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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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1. It is represented as a price of redemption, Mat. 20.28. The Son of man came to give his life a ransom for many, Rev. 5.9. thou wast slain, and hast Redeemed us to God by thy blood:
1. It is represented as a price of redemption, Mat. 20.28. The Son of man came to give his life a ransome for many, Rev. 5.9. thou wast slain, and hast Redeemed us to God by thy blood:
A Second consideration is of a sacrifice: the sins of the people were typically laid upon the sacrifice, and then it was slain; so Christ was sacrificed for us, Eph. 5 2. Christ hath given himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God of a sweet smelling savour; 1 Cor. 5.7. Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us: the fruit of this is Reconciliation.
A third consideration of them, is, they are a punishment. Jesus Christ took upon the guilt of our sins; that is, our obligation to punishment: the demerit of sin, whereby the sinner deserves punishment, was not translated to him, as the merit of his righteousness is not translated to us, but the title to blessedness arising there from: so Christ took upon himself our obligation to punishment, and accordingly God inflicted the punishment of our sins upon him t Christ was legally guilty of our sin, and God punished him, 1 Pet 2.24. He bare our sins in his own body upon the tree: