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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 2
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Two Things Promised, 1. The possibility of Salvation of Sinners; it is not beyond Gods Mercy, nor contrary to his Justice. 2. What is intended by the Righteousness of Christ.
TWo Things Promised, 1. THe possibility of Salvation of Sinners; it is not beyond Gods Mercy, nor contrary to his Justice. 2. What is intended by the Righteousness of Christ.
To make the way to the Subject proposed more plain, I shall premise two things:
First, That there is a possibility of the Salvation of Sinners; for a sinner when his Conscience is awakened lies open to that temptation among others, that it is impossible for such an one as he to be saved: and these fears arise upon a double account; the first is, he fears it is beyond the mercy of God to pardon him: his sins are so great that they have turned away the heart of God from him, that God cannot find in his heart to pity and pardon such a sinner as he is: man is very prone to limit the mercy of God, and entertain low and dishonourable thoughts of his grace, especially when under a sense of his anger: but such an imagination as this is altogether groundless, what his merciful purposes are towards this or that particular man ⟨p. 14⟩is beyond us to determine, till he makes it known: but no man has cause to question the sufficiency of Gods mercy, in order to his pardon and salvation: there is an infinite Ocean of mercy in his heart sufficient for all sinners: To clear up this, I shall show first, wherein the merciful nature of God does consist, and then show you the greatness of it:
First, That there is a possibility of the Salvation of Sinners; for a sinner when his Conscience is awakened lies open to that temptation among others, that it is impossible for such an one as he to be saved: and these fears arise upon a double account; the first is, he fears it is beyond the mercy of God to pardon him: his sins are so great that they have turned away the heart of God from him, that God cannot find in his heart to pity and pardon such a sinner as he is: man is very prone to limit the mercy of God, and entertain low and dishonourable thoughts of his grace, especially when under a sense of his anger: but such an imagination as this is altogether groundless, what his merciful purposes are towards this or that particular man