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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Ans. Tis true, he suffered b•t a few years, and th• extremity of his punishment was but for a few hours because the infinite dignity of his person, made hi• short sufferings equivalent• to the everlasting punishments of the damned: for an infinite person to suffe• a temporal punishment, is as much as for a finite person to suffer an eternal punishment: it may be as se•vere justice to punish Christ with the like pains for • few hours, as to punish a damned man with them for•ever: a less quantity of Gold equals a greater quantity of silver: it seems to be as great a testimony […] ⟨p. 53⟩the holiness of God, and a vindication of the honour of his Law, to punish his dear Son with a temporal, as sinners with eternal punishment.
Ans. Tis true, he suffered b•t a few years, and th• extr•mity of his punishment was but for a few hours because the infinite dignity of his person, made hi• short sufferings equivalent• to the everlasting punishments of the damned: for an infinite person to suffe• a temporal punishment, is as much as for a finite person to suffer an eternal punishment: it may be as se•vere justice to punish Christ with the like pains for • few hours, as to punish a damned man with them for•ever: a less quantity of Gold equals a greater quantity of silver: it seems to be as great a testimony 〈…〉 ⟨p. 53⟩