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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 5
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Thirdly, It is a relying upon God through Christ: Christ is the Mediator that we must come by: he is the great Ordinance that we must make use of: we must have our dependence on God t•rough him: and therefore when we accept of the call of the Gospel: we are said to believe in him, come to him, open to him, receive him Joh. 35.37. Rev. 3.20. Joh. 1.12. Sometime we are said to believe in his Name, Joh. 1.12. there can be no entering into the covenant of grace, or performing the condition of it without coming unto Christ: and therefore in such places where Christ is not known there is no salvation.
Thirdly, It is a relying upon God through Christ: Christ is the Mediator that we must come by: he is the great Ordinance that we must make use of: we must have our dependance on God t•rough him: and therefore when we accept of the call of the Gospel: we are said to believe in him, come to him, open to him, receive him Joh. 35.37. Rev. 3.20. Joh. 1.12. Sometime we are said to believe in his Name, Joh. 1.12. there can be no entring into the covenant of grace, or performing the condition of it without com•ng unto Christ: and therefore in such places where Christ is not known there is no salvation.
Fourthly, It is a relying on him as offered in the Gospel.