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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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There is indeed a boldness to trust in God from conceits of mens worth; that is not right: but there is a twofold boldness that God will never blame men for: one is, the bearing up of their heart with the hopes of Gods favour upon good experience of it, notwithstanding sin: only you must beware you do not make light of sin, because God has given you such hopes: the other is, a depending on Jesus Christ for the pardon of sin; and accepting Gods offer notwithstand-your sins: yea though you have not such brokenness of heart as does become you, Heb. 4.16. Let us come boldly to the Throne of Grace.
4. Try the truth of your Faith by that holiness that does accompany and flow from Faith in Jesus Christ: they that are true believers do lead an holy life: Holiness does accompany Faith: and therefore believers are commonly in Scripture styled Saints, 2 Cor. 1.1. there is a concatenation of Graces: where there is one grace there is all: as it is in a natural man, all the natural faculties of the soul do accompany each other, they live and dye together, so it is with the several graces that are in Saints; the same principle of Grace does enable the Soul to all sorts of holy actions; Grace in the heart is but one principle, though in respect of its various actings and objects it does receive various denominations: and wherever Faith is, it is accompanied with universal holiness: and therefore holiness is given as a Sign and Character of Believers, Gal 5.24. they that are Christs have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts: the actings of Faith go hand in hand with the exercise of other graces: Faith is always attended with universal holiness ⟨p. 248⟩hence there are so many promises of Salvation made unto those that are holy: though it be Faith only that gives men a title to heaven, yet there are promises made unto holiness because that is a property of believers: and hence also there are so many threatenings unto those that live unholily,