The safety of appearing at the day of judgement, in the righteousness of Christ

Name: The safety of appearing at the day of judgement, in the righteousness of Christ
Author: Solomon Stoddard

The safety of appearing at the day of judgement, in the righteousness of Christ: opened and applied. By Solomon Stoddard ...

Solomon Stoddard 1643–1729Boston: printed by Samuel Green for Samuel Phillips, 1687

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The Safety of Appearing in the Righteousness of Jesus Christ. › Chapter 3

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CHAP III.

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The Proposition, That it is a safe thing to appear in the Righteousness of Christ. Arg, I. Because Christs Righteousness is the Righteousness of the Law.

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The Subject of the present discourse is, That it is a safe thing to appear in the day of Judgement, in the Righteousness of Christ; it is safe to go before the Judgment Seat of God, having no other righteousness to plead for our Justification, but Christs Righteousness, this Righteousness is sufficient and will prevail for the salvation of all those that have an interest in it; we may with quietness depend upon it, as that which will serve our turn: there is no other Righteousness that can be come at, that it is safe appearing in: our own personal righteousness is many ways defective and uncapable of being the matter of our Justification: that Righteousness that is performed by the Saints is acceptable unto God: ⟨p. 24⟩but it can't procure the acceptance of their persons; the acceptance of it self is procured by Christ; Sacrifices acceptable to God by Jesus Christ, 1 Pet. 2.5. but we may justly venture our selves upon the righteousness of Christ; other foundations will prove sandy, but the Righteousness of Christ is a firm foundation for faith: and therefore it was Pauls great care that he might be found not in his own Righteousness which is of the Law, but that which is through the faith of Christ,

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CHAP III.

Arg. I. The Righteousness of Christ is the Righteousness that the Law required of us: it answers the demand that the Law makes of us, and therefore it is safe appearing in it.