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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
First, Before duties, exciting t•em to it; ••ing them feel their need of it: like the •l of an empty stomach: Psal, 27. 8. Thou […], Seek my face: my heart answered, Thy • Lord Will I seek.
First, Before duties, exciting t•em to it; ••ing them feel their need of it: like the •l of an empty stomach: Psal, 27. 8. Thou 〈…〉, Seek my face: my heart answered, Thy • Lord Will I seek.
Secondly, In their duties, furnishing both •tter and affection; as in that text lately •ed, Rom. 8. 26. guiding them not only • at to ask, but how to ask.
Thirdly, after their duties, helping them […] only to suppress the pride and vanity of •ir spirits, but also to wait on God for […] accomplishment of their desires.
Thirdly, after their duties, helping them 〈…〉 only to suppress the pride and vanity of •ir spirits, but also to wait on God for accomplishment of their desires.