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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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3. Sometimes when forgiveness is promised unto particular acts of Obedience, the meaning is that those acts of obedience are a sign that a man is in a justified condition: so that is to be understood, M••. 6.14. for if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will forgive you: and that 1 John 1.9. If […] confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive our sins: these things are not the condition of forgiveness, much less the meritorious cause of forgiveness: but they are a sign that a man is such an one, to whom the promise of forgiveness does belong: so any one upright act of obedience is a sign that a ⟨p. 155⟩mans sins are forgiven and shall be forgiven in the day of Judgment: because they are things that do accompany Faith in Christ, though they have no influence unto justification.
3. Sometimes when forgiveness is promised unto particular acts of Obedience, the meaning is that those acts of obedience are a sign that a man is in a justified condition: so that is to be understood, M••. 6.14. for if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will forgive you: and that 1 John 1.9. If 〈…〉 confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive our sins: these things are not the condition of forgiveness, much less the meritorious cause of forgiveness: but they are a sign that a man is such an one, to whom the promise of forgiveness does belong: so any one upright act of obedience is a sign that a ⟨p. 155⟩mans sins are forgiven and shall be forgiven in the day of Judgment: because they are things that do accompany Faith in Christ, though they have no influence unto justification.