The safety of appearing at the day of judgement, in the righteousness of Christ

Name: The safety of appearing at the day of judgement, in the righteousness of Christ
Author: Solomon Stoddard

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]

Solomon Stoddard 1643–1729Boston: printed by Samuel Green for Samuel Phillips, 1687

[10], 351 [i.e., 353], [5] p. ; 15 cm. (8vo) · 106k words · Evans 434 · Wing S5709

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The Safety of Appearing in the Righteousness of Jesus Christ. › Chapter 11

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That they have a slighty and unbroken heart, they have not a due sense of sin, they have been provoking of God by sinful carriages, and have not a due sense of their iniquities upon their hearts, and they think it would be a daring and presumptuous thing to go presently and rejoice in Christ▪ they have more need to get a broken heart first, to get their heart affected with sin, to be stirring up a spirit of self-loathing and hatred of sin: God expects a contrite and a broken spirit, we had need have our hearts loaded and burdened with sin: before we come unto Christ for pardon.

That they have a slighty and unbroken heart, they have not a due sence of sin, they have been provoking of God by sinful carriages, and have not a due sence of their iniquities upon their hearts, and they think it would be a daring and presumptuous thing to go presently and rejoice in Christ▪ they have more need to get a broken heart first, to get their heart affected with sin, to be stirring up a spirit of self-loathing and hatred of sin: God expects a contrite and a broken spirit, we had need have our hearts loaded and burdened with sin: before we come unto Christ for pardon.

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For the Removal of this Discouragement,

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Consider 1.

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