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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 11 › Section 1
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O sinners, away with your Hypocrisy, be honest, sincere, plain, and hearty in Religion; if not, confusion of face shall be your recompense from the Lord, that is what you shall get by it.
O sinners, away with your Hypocrisie, be honest, sincere, plain, and hearty in Religion; if not, confusion of face shall be your recompence from the Lord, that is what you shall get by it.
Infer. 2. Secondly, Are there such trials appointed and permitted by the Lord for the discovery of his peoples sincerity in this world, then let none of Gods people expect a quiet station in this world: certainly you shall meet with no rest here: you must out of one fire into another, and it is a merciful condescension of the Lord to poor creatures, thus to concern himself for their safety and benefit: what is man that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldst set thine heart upon him? that thou shouldst visit him every morning, and try him every moment? Job 7. 17, 18.
Infer. 2. Secondly, Are there such tryals appointed and permitted by the Lord for the discovery of his peoples sincerity in this world, then let none of Gods people expect a quiet station in this world: certainly you shall meet with no rest here: you must out of one fire into another, and it is a merciful condescension of the Lord to poor creatures, thus to concern himself for their safety and benefit: what is man that thou shouldest magnifie him? and that thou shouldst set thine heart upon him? that thou shouldst visit him every morning, and try him every moment? Job 7. 17, 18.
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