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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 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.
1. Among those that do profess to believe in Christ, there are many that live in such a manner, that there is not evidence that they are not sanctified; 'tis not so with all those that profess to believe in Christ, th•re are many that make such a profession, that have no faith: and therefore it is no wonder▪ if they b• not sanctified: but there be many, in whose lives there is no evidence that they are destitute of holiness: no man can justly charge them with liing in any known sin: with any unmortified corruption, or acting from a corrupt principle in religion: bt this cannot be said concerning others that do not make this profession, moral men among the Heathens, Turks or Jews; there are sew or none of them, but would make it evident to a man of a discerning spirit, that was familiarly acquainted with them, that they were under the rule and power of some ust,