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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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Iulian Apostate and under Iovian Christian again and all this within the space of seventy years the age of one man O what shifting and shuffling was there among the men of that generation the changes of weather shew the unsoundnes● of mens bodies and the changes of times the unsoundness of their souls Christian if ever thou wilt manifest and maintain thine integrity be a man but of one design be sure that be an honest and good design to secure heaven whatever becomes of earth to hold fast integrity whatever thou art forced to let go for its sake Take heed of pious frauds certainly it was the Devil that first married those two words together for they never did nor can agree betwixt themselves nor was ever such a marriage made in heaven Never study to model Religion and the exercises thereof in a consistency with o● subserviency to your fleshly interests if your Religion be but a mock Religion your reward shall be but a mock heaven that is a real hell O the vanity and inutility of these projects and designs men strive to cast themselves into such modes and stint themselves to such measures of Religion as they think will best promote or secure their earthly interests but it often falls out contrary to their expectation their deep pollicies are ridiculous follies they become the grief and shame of their friends and the scorn and song of their enemies And often it fares with them as with him that placed himself in the middle of the Table where he could neither reach the dish above him nor that below him Esuriunt medii c. and which is the very best of it if earthly interests be accommodated by sinful neutrality and a Laodicean indifferency in Religion yet no good man should once feel a temptation to embrace it except he think what is wanting in the sweetness of his sleep may be fully recompenced to him by the stateliness of his bed and richer furniture of his Chamber I mean that a fuller and higher condition in the world can make him amends for the loss of his inward peace and the quiet repose of a good conscience these by-ends and self-interests are the little passages through which hypocrisie creeps in upon the Professours of Religion O let this be your rejoycing which was Pauls the Testimony of your Conscience that in all sincerity and godly simplicity not in fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God you have had your Conversations in this world 2 Cor. 1. 12. Let that be your daily prayer cry to heaven which was David's Psal. 25. 21. Let integrity uprightness preserve me for I wait on thee Counsel 7. Keep your hearts day night under the awe of Gods a●l-seeing eye remember he beholds all your wayes and ponders all your thoughts how covertly soever hypocrisie may be carryed for a time all must will out at last Luke 12. 3. secresie is the main inducement to hypocrisie but it will fall out with the hypocrite as it did with Ottocar the King of Bohemia who refused to do homage to Rodulphus the Emperour till at last chastised with war he was content to do him homage privately in a Tent but the Tent was so contrived by the Emperours servants that by drawing one Cord it was taken all away so Ottocar presented on his knees doing homage in the view of three Armies Reader awe thy heart with Gods eye know that he will bring every secret thing into Judgment Thus did Iob it preserved him Iob. 31. 1 4. Thus did David it preserved him Psal. 18 21 22 23. Thus do thou also and it will preserve thee blameless and without guile to the day of Christ FINIS A Catalogue of BOOKS sold by Thomas Parkhurst at the Bible and Three Crowns in Cheap-side near Mercers●Chappel THE Fountain of Life open'd or a Display of Christ in his Essential and Mediatorial Glory containing Forty two Sermons on various Texts Wherein the impetration of our Redemption by Jesus Christ is orderly unfolded as it was begun carried on and finished by his Covenant Transaction my sterious Incarnation solemn Call and Dedication blessed Offices deep Abasement and Supereminent Advancement A Treatise of the Soul of Man wherein the Divine Original excellent and immortal Nature of the Soul are opened its Love and Inclination to the Body with the necessity of its Separation from it considered and Improved The Existence Operations and states of separated Souls both in Heaven and Hell immediately after Death asserted discussed and variously applied Divers knotty and difficult Questions about departed Souls both Philosophical and Theological stated and determined The Method of Grace in bringing home the Eternal Redemption contrived by the Father and accomplished by the Son through the Effectual Application of the Spirit unto Gods Elect being the second Part of Gospel Redemption The Divine Conduct or Mystery of Providence its Being and Efficacy asserted and vindicated all the Methods of Providence in our course of Life opened with Directions how to apply and improve them Navigation spiritualiz'd or a new Compass for Seamen consisting of Thirty Two Points of pleasant Observations profitable Applications serious Reflections all concluded with so many spiritual Poems c. Two Treatises the first of Fear the second the Righteous Mans Refuge in the evil Day A Saint indeed the great Work of a Christian A Touchstone of Sincerity or Signs of Grace and Symptoms of Hypocrisie being the second Part of the Saint indeed A Token for Mourners or boundaries for Sorrow for the Death of Friends Husbandry spiritualized Or the Heavenly use of Earthly Things All these Ten by Mr. Iohn Flavel A Funeral Sermon on the Death of that Pious Gentlewoman Mrs. Iudith Hammond late Wife of the Reverend Mr. George Hammond Minister of the Gospel in London Of Thoughtfulness for the Morrow With an Appendix concerning the immoderate Desire of foreknowing Things to come Of Charity in Reference to other Mens Sins The Redeemers Tears wept over lost ●ouls in a Treatise on Luke 19. 41 42. With ●n Appendix wherein somewhat is occasi●nally Discoursed concerning the Sin against the Holy Ghost and how God is said to Will the Salvation of them that Perish A Sermon directing what we are to do ●fter a strict Enquiry whether or no we ●ruly Love God A Funeral Sermon for Mrs. Esther Samp●on the late Wife of Mr. Henry Sampson Doctor of Physick who Died Nov. 24 1689. The Carnality of Religious Contention ●n two Sermons Preach'd at the Merchants Lecture in Broadstreet A Calm and Sober Enquiry concerning ●he Possibility of a Trinity in the Godhead A Letter to a Friend concerning a Postscript to the Defence of Dr. Sherlock's Noti●on of the Trinity in Unity relating to the Calm and Sober Enquiry upon the same Subject A View of that Part of the late Conside●ations Addrest to H. H. about the Trinity Which concerns the Sober Enquiry on that Subject A Sermon Preach'd on the late Day of Thanksgiving Decemb. 2. 1697. To which ●s Prefixed Dr. Bates's Congratulatory Speech to the King All these Eleven by Mr. Iohn Howe Protestant Union Or Principles of Re●●igion to which English Protestants agree●● Wherein the main Principles of Religion owned by Dissenters agrees with the Articles and Homilies of the Church of England in two Sheets Price Two Pence The Main Principles of the Christia● Religion in One Hundred and Seven Arti●cles or Aphorisms of the Assemblies Shor● Catechism farther Cleared and Confirme● by the Consonant Doctrine recorded in several Articles and Homilies of the Churc● of England under these Four Heads viz. 1 Of Things to be believed comprehende● in the Creed 2. Of Things to be done in th● Ten Commandments 3. Of Things to b● Practised in the Gospel particulary the Tw● Sacraments 4. Of Things to be Prayed fo● in the Lords Prayer These Two by Mr. Tho. ● Adams M. A. * A Sain indeed Melch. Adams in vita Gobelini personae vixit Anno. 1420. Tot mysteria quo●verba Hieron Frigidos vocat planè à Christo alienos Fervidos verâ Christi cognitione in excellenti gradu praeditos Tepidos qui cum Christiani aici velint nec causam religionis serio agunt nec vitam confessioni conformem dignamque ducunt Sol. Glass Rhet. Sacra par 3. p. 165. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 destitutus Iustitiâ Sanctitate verâ coram Deo Grotius 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Nec morbum sciens nec remedium 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Carens justitiâ quaev●stitus est Christianorum Pareus Nil miserius misero non miserante seipsum Hoc 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 est Christi extra quod nulla est salus 1 Pet. 3. 17. Ar. Mont. Dr. Goodwin Child of Light● Mr. A. Burges Dum probantur toti in fumum abeunt Quo ex judicio velut ex incendio nuddus effugit Chrysoft Magistratus indicat virum Tertul. in Apol. Timeo dicere sed dicendum est martyrium ipsum si ideo fiat ut admirationi laudi habeatur à fratribus frustr● sanguis effusus est Hier. Arist. Rhet. lib. 2. cap. 4. Dr. Reynolds Mr. Caryl Rara hora brevis mora fapit quidem suavissimè sed gustatur rarissimè B●rnard A sum adv simulatio n. 4. Rosellain v. Hypocrisis n. 1. See my Saint indeed p. 191 192 193 c. Iohn Wolfe lect memor To. 2. ad An. 1 549.