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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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there your employment will be glorious, and your body will be glorious, if you will but come to Christ, besides a great deal of mercy that God will bestow upon you in this world, you shall partake of eternal salvation, as poor a sinful creature as thou art, the Lord is offering eternal life to thee, if you will but accept it as a free gift from him through Jesus Christ you shall be welcome to it; though heavenly glory be so great and you be so unworthy God will bestow it upon you; do you desire eternal life? are you indeed set for happiness in another world? if you are, you may soon secure it, and make it sure to you if you will; entertain these calls of the Gospel and you shall be saved: the Lord has given abundance assurance, this is no pleasing dream but a thing certain and infallible.
there your imployment will be glorious, and your body will be glorious, if you will but come to Christ, besides a great deal of mercy that God will bestow upon you in this world, you shall partake of eternal salvation, as poor a sinful creature as thou art, the Lord is offering eternal life to thee, if you will but accept it as a free gift from him through Jesus Christ you shall be welcome to it; though heavenly glory be so great and you be so unworthy God will bestow it upon you; do you desire eternal life? are you indeed set for happiness in another world? if you are, you may soon secure it, and make it sure to you if you will; entertain these calls of the Gospel and you shall be saved: the Lord has given abundance assurance, this is no pleasing dream but a thing certain and infallible.
This appears if you consider;
1. Because God has been at a great deal of cost in order to the salvation of Believers: if a man should engage so far in any undertaking as to spend a vast estate in it, we should readily conclude, that it lay indeed upon his heart, that he was real in it, and that his spirit was deeply engaged: and thus it is in this