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…

He believes the power of God is able to make him stand, though he hath no power •or might in himself to overcome the least temptation, 1 Pet. 1. 5. you are kept [Greek or Hebrew], ⟨p. 156⟩(kept as with a garrison) by the power of God through faith unto salvation: when Christ hath once taken possession of the soul by his spirit, he fortifies it by his power as a garrison, that using the means, it be surprised or betrayed no more into the enemies hand, so as finally to be lost.

He believes the power of God is able to make him stand, though he hath no power •or might in himself to overcome the least •emptation, 1 Pet. 1. 5. you are kept 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, ⟨p. 156⟩(kept as with a garrison) by the power of God through faith unto salvation: when Christ hath once taken possession of the soul by his spirit, he fortifies it by his power as a garrison, that using the means, it be surprized or betrayed no more into the enemies hand, so as finally to be lost.

He builds this confidence also upon the promises of God, which are his security in all future dangers: and how are all the page• of the Bible bespangled with such promises▪ as the firmament is with bright and glorious stars! such are these of the first magnitude▪