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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 7 › Argument 9: Argument IX.
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3. It is very probable that the Apostle intends no more, when he says Faith is imputed for righteousness, then this, that Believers are reckoned righteous, through the righteousness of Christ: the phrase seems to import somewhat else, then if he had said, that their Faith was their righteousness: to be reckoned for righteousness seems to note to be accepted in stead of personal righteousness: and so Faith is accepted through the righteousness of Christ: this is further confirmed from that phrase, Heb. 11.7. He became heir of the righteousness which is by Faith, that is, of the righteousness of Christ, which is applied unto us by Faith: and there is no necessity of understanding any thing more by that phrase, the righteousness of Faith, Rom. 4.11, 13. but the righteousness which we have an interest in by Faith.
3. It is very probable that the Apostle intends no more, when he sayes Faith is imputed for righteousness, then this, that Believers are reckoned righteous, through the righteousness of Christ: the phrase seems to import somewhat else, then if he had said, that their Faith was their righteousness: to be reckoned for righteousness seems to note to be accepted in stead of personal righteousness: and so Faith is accepted through the righteousness of Christ: this is further confirmed from that phrase, Heb. 11.7. He became heir of the righteousness which is by Faith, that is, of the righteousness of Christ, which is applied unto us by Faith: and there is no necessity of understanding any thing more by that phrase, the righteousness of Faith, Rom. 4.11, 13. but the righteousness which we have an interest in by Faith.
4. Yet it may be granted without danger, that Faith is our evangelical righteousness, but not our legal righteousness: God has made two covenants with men, the one is the covenant of works, the other the covenant of grace: in the covenant of works perfect holiness is the condition, that is the righteousness that must be fulfilled in order unto life: in the covenant of Grace believing is the condition, and this may be