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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 6 › Argument 8: Argument 8.
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4. By witnessing his love to the soul: God does not only help the soul to gather it by consequence, but God by his spirit does evidence the same to the soul: that he may quicken the heart in holiness, and that he may help the soul under temptations and sinking discouragements; or arm him against some special conflicts, he gives witness to his good estate, Gen. 7.1. Rom. 8.16. this differs much from those tastes that hypocrites may have; wherein they have some sense of the sweetness that is in promises: for this is by way of testimony: yea the spirit does make it manifest at that time that it is his testimony: and hereby this differs from the delusions ⟨p. 138⟩of Satan: as the Prophets knew it to be the Lord that revealed things unto them: so Saints at the time knew it to be the Spirit of God that witnessed to them; they do not need any other help at that time to know it to be the voice of God: they do not need a candle to see the Sun: though soon after they may have doubts.
4. By witnessing his love to the soul: God does not only help the soul to gather it by consequence, but God by his spirit does evidence the same to the soul: that he may quicken the heart in holiness, and that he may help the soul under temptations and sinking discouragements; or arm him against some special conflicts, he gives witness to his good estate, Gen. 7.1. Rom. 8.16. this differs much from those tasts that hypocrites may have; wherein they have some sence of the sweetness that is in promises: for this is by way of testimony: yea the spirit does make it manifest at that time that it is his testimony: and hereby this differs from the delusions ⟨p. 138⟩of Satan: as the Prophets knew it to be the Lord that revealed things unto them: so Saints at the time knew it to be the Spirit of God that witnessed to them; they do not need any other help at that time to know it to be the voice of God: they do not need a candle to see the Sun: though soon after they may have doubts.