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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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3 The Devil is busy to hinder men from entertaining this truth: the Devil is most industrious […] this matter, because •heir entertaining this tru•• will deliver them from his dominion: 2 Cor. 11.3▪ he is possessing of men with prejudices against this truth, casting in objections, and fortifying of […] heart against the persuasions of the word: and th•• does considerably increase the difficulty, because of the subtlety of Satan to represent his temptatio•• with great appearance of reason, and smooth a d• lusion, so that it shall have a great face of truth, & because of his ability, together with his reasoning to work so upon the affections, as to make the soul more opposite to the entertaining of the truth.
3 The Devil is busie to hinder men from entertaining this truth: the Devil is most industrious 〈…〉 this matter, because •heir entertaining this tru•• will deliver them from his dominion: 2 Cor. 11.3▪ he is possessing of men with prejudices against this truth, casting in objections, and fortifying of 〈…〉 heart against the perswasions of the word: and th•• does considerably increase the difficulty, because of the subtilty of Satan to represent his temptatio•• with great appearance of reason, and smooth a d• lusion, so that it shall have a great face of truth, & b•cause of his ability, together with his reasoning to work so upon the affections, as to make the soul more opposite to the entertaining of the truth.