B10086:208
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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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.
Ans. 1. That act of Faith, that is, the condition of the covenant, is a relying upon God through Jesus Christ for salvation, as offered in the Gospel: there are many acts of saving Faith besides this: Faith respects the whole book of God; all the Promises Threatenings Prophecies therein: by saving Faith we believe the creation of the World, the general Deluge, the coming of Christ in the flesh: but these actings of it are not the condition of the Govenant, so likewise by Faith we do depend upon Christ for particular out ward blessings, but though that be a thing that does accompany Salvation; yet it is not the condition of the covenant: but that act of Faith which is the condition of the covenant, has those four properties.
Ans. 1. That act of Faith, that is, the condition of the covenant, is a relying upon God through Jesus Christ for salvation, as offered in the Gospel: there are many acts of saving Faith besides this: Faith respects the whole book of God; all the Promises Threatnings Prophecies therein: by saving Faith we believe the creation of the World, the general Deluge, the coming of Christ in the flesh: but these actings of it are not the condition of the Govenant, so likewise by Faith we do depend upon Christ for particular out ward blessings, but though that be a thing that does accompany Salvation; yet it is not the condition of the covenant: but that act of Faith which is the condition of the covenant, has those four properties.
First, It is a relying upon God: God is the ultimate object of Faith: what Christ does in order to our Salvation, he does as the Messenger and servant of his Father; so that Faith is to rest upon God; therefore we are said to come to God by Jesus Christ, Heb. 7.25. God is the object of Faith, both under the covenant of works and the covenant of grace: Our Faith and Hope must be in God, 1 Pet. 1.21. Secondly, It is a relying on God for Salvation; tho sometimes the thoughts are especially upon pardon of sin, but that is in order to Salvation: but their Faith does lay hold of God for salvation,