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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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2. There is a great ability in conscience to take notice of the more secret stirrings of the heart: conscience has a wonderful quick eye: conscience […] a curious observer of mens actions, Rom. 2.15. the conscience takes notice of the secret windings and turnings of the heart; the desires, the ends, the thoughts that pass through him, Heb. 4.12. by the help of the word▪ conscience makes discovery of the secret thoughts and intents of the heart: there is a wonderful sharp sightedness in conscience to discover the carriage of the heart.
2. There is a great ability in conscience to take notice of the more s•cret stirrings of the heart: conscience has a wonderful quick eye: conscience 〈…〉 a curious observer of mens actions, Rom. 2.15. the conscience takes notice of the secret windings and turnings of the heart; the desires, the ends, the thoughts that pass through him, Heb. 4.12. by the help of the word▪ conscience makes discovery of the secret thoughts and intents of the heart: there is a wonderful sharp sight•dness in conscience to discover the carriage of the heart.
3. Conscience at this time is more than ordinary exact in taking notice of the carriage of the heart: at other times Conscience will take notice of small things, but at this time Conscience does most carefully observe what is done; for Conscience is now in a blessed condition: it is a matter of life and death how he carries now under the call of the Gospel: Conscience takes more notice of this than of hundreds of other things; this is a thing that his salvation depends upon: Conscience has been pursuing of the sinner a great while, telling of him that if he would not close with Christ, he was undone, and must burn in hell for ever; he has been neglecting to hearken to conscience, and conscience has given him no rest; now whn he comes to do the thing that conscience has been so long urging him unto; conscience will take special notice of that; conscience will watch like Benhadad's Servants,