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The safety of appearing at the day of judgement, in the righteousness of Christ
The safety of appearing at the day of judgement, in the righteousness of Christ: opened and applied. By Solomon Stoddard ...
Boston: printed by Samuel Green for Samuel Phillips, 1687
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The Safety of Appearing in the Righteousness of Jesus Christ. › Chapter 4 › Argument 3: Argument 3.
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3. It was great love for God to give his Son to dye for our salvation, when he might justly have damned us: when it was a righteous thing for him to have ruined us, when he had us in his hands, and might have cast us off for ever: his proceedings would not have been unjust, he had done us no wrong, there had been no cruelty in it, if he had thrown us into hell, he would not any ways have trespassed upon any rule of righteousness: but only have done that which was fair and equal, no imputations ⟨p. 78⟩of injustice could have been cast on him, he had no ways blemished his name, non stained his glory: his proceedings must have been justified, and he would by our ruin have gained glory to his justice: in this time to take care of our salvation, speaks more free love: if God could not fairly have done any other without staining his own name, there would not have been any such evidence of love, but the glory of his justice, would have remained entire to him if we had perished; he sent his Son to dye for our salvation: when he might with honour have cast us off, when there was no tie upon him to do any such thing, but he might fairly have damned us.
3. It was great love for God to give his Son to dye for our salvation, when he might justly have damned us: when it was a righteous thing for him to have ruined us, when he had us in his hands, and might have cast us off for ever: his proceedings would not have been unjust, he had done us no wrong, there had been no cruelty in it, if he had thrown us into hell, he would not any ways have trespassed upon any rule of righteousness: but onely have done that which was sair and equal, no imputations ⟨p. 78⟩of injustice could have been cast on him, he had no ways blemished his name, non stained his glory: his proceedings must have been justified, and he would by our ruine have gained glory to his justice: in this time to take care of our salvation, speaks more free love: if God could not fairly have done any other without staining his own name, there would not have been any such evidence of love, but the glory of his justice, would have remained entire to him if we had perished; he sent his Son to dye for our salvation: when he might with honour have cast us off, when there was no tye upon him to do any such thing, but he mightfairly have damned us.