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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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2. Such persons as are observing Gods commands only under some pangs, for a time they set themselves carefully to do their duty, and make conscience of their duty, and reform things that are amiss, and afterwards they wither away again, and from one neglect fall to another, they grow bold to sin, and careless of duty; lie in the practise of evil: they had a fit of religion but have lost it: such men have no faith: if men had faith, they would continue in the practise of Gods will: unbelief makes men depart from God, Heb 3.12. Faith is a preservative from Apostasy, Heb. 10.39. we are not of them that draw back unto perdition, but of them that believe to the saving of the soul: such men as have once been zealous in religion and now don't regard it, or live in any way of disobedience have no true faith: faith will not preserve men from falling, but it will from falling away, and from a course of disobedience,
2. Such persons as are observing Gods commands only under some pangs, for a time they set themselves carefully to do their duty, and make conscience of their duty, and reform things that are amiss, and afterwards they wither away again, and from one neglect fall to another, they grow bold to sin, and careless of duty; lie in the practise of evil: they had a fit of religion but have lost it: such men have no faith: if men had faith, they would continue in the practise of Gods will: unbelief makes men depart from God, Heb 3.12. Faith is a preservative from Apostacy, Heb. 10.39. we are not of them that draw back unto perdition, but of them that believe to the saving of the soul: such men as have once been zealous in religion and now don't regard it, or live in any way of disobedience have no true faith: faith will not preserve men from falling, but it will from falling away, and from a course of disobedience,
3. Such persons as do not walk in Gods commands out of a gracious respect unto him: though they be ⟨p. 258⟩