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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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2: Jesus Christ has satisfied for great sins and great sinners as well as lesser: when God sent Jesus Christ it was in his liberty to appoint him to dye for what sins and sinners he pleased: Christ Jesus was capable of satisfying for one as well as for another, for he was so worthy a person that he was capable by his sufferings to expiate the greatest sins: his short sufferings were sufficient to satisfy for the greatest offences: and God did put that work upon him to satisfy for great sins: and he has discharged it: he has satisfied for great offenders, Christ has payed a price of redemption for the greatest sins, one excepted: therefore generally in Scripture it is said that he has made reconciliation for sins without any exception; he bare our sins, 1 Pet. 2.24. he is the propitiation ⟨p. 323⟩for our sins, 1 Joh. 2.2. he has purged our sins, Heb. 1.3. yea the Scripture testifies that his blood cleanseth us from all sin, 1 Joh. 1.7. he died for the chiefest sinners as is implied, 1 Tim: 1.15. and therefore sinners without distinction are invited to come to Christ for forgiveness.
2: Jesus Christ has satisfied for great sins and great sinners as well as lesser: when God sent Jesus Christ it was in his liberty to appoint him to dye for what sins and sinners he pleased: Christ Jesus was capable of satisfying for one as well as for another, for he was so worthy a person that he was capable by his sufferings to expiate the greatest sins: his short sufferings were sufficient to satisfie for the greatest offences: and God did put that work upon him to satisfie for great sins: and he has discharged it: he has satisfied for great offenders, Christ has payed a price of redemption for the greatest sins, one excepted: therefore generally in Scripture it is said that he has made reconciliation for sins without any exception; he bare our sins, 1 Pet. 2.24. he is the propitiation ⟨p. 323⟩