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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 7
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That Faith that is imputed to us for righteousness; is believing in Jesus Christ: it is not any act of Faith nor any other act of justifying Faith that is imputed ⟨p. 149⟩for righteousness but only believing in Christ: this is evident, because that is the description of justifying Faith in other places of the Scripture; he that believeth in him shall have everlasting life, John 3 6. this Faith is described, ver. 22. But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him, that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead: here this Faith is described;
1. It is Faith on God: a relying or depending upon him.
2. The consideration under which, this is acted on God, that is as having raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead; that is, as having wrought out salvation for us by Jesus Christ: it may be objected against this interpretation, that this Faith that was imputed for righteousness to Abraham is called a blessing God, Rom. 4.3. and the promise that he believed was a promise of a numerous posterity: Gen. 15.1, 5, 6.