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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 2
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Motive 3. Thirdly, The deep concernment of your souls in the matter to be tried, should awaken you to the utmost diligence about it. The trials of men for their life, at humane bars, is but a trifle to this: 'tis your eternal happiness that stands or falls with your sincerity.
Motive 3. Thirdly, The deep concernment of your souls in the matter to be tryed, should awaken you to the utmost diligence about it. The tryals of men for their life, at humane bars, is but a trifle to this: 'tis your eternal happiness that stands or falls with your sincerity.
It's said in the trial of opinions, that if a man superstruct hay or stubble upon the foundation, he shall suffer loss, yet he himself may be saved, 1 Cor. 3. 12. but if Hypocrisy be in the foundation, there is no such relief, there is no possibility of salvation in that case.
It's said in the tryal of opinions, that if a man superstruct hay or stubble upon the foundation, he shall suffer loss, yet he himself may be saved, 1 Cor. 3. 12. but if Hypocrisie be in the foundation, there is no such relief, there is no possibility of salvation in that case.
Ah Reader, thou must be cast for ever according to the integrity or hypocrisy of thy heart with God. Summon in then all the powers of thy soul, bring thy thoughts as close as it is possible to bring them to this matter: if there be any subject of consideration able to drink up the spirits of a man, here it is: never was time put to an higher improvement, never were thoughts spent upon ⟨p. 177⟩