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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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1. Read the Word of God diligently: it is very useful to this end, to read the writings of faithful and experienced men, such books are of great use for the understanding of the Scripture: but there is a peculiar usefulness in the Word of God it self, because that is without error and mistake, it is given ⟨p. 337⟩by inspiration from God. 2 Tim. 3.16. in other mens writings you have the judgment of men, and many times their judgments are according to the Word of God, and cleared up from thence, but in the Scripture you have the testimony of God himself: there is a divine authority in the Scripture: the Scripture is the sentence of God, a message from God: it is clothed with divine Majesty: the Word of God has a power over the conscience: there is secret virtue in it to stir up Faith: there is a majesty and commanding authority in the Scripture: yea the Scripture is sanctified by God to work upon the hearts of men, Joh. 20.31. these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God: there is a special advantage in it, to hear God speaking in his own language.
1. Read the Word of God diligently: it is very useful to this end, to read the writings of faithful and experienced men, such books are of great use for the understanding of the Scripture: but there is a peculiar usefulness in the Word of God it self, because that is without error and mistake, it is given ⟨p. 337⟩by inspiration from God. 2 Tim. 3.16. in other mens writings you have the judgment of men, and many times their judgments are according to the Word of God, and cleard up from thence, but in the Scripture you have the testimony of God himself: there is a divine authority in the Scripture: the Scripture is the sentence of God, a message from God: it is cloathed with divine Majesty: the Word of God has a power over the conscience: there is secret vertue in it to stir up Faith: there is a majesty and commanding authority in the Scripture: yea the Scripture is sanctified by God to work upon the hearts of men,