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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 2 › Section 2
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Alas! if this be all we have to stand up•, how dangerous a station is it! what is external conformity, but an artificial imitation of that which only lives in the souls of •ood men? Thus was Jehu deceived; he did •any acts of external obedience to Gods command, but Jehu took no heed to walk in •ie way of the Lord God of Israel with his heart, Kings 10. 31. and this was his overthrow.
Alas! if this be all we have to stand up•, how dangerous a station is it! what is •xternal conformity, but an artificial imita••on of that which only lives in the souls of •ood men? Thus was Iehu deceived; he did •any acts of external obedience to Gods •ommand, but Iehu took no heed to walk in •ie way of the Lord God of Israel with his heart, Kings 10. 31. and this was his overthrow.
This also was the ruin of those […] lifts, Ezak. 33. 31. they came and sate […] fore the Lord as his people; The word […] to them as a lovely song; mightily charm• with the modulation of the Prophets void and his lively gestures; but all the wh• their hearts went after their covetousness: what abundance of such pharisaical, sup•• ficial Religion is every where to be found•
This also was the ruine of those 〈…〉 lifts, Ezak. 33. 31. they came and sate fore the Lord as his people; The word to them as a lovely song; mightily charm with the modulation of the Prophets voi and his lively gestures; but all the wh their hearts went after their covetousness: what abundance of such phariaical, sup ficial Religion is every where to be found