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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 10 › Section 3
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2. Secondly, The promises of salvation are •ade over to tried grace, and such only as •ill endure the trial: So James 1. 12. Blessed […] the man that endureth temptation: for when […] is tried he shall receive the Crown of life which God hath promised to them that love him: […] must be first tried, and then crowned. […] a man strive for masteries, yet is he not Crowned, except he strive lawfully, 2 Tim. 2. 5. he manifestly alludes to the Roman Games to which there were Judges appointed, to see •hat no foul play were offered contrary to […] Law for wrestling: and where it was ••und, the Crown was denied them. Not to •im that sets forth in the morning with re•lution and gallantry, but to him that holds […] till the evening of his life, is the promise made, Matth. 10. 22. He that endureth […] the end shall be saved: so Rom. 2. 7. To •em who by patient continuance in well doing […] for glory and honour, and immortality; eternal ⟨p. 162⟩life: and once more, Heb. 3. 15. We are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence, steadfast unto the end. So that if you should endure some few slighter troubles, and faint at last; give out when a closer trial befalls you; all your labours and sufferings are in vain. Sincerity and final perseverance are the conditions of all special promises.
2. Secondly, The promises of salvation are •ade over to tryed grace, and such only as •ill endure the tryal: So