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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. Hence it follows, that this or that particular man is as capable of being loved of God as any other in the World: God has manifested special love unto thousands of men and women, and you are as capable an object of divine love as any of them: you are as capable as Abraham, Moses, David, Paul, or any other: it is true you are as capable of Gods hatred also as any other: the mere pleasure of God does decide it, who shall by the objects o• his love and his hatred: you have no reason to be discouraged because you can find no reason in your self of Gods love, those that God did set his love upon could find no reason in themselves of Gods love: though you be mean and despicable, yet you are as capable to be an object of Gods love as any other; I do not say, that one man is under, ⟨p. 327⟩as great likelihood as another, they that God brings under means, are the children of godly Parents, that God is striving with by his Spirit are more likely than others, but one is as capable as the other; for the free will of God is the only thing that does determine it: and therefore you have sufficient ground of encouragement to accept the offer of salvation,
2. Hence it follows, that this or that particular man is as capable of being loved of God as any other in the World: God has manifested special love unto thousands of men and women, and you are as capable an object of divine love as any of them: you are as capable as Abraham, Moses, David, Paul, or any other: it is true you are as capable of Gods hatred also as any other: the meer pleasure of God does decide it, who shall by the objects o• his love and his hatred: you have no reason to be discouraged because you can find no reason in your self of Gods love, those that God did set his love upon could find no reason in themselves of Gods love: though you be mean and despicable, yet you are as capable to be an object of Gods love as any other; I do not say, that one man is under, ⟨p. 327⟩as great likelihood as another, they that God brings under means, are the children of godly Parents, that God is striving with by his Spirit are more likely than others, but one is as capable as the other; for the free will of God is the only thing that does determine it: and therefore you have sufficient ground of encouragement to accept the offer of salvation,