DOCTRINE. If a man do's not certainly know, that he performed one act of Saving Grace, he can be certain of his Sincerity from his Walk.
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DOCTRINE. If a man do's not certainly know, that he performed one act of Saving Grace, he can be certain of his Sincerity from his Walk.
The Trial of sincerity is a great and weight work. Ministers had need be careful in giv•• Rules of Trial; and People had need be care•• in applying Rules of Trial: the Doctrine […] propounded to prevent mistakes in this mat•• Godly men are described in the Scripture to […] men, that walk in the law of the Lord; men […] walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit: but […] is impossible for any man to evidence his since•• from hence; unless he certainly knows that […] has performed some act or acts of saving Gra•• A man may have a probable knowledge of […] sincerity, though he do not certainly know […] he has performed any act of saving Grace: […] this is all that he can attain to by his walk […] ⟨p. 4⟩[…] do not know that he has performed any one […] of saving Grace. There be many acts of ••ing Grace; as to believe in Christ, to love ••d and Christ, to hate sin, to make the Glory […] God one's end: and if a man don't certainly ••ow any such thing by himself: he will never •••able from his walk to prove himself to be ••aint. If a thing shine like fire in the night, […] you cannot know it to be fire from thence; ••ess you see in it some property of fire. If a •••ng acts as if it had life, yet you cannot know […] thence, that it has life, unless you know •••e action to be a Vital action. You cannot ••ow that a man do's miracles, unless you know e one action to be miraculous: So here.