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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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For the opening of this way of Trial, we may consider what an holy life is: It is a course of walking in all Gods Commandments from a gracious respect unto God: here you may distinguish between a principle of holiness, an holy frame, an holy action, and an holy life: a principle of holiness is a quality enabling and inclining a man to keep all Gods commands out of a gracious respect unto God; an holy frame is a raised prevailing disposition unto holiness, by the habit it is disposed to holiness, by an holy frame to a more ready and cheerful practice of holiness: when the heart is in an holy frame, it is like an instrument in tune, like a good knife that has a good edge: an holy action is an action commanded of God, done out of a gracious respect unto God: an holy life is a course of walking in all Gods commands, from a gracious respect unto God:
For the opening of this way of Trial, we may consider what an holy life is: It is a course of walking in all Gods Commandments from a gracious respect unto God: here you may distinguish between a principle of holiness, an holy frame, an holy action, and an holy life: a principle of holiness is a quality inabling and inclining a man to keep all Gods commands out of a gracious respect unto God; an holy frame is a raised prevailing disposition unto holiness, by the habit it is disposed to holiness, by an holy frame to a more ready and chearful practice of holiness: when the heart is in an holy frame, it is like an instrument in tune, like a good knife that has a good edge: an holy action is an action commanded of God, done out of a gracious respect unto God: an holy life is a course of walking in all Gods commands, from a gracious respect unto God:
In this description three things are to be minded;
In this discription three things are to be minded;