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…

3. Thirdly, As sincerity unites the soul with Christ, so it sets the heart upon heaven •nd things eternal, Col. 3. 1. &c. surely no•hing is more conducive to our stability than his, in the hour of temptation.

This is the most effectual preservative from temptations upon the right hand, and upon •he le•t. Moses could cast a Kingdom at •is heels, despise the riches, pleasures and ho•ours of Egypt, whilst his eye was fixed up in him that is invisible; and had respect to •e recompense of reward, Heb. 11. 24, 25, 6. And it was a brave reply of the Forty martyrs to Valence the Emperor, tempting ••em with the preferments and honours of •e world; why offer you these trifles to us, ⟨p. 142⟩when you know the whole world is contemned by us? And for temptations on the left hand, how little can they move that soul, who realizes the glory of the approaching world, & sees the afflictions & sufferings of this world preparing him for, and hastening him to the enjoyment of it; temptations meet but with cold entertainment from such souls.

This is the most effectual preservative from •emptations upon the right hand, and upon •he le•t. Moses could cast a Kingdom at •is heels, despise the riches, pleasues and hoours of Egypt, whilst his eye was fixed up in him that is invisible; and had respect to e recompence of reward,