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The spiritual touchstoneThe spiritval tovchstone
The spiritual touchstone: or, The signs of a godly man drawn in so plain and profitable a manner, as all sorts of Christians may try themselves thereby. Together with directions, how the weak Christian, by the use of these signs may establish his assurance. By. N. Bifield preacher of Gods word at Isteworth in Middlesex.The spiritval tovchstone: or, The signes of a godly man drawne in so plaine and profitable a maner, as all sorts of Christians may trie themselues thereby. Together with directions, how the weake Christian, by the vse of these signes may establish his assurance. By. N. Bifield preacher of Gods word at Isteworth in Middlesex.
London: printed by R. Field for Jonah Man, 1619London: printed by R. Field for Ionas Man, 1619
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.
Sixthly, he is heartily1 affected, and troubled, and grieved for spiritual judgements, that reach unto the souls of men, ⟨p. 25⟩as well as wicked men are wont to be troubled for temporal crosses; & so he is grieved and perplexed for hardness of heart, (when he cannot mourn as he would,) and for the famine of the word, or for the absence of God, or for the blasphemies of the wicked, or the like. Psal. 42. 2. 3. & 137. Nehem. 1. 3. 4. Isaiah 63. 17.
Sixtly, he is heartily1 affected, and troubled, and grieued for spirituall iudgements, that reach vnto the soules of men, ⟨p. 25⟩as well as wicked men are wont to be troubled for temporall crosses; & so he is grieued and perplexed for hardnesse of heart, (when he cannot mourne as he would,) and for the famine of the word, or for the absence of God, or for the blasphemies of the wicked, or the like. Psal. 42. 2. 3. & 137. Nehem. 1. 3. 4. Esay 63. 17.
- 16. And for spiritual judgments.6. And for spirituall iudgments.
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