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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. Though you do not know whether you are converted or not, yet if God discover this way of salvation by Christ unto you, you cannot stay away from him: when God lets in a spiritual light into the heart of a man, clearing up this way of life to him, he will not stand harping upon this objection or any other, but will venture himself upon Jesus Christ: when God satisfies the heart in this way, he will not stay for satisfaction in this question whether he be converted or no: he will see encouragement enough in Christ, whatever he is or has been, John 6.45. every one that hath heard and learned of the Father cometh unto me.
2. Though you do not know whether you are converted or not, yet if God discover thls way of salvation by Christ unto you, you cannot stay away from him: when God lets in a spiritual light into the heart of a man, clearing up this way of life to him, he will not stand harping upon this objection or any other, but will venture himself upon Jesus Christ: when God satisfies the heart in this way, he will not stay for satisfaction in this question whether he be converted or no: he will see encouragement enough in Christ, whatever he is or has been, John 6.45. every one that hath heard and learned of the Father cometh unto me.
3. If when you are at a loss about your conversion, ⟨p. 333⟩you can venture upon Jesus Christ merely upon Gospel encouragements, that is a sign that you were converted: the actings of Faith on Christ from the apprehension of his excellency, having no dependence on that that you are or have hopes that you are in a good estate already, is a sign of a good estate, Phil. 3.3. we rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.