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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 11
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3. God made man capable of enjoying blessedness: God has made man not only capable of worldly delights, but he has given him an understanding and free-will, whereby he is capable of enjoying God himself: man is made of such a nature that he is capable of enjoying the presence of God: and being capable of it, he cannot be satisfied till he come to the enjoyment of him: he cannot rest but in his centre, he cannot be happy till he enjoys his proper object: and surely God would never have created such a creature with such capacity, if he had not an heart to bring him to the enjoyment of himself in a way of hearkening to his counsels: why did God make such a creature that should have such a capacity and such desires, if he had not an heart to bestow this good upon him: God satisfies the desires of every living thing; heavenly glory though it be great yet it is not too much for our need: he bestows upon the beasts of the earth, the fish of the sea, and Fowls of heaven, such things as are suitable to their needs, and why should we think that God is unwilling to bestow upon man what he needs, if men will take the directions that he gives unto them.
3. God made man capable of enjoying blessedness: God has made man not only capable of worldly delights, but he has g•ven him an understanding and free-will, whereby he is capable of enjoying God himself: man is made of such a nature that he is capable of enjoying the presence of God: and being capable of it, he cannot be satisfied till he come to the enjoyment of him: he cannot rest but in his center, he cannot be happy till he enjoyes his proper object: and surely God would never have created such a creature with such capacity, if he had not an heart to bring him to the enjoyment of himself in a way of hearkening to his counsels: why did God make such a creature that should have such a capacity and such desires, if he had not an heart to bestow this good upon him: God satisfies the desires of every living thing; heavenly glory though it be great yet it is not too much for our need: he bestows upon the beasts of the earth, the fish of the sea, and Fowls of heaven, such things as are suitable to their needs, and why should we think that God is unwilling to bestow upon man what he needs, if men will take the directions that he gives unto them.