N00357:134
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.
The Eighth thing to be considered, is,
That the Righteousness of Jesus Christ is sufficient fo• the Elect of God in all […] he has an everlasting Priesthood, and the vertu• […] his Sacrifice do• cotin•• from the beginning to the end of the World▪ therefore he is said to bring in everlasting Righteousness Dan. 9.24.
That the Righteousness of Jesus Christ is sufficient fo• the Elect of God in all 〈…〉 he has an everlasting Priesthood, and the vertu• 〈…〉 his Sacrifice do• cotin•• from the beginning to the end of the World▪ therefore he is said to bring in everlasting Righteousness Dan. 9.24.
His Righteousness was efficacious for the ages before his coming: though it was not then actually wrought out in former Generations, this righteousness was available for justification: as a man may […] discharged of a Debt because of the Bond of his Surety, before […] money is paid: so Christ was preached as the way of Salvation from the very fall of Adam,