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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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If Ministers did kn•w how bad I […], they would ⟨p. 292⟩not encourage me to come unto Christ: they are charitable men, and don't imagine how bad I am: what sins I have committed, what neglects I have lived in, what desperate risings have been in my heart: if they did, they would not invite me to come to Christ:
If Ministers did kn•w how bad I 〈…〉, they would ⟨p. 292⟩not encourage me to come unto Christ: they are charitable men, and don't imagine how bad I am: what sins I have committed, what neglects I have lived in, what desperate risings have been in my heart: if they did, they would not invite me to come to Christ:
Answer, 1.
Ministers do know what is in your hearts, though they do not know what actual transgressions in particular you have been guilty of: how your corrupt inclinations have wrought; yet they do know what sinful inclinations are in your heart, and a great deal better than you do your selves: they understand the state of man by nature, and how the heart is wont to work under divers dispensations: you do not see so much of your own badness as they can tell you of; yet that does not discourage them.