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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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And there are two effects of these discoveries.
One is a drawing out of the actings of grace, they put new life into the soul: they are very quickening and powerful on the heart.
The other is, That they enkindle a desire to know more of God: they make the soul long after further acquaintance with God, to see his power and glory, as they have seen him in the Sanctuary, Psal. 63.3.
2. By revealing of Christ and gospel-grace unto the soul. God does not only at first conversion, but many times after, make a discovery of Christ, to the soul, the Lord shows the soul the safety of this way of salvation; Saints long for this: Phil. 3.10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection: and God is at times gratifying them: Christ is opening this mystery of the Gospel unto them; the Lord draws nigh and holds forth the Sceptre of mercy, the acceptableness of his sacrifice, the freeness of his grace, the wonderfulness of his love, the certainty of salvation in a way of believing: and these discoveries that the Lord makes of the Gospel, do answer all the objections of the heart, that though the soul was before in an unbelieving frame, he has power to resist no longer: these discoveries make Christ very precious, he esteems him as one that