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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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Ans. This Faith of his did include in it a believing of the promised seed, and a believing on him: God had before promised, that in him all the families of the earth should be blessed, Gen. 12.3. and now he promises him a posterity like the stars in number: and Abraham entertains this promise as it included in it the promised seed, and as Christ says, rejoiced to see his day, and saw it, and was glad, Job 8.56. this was reckoned unto him for Righteousness, this is plain from Gal. 3.6, 7, 8.
Ans. This Faith of his did include in it a believing of the promised seed, and a believing on him: God had before promised, that in him all the families of the earth should be blessed, Gen. 12.3. and now he promises him a posterity like the stars in number: and Abraham entertains this promise as it included in it the promised seed, and as Christ says, rejoyced to see his day, and saw it, and was glad, Job 8.56. this was reckoned unto him for Righteousness, this is plain from Gal. 3.6, 7, 8.
2. Faith in Jesus Christ does interest us in the righteousness of Jesus Christ: whoever has this faith has the righteousness of Christ: God might have made over this righteousness of Christ to us without any condition if he pleased, or upon any other, but ⟨p. 150⟩faith was suitable and God has appointed this to be the way of our partaking in the righteousness of Christ: and hereby men come to have an interest […] that: men come to have an interest in Christs righteousness called gold and white raiment, by buying that of him, that is, by believing on him, Rev. 3.18