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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 9 › Section 2
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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 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.
5. Fifthly, By the trial of our graces Satan is defeated, and his accusations of the Saints found to be mere slanders. It is a very common thing with the devil and wicked men, to accuse the people of God of Hypocrisy, and to tell the world they are not the men and women they are taken to be; and that if their inside were but turned out by some through trial, or deep search, it would appear that Religion did not indeed live in their souls as they pretend; but that they only act a part, and personate heavenly and mortified persons upon the public stage of profession.
5. Fifthly, By the tryal of our graces Satan is defeated, and his accusations of the Saints found to be meer slanders. It is a very common thing with the devil and wicked men, to accuse the people of God of Hypocrisie, and to tell the world they are not the men and women they are taken to be; and that if their inside were but turned out by some through tryal, or deep search, it would appear that Religion did not indeed live in their souls as they pretend; but that they only act a part, and personate heavenly and mortified persons upon the publick stage of profession.