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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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5. Fifthly, Assiduity and constancy in duties of Religion makes a notable discovery o• the soundness or rottenness of mens heart• The Hypocrite may show some zeal and forwardness in duties for a time, but he will jade and give out at length: Job 27. 10▪ ⟨p. 123⟩•ill he delight himself in the Almighty? will […] always call upon God? No, he will not. If • is motions in Religion were natural, they would be constant; but they are artificial &e is moved by external inducements; & so •ust needs be off and on: he prays himself •eary of praying, and hears himself weary •f hearing: his heart is not delighted in his •uties, and therefore his duties must needs •row stale and dry to him after a while. •here be three seasons in which the zeal of •n Hypocrite may be inflamed in duties.
5. Fifthly, Assiduity and constancy in duties of Religion makes a no•able discovery o• the soundness or rottenness of mens heart• The Hypocrite may shew some zeal and fo••wardness in duties for a time, but he will jade and give out at length: Iob 27. 10▪ ⟨p. 123⟩•ill he delight himself in the Almighty? will always call upon God? No, he will not. If is motions in Religion were natural, they would be constant; but they are artificial &e is moved by external inducements; & so ust needs be off and on: he prays himself eary of praying, and hears himself weary f hearing: his heart is not delighted in his uties, and therefore his duties must needs row stale and dry to him after a while. here be three seasons in which the zeal of n Hypocrite may be inflamed in duties.