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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 8
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3. Let us consider what are the temptations that make men seek salvation by their own righteousness, and certainly they must be great temptations that have so strong an efficacy upon the hearts of men: godly men have much to do to restrain and subdue this spirit in themselves, and generally convinced sinners are […] carried away with this Spirit: though God •• so plainly witness against it in his Word; yet multitudes of men are seeking life in this way; so that we may conclude there is some strong current that men are carried away with: some great entanglements that men are thus ensnared with, though many are not aware of it, yet there are mighty temptations to lead them into this mistake: and we may reduce them to these Heads:
3. Let us consider what are the temptations that make men seek salvation by their own righteousness, and certainly they must be great temptations that have so strong an efficacy upon the hearts of men: godly men have much to do to restrain and subdue this spirit in th•mselves, and generally convinced sinners are 〈…〉 carried away with this Spirit: though God •• so plainly witness against it in his Word; yet multitudes of men are seeking life in this way; so that we may conclude there is some strong current that men are carried away with: some great intanglements that men are thus ensnared with, though many are not aware of it, yet there are mighty temptations to lead them into this mistake: and we may reduce them to these Heads:
1. The pride of mans heart: fallen man is a proud creature; tho he has so much to bring down his spirit, yet he is extremely add••ted to magnify himself, Joh 11.12. vain man woul• •e wise, though man be bor• like a wild Asses colt: self-love which is the very root of original sin, runs principally in this channel, men are miserably devoted to this way of sinning, though men have extremely debased themselves, and degraded themselves from that excellency which God bestowed on them, yet they are exceeding prone to […] with pride: pride is thought to be the first sin […] devil, and we are sure there was a great deal […] in the first sin of man, that temptation of […] Gods, knowing good and evil had a […] into the apostasy of our first Parents: […] spirit runs through the life of man, from his