to low and earthly objects. Alas! if the enjoyment of God be missed •n a duty, it is not the greatest enlargements of gifts will satisfie: he comes back like a man that hath taken a long journey to meet his friend upon important business; and lost •is labour; his friend was not there.