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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 10
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1. Pride: This way of salvation by Christ don't suit their proud spirits: God has chosen such a way of life as suits his glorifying his grace; but it does not suit with their haughty hearts: this way wherein God carries away all the glory don't please them, and hence it is that they are striving by all ways they can devise to find out some other method wherein they may have salvation; they don't like it to be so much beholden unto God, but would […] find something in themselves to glory in: hence the• have in opposition of spirit to coming unto Christ, John 5.40. you will not come to me that you may have life: it is not merely from weakness, but from pride and sturdiness of spirit that they don•t come unto Christ.
1. Pride: This way of salvation by Christ don't suit their proud spirits: God has chosen such a way of life as suits his glorifying his grace; but it does not suit with their haughty hearts: this way wherein God carries away all the glory don't please them, and hence it is that they are striving by all ways they can devise to find out some other method wherein they may have salvation; they don't like it to be so much beholden unto God, but would 〈…〉 find something in themselves to glory in: henc• the• have in opposition of spirit to comming unto Christ, John 5.40. you will not come to me that you may have life: it is not meerly from weakness, but from pride and sturdiness of spirit that they don•t come unto Christ.
2. From their not believing the testimony of God he tells them plainly, that there is righteousness enough for them in Christ, that if they will come, they shall be saved but they dont lay weight upon the Word of God, Gods Word don't remove their doubts, they are not satisfied in the preciousness of Christs righteousness, nor in the riches of Gods grace, nor in the stability of the covenant: they do not believe the report of the Gospel,