N00357:664
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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
The Safety of Appearing in the Righteousness of Jesus Christ. › Chapter 9
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
And besides this, though he that leads an holy life, walks in Gods command in a […] ▪ he may have some special fits of sinning: as he that is wise may in a fit carry himself very foolishly, so he that is godly, may in a fit carry himself very sinfully: a meek man may have a fit of passion as Moses had, and the Father of the Faithful may have a fit of unbelief: there are sometimes when godly men have strong pangs of corruption, and sin does prevail not only over grace, but over conscience, and respect unto their credit, and every thing that stands as an imp• diment in the way of it: corruption may overflow all its banks, and for a turn a good man may carry himself very badly: and some of the people of God have more of such distempered fits than others have; and th•y do prevail to a greater height in some than in others: but these are but fits, the ordinary way of a Saint is a way of obedience.
And besides this, though he that leads an holy life, walks in Gods command in a 〈…〉 ▪ he may have some special fits of sinning: as he that is wise may in a fit carry himself very foolishly, so he that is godly, may in a fit carry himself very sinfully: a meek man may have a fit of passion as Moses had, and the Father of the Faithful may have a fit of unbelief: there are sometimes when godly men have strong pangs of corruption, and sin does prevail not onely over grace, but over conscience, and respect unto their credit, and every thing that stands as an imp• diment in the way of it: corruption may overflow all its banks, and for a turn a good man may carry himself very badly: and some of the people of God have more of such distempered fits than others have; and th•y do prevail to a greater height in some than in others: but these are but fits, the ordinary way of a Saint is a way of obedience.