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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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Argument 6.
They that are commanded of God to believe in the righteousness of Christ may safely appear before God in the righteousness of Christ: but we are commanded by God to believe in the righteousness of Christ: though the calls of the Gospel are many times propounded in a way of ••vitation, they are set before us as gracious offers, wherein God is in a way of grace rendering a great benefit unto us, yet they have the force of commands.
They that are commanded of God to believe in the righteousness of Christ may safely appear before God in the righteousness of Christ: but we are commanded by God to believe in the righteousness of Christ: though the calls of the Gospel are many times propounded in a way of ••vitation, they are set before us as gracious offers, wherin God is in a way of grace rendring a great benefit unto us, yet they have the force of commands.
I might argue the safety of coming unto Christ, from thence that we are invited to come unto him for help: for surely in those invitations God does not go about to delude men, and lovingly draw them in to take such a method for the salvation of their fools, as would fail them: 'tis not to be imagined, that the glorious God would with great seeming love to the souls of men, draw them into a snare, and with an appearance of good-will to them, advise them to take a course that were not safe: it is ••t to be thought that God would lovingly, and with a great deal of tenderness persuade men to set their feet on slippery places, and build their hopes upon a sandy foundation: there is no soul delusion in the Gospel: he would not urge men with such compassion to put their trust in Christ, but that the well-fare of their souls is secured