A39695:97
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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
THE Touchstone of Sincerity: OR, THE SIGNS Of GRACE, AND Symptoms o… › Chapter 2 › Section 3
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Surely this is a great truth which was observed by the wisest of men, he that trusteth in his own heart is a fool, Prov. 28. 26. and thousands of such fools are to be found among Professors.
Surely this is a great truth which was ob•served by the wisest of men, he that trustet• in his own heart is a fool, Prov. 28. 26. and thousands of such fools are to be found amon• Professours.
2. Secondly, Satan is a chief conspirator in this treacherous design; we are not ignorant (saith the the Apostle) of his devices; [Greek or Hebrew] his Sophistry and sleights, 2 Cor. 2. 21. his [Greek or Hebrew], trains and methods of temptation• which are thoroughly studied, and artificially moulded and ordered; even such Systems as• Tutors and Professors of Arts and Science• have, and read over to their Auditors; a• one judiciously observes, to be the impor•• ⟨p. 21⟩of that Text, Eph. 6. 11. Nor it is to be wondered at,1 considering his vast knowledge, deep malice, and long experience in this Art of cheating; together with the great corruption and pronity of the hearts of men to close with his devices, and believe his impostures; that so vast a number of souls are take captive by him at his will,