N00357:711
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 10
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.
This appears,
1. Because it is contrary to the decree and appointment of God to save such as do not believe, the decrees of God are inviolable, it is a vain thing for any man to look for salvation contrary to Gods decree: but it is against Gods decree to save unbelievers, not that there is such a formal act in the decree that unbelievers shall be damned; but this is a truth arising from the decree: for God has determined to ⟨p. 275⟩give faith unto all those that he has chosen unto salvation: he has determined to lead them in a way of faith unto life, 2 Thes. 2.13 God has chosen you from the beginning unto salvation through sanctification of the Spirit, and belief of the truth: all that God has chosen unto life shall believe, John 6.37. all that the •ather has given […] shall come unto me: so that it is cross to the decree of God to save any man that has not faith, the decree of God is a bar in the way of his salvation.
1. Because it is contrary to the decree and appointment of God to save such as do not believe, the decrees of God are inviolable, it is a vain thing for any man to look for salvation contrary to Gods decree: but it is again•t Gods decree to save unbelievers, not that there is such a formal act in the decree that unbelievers shall be damned; but this is a truth arising from the decree: for God has determined to ⟨p. 275⟩give faith unto all those that he has chosen unto salvation: he has determined to lead them in a way of faith unto life, 2 Thes. 2.13 God has chosn you from the beginning unto salvation through santification of the Spirit, and belief of the truth: all that God has chosen unto life shall believe,