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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
The Safety of Appearing in the Righteousness of Jesus Christ. › Chapter 10
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Objection, 10
I have not the inward call of the Gospel: how can it be said then, that God calls me? I have indeed an external call; but God does not inwardly call me, and I wait for that.
Answer,
It is the outward call of the Gospel that gives men their warrant to believe: it is the written Word of God that bears us out in it: and you must not expect: any other warrant but that: you must not expect ⟨p. 304⟩any new revelations to warrant your coming to Christ, 2 Pet. 1.19. we have also a more sure word of Prophecy: the inward call is nothing else but the opening of the ear to hear the outward call: the inward call is only that illumination of the mind whereby we see God calling of us in his word: the assuring us of the truth of the Gospel; the call of God in his Word is that, that gives men their encouragement to come to Christ: the Word of God is the ground of faith,