B10086:689
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 other thing is, that they fear that their sins do speak and evidence their hypocrisy: they are apt to think they should not, they could not do so, if they were not hypocrites, they fear that such carriages are not consistent with grace: and thence they are much discouraged: they think if they have been hypocrites all this while; there is very little hope for them, that would be such a provocation that they fear God would never pardon it: the fear of their hypocrisy makes them fearful to cast themselves upon Christ.
The other thing is, that they fear that their sins do speak and evidence their hypocrisie: they are apt to think they should not, they could not do so, if they were not hypocrites, they fear that such carriages are not consistent with grace: and thence they are much discouraged: they think if they have been hypocrites all this while; there is very little hope for them, that would be such a provocation that they fear God would never pardon it: the fear of their hypocrisie makes them fearful to cast themselves upon Christ.
For the removal of this discouragement,
Consider: 1.