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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. Entertaining the calls of the Gospel is the way to have a spirit of repentance: it is meet that you should repent and have your heart broken for your sins, but the way to come at it, is to entertain the Gospel offer; there are other means in their place to be used, but a principal means in order to repentance is to receive Christ: believing in Christ is the way to have grace quickened and strengthened: Faith in Christ is the greatest furtherance of repentance and holiness: Faith discovering the grace of God in Jesus Christ, melts the heart for sin, and arms the heart against it: and Faith in Christ is the great ordinance of the Gospel for the subduing of sin, in this way God will give his Spirit to work repentance and holiness, Gal. 2▪20. I live by Faith in the Son of God, Isa. 6.56. he that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.
2. Entertaining the calls of the Gospel is the way to have a spirit of repentance: it is meet that you should repent and have your heart broken for your sins, but the way to come at it, is to entertain the Gospel offer; there are other means in their place to be used, but a principal means in order to repentance is to receive Christ: believing in Christ is the way to have grace quickned and strengthned: Faith in Christ is the greatest furtherance of repentance and holiness: Faith discovering the grace of God in Jesus Christ, melts the heart for sin, and arms the heart against it: and Faith in Christ is the great ordinance of the Gospel for the subduing of sin, in this way God will give his Spirit to work repentance and holiness, Gal. 2▪20. I live by Faith in the Son of God, Isa. 6.56. he that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.
3. The next thing to be considered is, what course Christians should take, that they may live a life of Faith upon Christs Righteousness, and not be discouraged.