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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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Rule 4.
The mere performance of private duties, will not clear a man from Hypocrisy; the influence of education, or support of reputation, or the impulse of a convinced Conscience may induce a man to it; and yet all this while his heart may not be carried thither with hungry and thirsty desires after God: it is not the matter of any duty that distinguishes the sound, and unsound professor; but the motives, designs, and ends of the soul in them.
The meer performance of private duties, will not clear a man from Hypocrisie; the influence of education, or support of reputation, or the impulse of a convinced Conscience may induce a man to it; and yet all this while his heart may not be carried thither with hungry and thirsty desires after God: it is not the matter of any duty that distinguishes the sound, and unsound professour; but the motives, designs, and ends of the soul in them.
Rule 5.
The vogue and opinion you have got among Christians, of your sincerity, will not be sufficient to clear you from the danger of Hypocrisy. Christ tells the Angel of Sardis,