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A39695 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 ... Flavel, John, 1630?-1691.; Flavel, John, 1630?-1691. Saint indeed, or, The great work of a Christian opened and pressed. 1698 (1698) Wing F1202; ESTC R40933 101,310 218

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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d carens_fw-la justitiâ_fw-la quaeu●stitus_fw-la est_fw-la christianorum_fw-la pareus_n nil_fw-la miserius_fw-la misero_fw-la non_fw-la miserante_fw-la seipsum_fw-la hoc_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d est_fw-la christi_fw-la extra_fw-la quod_fw-la nulla_fw-la est_fw-la salus_fw-la 1_o pet._n 3._o 17._o ar._n mont._n dr._n goodwin_n child_n of_o light●_n mr._n a._n burges_n dum_fw-la probantur_fw-la toti_fw-la in_o fumum_fw-la abeunt_fw-la quo_fw-la ex_fw-la judicio_fw-la velut_fw-la ex_fw-la incendio_fw-la nuddus_fw-la effugit_fw-la chrysoft_a magistratus_fw-la indicat_fw-la virum_fw-la tertul._n in_o apol._n timeo_fw-la dicere_fw-la sed_fw-la dicendum_fw-la est_fw-la martyrium_fw-la ipsum_fw-la si_fw-la ideo_fw-la fiat_fw-la ut_fw-la admirationi_fw-la &_o laudi_fw-la habeatur_fw-la à_fw-la fratribus_fw-la frustr●_n sanguis_fw-la effusus_fw-la est_fw-la hier._n arist._n rhet._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 4._o dr._n reynolds_n mr._n caryl_n rara_fw-la hora_fw-la 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