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…

Name: The touchstone of sincerity, or, The signs of grace and symptoms of hypocrisy opened…
Author: John Flavel

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 ...

John Flavel 1630?–1691London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1698

[10], 200, [4] p. · 50k words · Wing F1202 · ESTC R40933

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THE Touchstone of Sincerity: OR, THE SIGNS Of GRACE, AND Symptoms o… › Chapter 9 › Section 2

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Thus he recovers them to their true temper, and thus his visitations do preserve their spirits: and when the Lord sees these sweet effects of his trials upon them, it greatly pleaseth him. O now saith God I like it. This providence hath done them good, this •od was well bestowed, the letting loose•of this temptation or that corruption upon •hem, hath made them find their knees again, •ow I hear the voice of my child again.

Thus he recovers them to their true temper, and thus his visi•ations do preserve their spirits: and when the Lord sees these sweet effects of his tryals upon them, it greatly pleaseth him. O now saith God I like it. This providence hath done them good, this •od was well bestowed, the letting loose•of this temptation or that corruption upon •hem, hath made them find their knees again, •ow I hear the voice of my child again.

:511p. 151–152

Beloved, this is a blessed fruit and effect of •ur frequent trials, and how ungrateful so•ver they are to flesh and blood, that affects •a•e and is loth to be disturbed; yet it is necessary ⟨p. 152⟩to the preservation of our spirits.

Beloved, this is a blessed fruit and effect of •ur frequent tryals, and how ungrateful sover they are to flesh and blood, that affects ae and is loth to be disturbed; yet it is necessary

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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…

CHAP. X.

Showing that grace only is to be reckoned sincere and real, which can endure those trials which God appoints, or permits for the discovery of it.

Shewing that grace only is to be reckoned sincere and real, which can endure those tryals which God appoints, or permits for the discovery of it.

SECT. I.

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Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

CHAP. X.

Showing that grace only is to be reckoned sincere and real, which can endure those trials which God appoints, or permits for the discovery of it.

Shewing that grace only is to be reckoned sincere and real, which can endure those tryals which God appoints, or permits for the discovery of it.

SECT. I.

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