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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 6: CHAP. VI▪
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1. The Spirit helps us to see the truth of this in the testimony of God in his Word: 'tis not any inward testimony that our Faith depends upon: but the testimony of God in his Word, and the inward work of the Spirit is to help us to receive the sure Word of Prophecy; and depend upon that: God witnesses in his Word plentifully to that, that there is salvation wrought out for us by Christ, that he has redeemed us▪ purged away sins, brought in everlasting righteousness: and in this testimony of God we see the truth of the thing it self: the Spirit satisfies the heart and clears it up to him, that this is Gods testimony, that it is no deceit, ⟨p. 123⟩that it is not any device or forgery of man under a pretence of Gods testimony: but that this is the very Word of God: the Word com•s in Gods Name, and has many characters of divine authority in it; and the soul is satisfied that it is Gods Word, 1 Thess. 2.13. […] received it not as the word of men, but (as it is in truth) the Word of God: The Spirit also satisfies the heart in the faithfulness of God: naturally […] have […] assurance of the faithfulness of God, though they profess it: but the spirit convinces the soul, that the Lord is a God of truth: I know him whom I have believed, 2 Tim 1.12. he does with Sarah judge h•m faithful that has promised: and here though his soul be precious to him, yet he can quietly venture it upon his Word.
1. The Spirit helps us to see the truth of this in the testimony of God in his Word: 'tis not any inward testimony that our Faith depends upon: but the testimony of God in his Word, and the inward work of the Spirit is to help us to receive the sure Word of Prophecy; and depend upon that: God witnesses in his Word plentifully to that, that there is salvation wrought out for us by Christ, that he has redeemed us▪ purged away sins, brought in everlasting righteousness: and in this testimony of God we see the truth of the thing it self: the Spirit satisfies the heart and clears it up to him, that this is Gods testimony, that it is no deceit, ⟨p. 123⟩