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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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The Safety of Appearing in the Righteousness of Jesus Christ. › Chapter 4
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6. The Manna and the water out of the rock, held forth this truth: they were […] with Manna for forty years; and the water out of the Rock followed them almost so long: whereby God represented unto them the nourishing virtue of Christ crucified, and therefore the Apostle calls the Manna, spiritual meat, and the water of the rock, spiritual drink, and not only so, but he calls them the same spiritual meat, ⟨p. 70⟩and drink: that is the same which we partake of u• der the Gospel▪ 1 or 23.3, 4. and Christ says tha• it is his flesh that is the true spiritual meat, and hi• blood that is the true spiritual drink, John 6.55. […] flesh is meat indeed and my blood is drink indeed; an• Christ Jesus teaches the Jews that he is the […] that came down from heaven, […] 5.49, 50. your F••thers did take Manna in the ••••erness, and are de•• This is the bread that cometh down from heaven, th•• a man may eat whereof and not dye.
6. The Manna and the watter out of the rock, held forth this truth: they were 〈…〉 with Manna for forty years; and the water out of the Rock followed them almost so long: whereby God represented unto them the nourishing vertue of Christ crucified, and therefore the Apostle calls the Manna, spiritual meat, and the water of the rock, spiritual drink, and not onely so, but he calls them the same spiritual meat, ⟨p. 70⟩and drink: that is the same which we partake of u• der the Gospel▪ 1 or 23.3, 4. and Christ sayes tha• it is his flesh that is the true spiritual meat, and hi blood that is the true spiritual drink,