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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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4. Fourthly, It is too apparent by this, that •ny Professors secretly indulge and shelter •oved lusts under the wings of their pro•sion. This like a worm at the root will ••her and kill them at last, how fragrant •ver they may seem to be for a season. •eon had seventy Sons, and one Bastard; […] that one Bastard was the death of all his dainty Sons.
4. Fourthly, It is too apparent by this, that •ny Professours secretly indulge and shelter •oved lusts under the wings of their pro•sion. This like a worm at the root will ••her and kill them at last, how fragrant •ver they may seem to be for a season. •eon had seventy Sons, and one Bastard; 〈…〉 that one Bastard was the death of all his •enty Sons.
Some men have many excellent gifts, […] perform multitudes of duties, but one •et sin indulged and allowed, will destroy •m all at last. He that is partial as to the •rtification of his sins, is undoubtedly hypocritical ⟨p. 16⟩in his profession. If Davids evident was good for his integrity, surely such Professors will never clear themselves of hyp•••crisie. I was also upright before him, and ke my self from mine iniquity, saith he, Psal. 23. this is the right eye, and right hand whi every sincere Christian must pluck out, a cut off,