B10086:258
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 6 › Argument 7: Argument 7.
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We may well argue, that if they have been convinced throughly by the spirit, that they will never be utterly carried away with unbelief to reject this truth: but we cannot conclude that they would never doubt: men may call those things in question which they have learned by the spirit of God: so the Prophet did, 1 King. 13.17, 18, 19. yea, men may question things that they have been taught by the saving work of the spirit: God revealed it to the Disciples, that Jesus was the Son of God, Mat. 16.16, 17. yet afterwards they questioned it, Luk. 24.21. they say, we verily thought it had been he that should have redeemed Israel: the Psalmist no doubt had been convinced that God is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him, and yet afterwards, he had such workings of heart as these, verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, Psa. 73.13: and it is no wonder, for the blindness of the mind is but in part removed, and sometimes they have not the exercise of that light which is in them: the Devil is busy to throw scruples and objections into their hearts; and they have several principles in themselves that lead them to doubt of those things that God has convinced them of: they have a principle of unbelief, carnal reason and enmity to the truth, so that it is no wonder that they have doubts about it.
We may well argue, that if they have been convinced throughly by the spirit, that they will never be utterly carried away with unbelief to reject this truth: but we cannot conclude that they would never doubt: men may call those things in question which they have learned by the spirit of God: so the Prophet did, 1 King. 13.17, 18, 19. yea, men may question things that they have been taught by the saving work of the spirit: God revealed it to the Disciples, that Jesus was the Son of God, Mat. 16.16, 17. yet afterwards they questioned it, Luk. 24.21. they say, we verily thought it had been he that should have redeemed Israel: the Psalmist no doubt had been convinced that God is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him, and yet afterwards, he had such workings of heart as these, verily I have cleansed my heart in vain,