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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 Pastor to the church of North-Hampton in New-England. ; [Nine lines from Philippians]The safety of appearing at the day of judgement, in the righteousness of Christ: opened and applied. By Solomon Stoddard Pastor to the church of North-Hampton in New-England. ; [Nine lines from Phillipians]
Boston: printed by Samuel Green for Samuel Phillips, 1687
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Secondly, Christ Jesus has likewise born the penal•• of the Law: the death of Jesus Christ was a leg•• death, it was the execution of the Law: the putting […] Christ to death was an act of vindictive justice: it wa• a fruit of the wrath of God; this is evident, because […] ⟨p. 51⟩is said to be made a curse for us: the curse is the condemning sentence and execration of the Law, Gal. 3.13, this the Apostle proves from Deut. 21.22, 23. that law was a ceremonial Law, whereby they that were hanged on a Tree were ceremonially accursed, to typify the •ccursed death of Jesus Christ: this typical reason excepted, there is no reason why this sort of death should fasten a curse on a person more than any other legal death: this Law makes the man that was hanged […] ceremonial curse to typify Christs having the moral curse: Again, it is clear, because God punished Christ with death for sin; and God does not punish sin, but by the Law: the death of Christ was on the account of sin, Isai. 5• 6. The Lord hath laid on him the iniquities of […] all, 1 Cor. 15.3. Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures.
Secondly, Christ Jesus has likewise born the penal•• of the Law: the death of Jesus Christ was a leg•• death, it was the execution of the Law: the putting 〈…〉 Christ to death was an act of vindictive justice: it wa• a fruit of the wrath of God; this is evident, because 〈…〉 ⟨p. 51⟩