The Godly Man's Picture

2. Sincerity makes our services find acceptance with God; the Church of Philadelphia had but a little ^†strength; her grace was weak, her services slender, yet of all the Churches Christ wrote to, he found the least fault with her: What was the reason? because she was most sincere, Rev. 3. 8. Thou hast kept fast my word, and hast not denied my ⟨p. 136⟩Name. Though we cannot pay God all we owe, yet a little in currant Coin is accepted; God takes sincerity for full payment: A little gold, though rusty, is better than Alchemy be it never so bright; a little sincerity, though rusted over with many infirmities, is of more value with God, than all the glorious flourishes of hypocrites.

2. Sincerity makes our services find acceptance with God; the Church of Philadelphia had but a little ^†strength; her grace was weak, her services slender, yet of all the Churches Christ wrote to, he found the least fault with her: What was the reason? because she was most sincere, Rev. 3. 8. Thou hast kept fast my word, and hast not denied my ⟨p. 136⟩Name. Though we cannot pay God all we owe, yet a little in currant Coyn is accepted; God takes sincerity for full payment: A little gold, though rusty, is better than Alchimy be it never so bright; a little sincerity, though rusted over with many infirmities, is of more value with God, than all the glorious flourishes of hypocrites.

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