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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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5. God has many ways confirmed and strengthened his promise: not but that his bare word is security enough, but because men have distrustful hearts and are full of surmises and jealousies he has given abundant security to us of the stability of his promise he has given it us under his hand, we have his word to show for it: he has made a firm indenture, subscribed and recorded it: he has not only spoken it by word of mouth, but has made a firm deed, and published it under his hand, and millions of men can witness to it, that he has bound himself to save those that come to Christ, 1 Joh. 5.11. this is the record, that God hath given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son: he has also established his promise by sealing to it: circumcision was the seal of the righteousness of faith: Rom. 4.11. men seal indentures, to show the reality of their purpose, and to make their promise legally more firm: so God has by many Sacraments in the Old Testament, and by Baptism and the Lords Supper in the New Testament sealed to the covenant: and ratified the same by holy Ordinances, that would be profaned if the covenant should fail; God has also sworn to the covenant of grace: it had b•en unreasonable for us to have desired such a confirmation from God; but God voluntarily condescended to it to gain our belief, Heb. 6.17, 18. that we might have strong consolation: the Oath of God does declare the promise to be irrevocable, and that God will not repent, Psal. 110 4. the Lord hath sworn and will not repent: God has given you all manner o• encouragement, that you may evidently ⟨p. 284⟩see an impossibility of failing of salvation, if you come to Christ.
5. God has many wayes confirmed and strengthned his promise: not but that his bare word is security enough, but because men have distrustfull hearts and are full of surmises and jealousies he has given abundant security to us of the stability of his promise he has given it us under his hand, we have his word to shew for it: he has made a firm indenture, subscribed and recorded it: he has not only spoken it by word of mouth, but has made a firm deed, and published it under his hand, and millions of men can witness to it, that he has bound himself to save those that come to Christ,