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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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Thirdly, his sitting down at the right-hand of God, Heb. 3. this phrase denotes glory, it is a metaphor taken from Monarchs: to sit at the right-hand of the Prince, is to set in the second place of dignity; the throne being the highest, the Lord Jesus is advanced unto greater glory in heaven as he is man, then any angel in heaven: in special, besides other particulars, in having the administration and government of all things in his hands.
This Exaltation of Christ is a clear evidence of Gods accepting that sacrifice that he offered up for us: and being fully satisfied for our sins by the sufferings of Jesus Christ:
And there are three things therein, that serve to convince us hereof.
1. By Christs Exaltation, he is delivered from that suffering estate which our sins brought him into: he is hereby set free from that state of humiliation, which he was in for our sins: vengeance had taken hold of Christ as our surety, the justice of God seized him, he was apprehended as one liable to the Law, and God took vengeance on him, and poured out wrath on him; but now by his Exaltation, he is et at liberty: Justice has dismissed him, God has done exacting any more punishment on him, which is a clear evidence that he is wholly discharged of that guilt that was upon him: Christ subjected himself to the wrath of God, and God punished him as much as he pleased, Christ bore the curse, till God said it was enough, In his resurrection God opened the prison door, and let him out; God sent an Officer to deliver him from his grave,