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3. Men may Preach and Prophesy, yea, speak as if they had the Tongue of Men and Angels, and Cast out Devils in Christs ¹Name, and yet he nothing; they may Preach, no doubt, to the Conversion of others, and yet may not be Converted themselves.

3. Men may Preach and Prophesie, yea, speak as if they had the Tongue of Men and Angels, and Cast out Devils in Christs ¹Name, and yet he nothing; they may Preach, no doubt, to the Conversion of others, and yet may not be Converted themselves.

1. 11 Cor. 13. 1, 2.

4. Wheat is commonly weighed, to know the goodness of it; so God weighs Men, he weighs the Actions of Men: Thou art weighed in the balance, and art found wanting: Weighed in a Balance alluding to the weighing of Gold or Goods exactly in Scales. God tries Men and Women, that all may know he will proceed Justly and Righteously with them; he weighs them in the balance of the sanctuary, or tries them by the Touch-stone of his Word, and if found full weight, or pure Gold, then he declares that they are his, and he owns them ⟨p. 38⟩as his People, as his Wheat; but if too light, or not hold weight, but are greatly wanting, there being no worth in them, but are Dross, Chaff, light and empty Persons, unsound and unsanctified ones, then he rejects them as none of his, but are as reprobate Silver, false Coin, People of no value with him.

4. Wheat is commonly weighed, to know the goodness of it; so God weighs Men, he weighs the Actions of Men: Thou art weighed in the ballance, and art found wanting: Weighed in a Ballance alluding to the weighing of Gold or Goods exactly in Scales. God tries Men and Women, that all may know he will proceed Justly and Righteously with them; he weighs them in the ballance of the sanctuary, or trys them by the Touch-stone of his Word, and if found full weight, or pure Gold, then he declares that they are his, and he owns them