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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 9
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3. There is no necessity that this closure with Christ should be wrought by the letter of the Scriptures: frequently it is by some particular word; but it is many times otherwise: sometimes the thing is urged by a Minister, according to the Scripture, and God makes some sentence that he speaks effectual, Acts 16.31, 32. so sometimes in meditation God makes men see the general call of the Gospel, though no particular place be pitched upon: thus 'tis sometimes afterwards with Saints.
3. There is no necessity that this closure with Christ should be wrought by the letter of the Scriptures: frequently it is by some particular word; but it is many times otherwise: sometimes the thing is urged by a Minister, according to the Scripture, and God makes some sentence that he speaks effectual, Acts 16.31, 32. so somtimes in meditation God makes men see the general cal of the Gospel, though no particular place be pitched upon: thus 'tis sometimes afterwards with Saints.
4. There is no necessity that the particular word that draws the soul to Christ, should be in the form of an invitation: it is many times so, as by those words, Mat. 11.28. Rev. 22.17. but it may be by any other Gospel expression; as by those words, 1 Pet▪ 2.24. who bore our sins in his own body upon the Cross, Isai. 53.6. he was wounded for our sins, and bruised for our iniquities, Eph. 5.2. he hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God of a sweet smelling savour: it may be wrought by any Gospel precept, promise, declaration: God by any such word may let in a light to show the soul the truth of the Gospel Call.