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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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2. He suffered much disgrace, he endured all manner of indignities from men: he of whom God said, let all the Angels of God worship him; subjected himself to great contempt: they flouted a• him, mocked him, made themselves sport in abusing him, spit on him; yea, the punishment that wer• inflicted on him were very disgraceful, such as wer• wont to be inflicted on the basest of men: the death of the cross was a shameful death; his enemies studied to render him vile and contemptible; the Heathens were wont afterwards to upbraid the christians with their crucified God.
2. He suffered much disgrace, he endured all manner of indignities from men: he of whom God said, let all the Angels of God worship him; subjected himself to great contempt: they flouted a• him, mocked him, made themselves sport in abusing him, spit on him; yea, the punishment that wer• inflicted on him were very disgraceful, such as wer• wont to be inflicted on the basest of men: the deat• of the cross was a shameful death; his enemies studied to render him vile and contemptible; the Heathens were wont afterwards to upbraid the christians with their crucified God.
3. He suffered much inward trouble, not only from the sense he had of his outward troubles, and from the temptations of the Devil, but also from Gods withdrawing the sense of his favour, & putting into him the sense of his wrath: the fiery wrath o• God typified by that fire from heaven that consume• the sacrifices, took hold of him: as believers have great inward peace of conscience arising from hi• righteousness: so had he great inward sorrow arising from the guilt of our sins, he tells his Disciples that his soul was very sorrowful and very heavy, ev unto death,