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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. Frowardness makes men love to cavil against the encouragements that God sets before them: a man in a froward frame studies objections, and indulges himself in a way of cavilling: there is a great deal of wilfulness in their unbelief: a froward heart humours himself in his raising of objections, men take a pride in cavilling and turning of the calls of God: when the heart is discontented, there is a great deal of a sturdy spirit working in their unbelief: if I had called and he had answered, yet would I not believe that he did hearken unto my voice, for he breaketh me with a tempest, Job. 9.16, 17.
2. Frowardness makes men love to cavil against the encouragements that God sets before them: a man in a froward frame studies objections, and indulges himself in a way of cavelling: there is a great deal of wilfulness in their unbelief: a froward heart humours himself in his raising of objections, men take a pride in cavelling and turning of the calls of God: when the heart is discontented, there is a great deal of a sturdy spirit working in their unbelief: if I had called and he had answered, yet would I not believe that he did hearken unto my voice, for he breaketh me with a tempest, Job. 9.16, 17.
Direction 5.
Set hefore your selves the examples of other Saints there is a cloud of witnesses gone before you: men that under all sorts of difficulties and temptations have been exercising Faith: remember how Abraham ⟨p. 347⟩believed the Lord, and it was counted unto him for righteousness, how Job carried himself when he say s, tho he say me, yet I will trust in him, how David says, why art thou cast down O my Soul, hope in God, how Jonah recovers himself: yet will I look again toward thy Holy Temple: such examples may be great inducements and helps to you to follow their example: these examples are very quickening and full of argument; they are very helpful to strengthen your Faith; several ways.