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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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But I shall only urge two things wherein the people of God have experience of the beginning of salvation, and therein an evidence of their full salvation by Jesus Christ in due time: namely sanctification and inward comfort.
1. The people of God are sanctified in a way of believing on the righteousness of Christ: they that do believe in Christ are sanctified; they do lead an holy life, dying unto sin, and living unto righteousness: ⟨p. 129⟩they are delivered from the servitude unto sin, and do become servants of God: indeed this cannot be made evident by experience to the world, because the world cannot certainly know, that those that profess faith in Christ, have it in reality; nor that those that seem to live an holy life, do so indeed; yet there is that which falls under the observation of the world, that may considerably help forward their satisfaction in this particular.
1. The people of God are sanctified in a way of believing on the righteousness of Christ: they that do believe in Christ are sanctified; they do lead an holy life, dying unto sin, and living unto righteousness: ⟨p. 129⟩they are delivered from the servitude unto sin, and do become servants of God: indeed this cannot be made evident by experience to the world, because the w•rld cannot certainly know, that those that profess faith in Christ, have it in reality; nor that those that seem to live an holy life, do so indeed; yet there is that which falls under the observation of the world, that may considerably help forward their satisfaction in this particular.