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The falseness of the hopes of many professors, showed in a sermon preached in…The falseness of the hopes of many professors, shewed in a sermon preached in…
The falseness of the hopes of many professors, showed in a sermon preached in Boston, the 8th. of July, 1708. Being the lecture day. / By Solomon Stoddard, Pastor of Northampton.The falseness of the hopes of many professors, shewed in a sermon preached in Boston, the 8th. of July, 1708. Being the lecture day. / By Solomon Stoddard, Pastor of Northampton.
printed by Bartholomew Green. Sold by Samuel Phillips, 1708
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Before I answer this Question, I shall premise a distinction.
You must distinguish between the foundation of Faith and of Hope: Faith and Hope are two distinct Graces: Faith is an Accepting of the offer of Salvation by Christ: but Hope is the ⟨p. 4⟩Expectation of Salvation: and accordingly yo• must distinguish the foundation of Faith fro• the foundation of Hope▪ the foundation […] Faith •s Ch•i•• J•s•s. 1 Cor. •.11. Other f••• dation can •o ma• l•y, th• […] whi•h […] Jesus Christ. Ac•. 4.1• […] •here Salvation […] any other, for […] o•••r Name […] • ven given am•nt m•n […] we must […] The righteousne•• o• Jesus Christ freely offer by a faithful God, is the foundation of faith▪ We rely on the Grace of Gd, as the mo cause of Salvation, and on the Righteousness o Christ, as the purchasing cause of it. Christ laid in Zion for a foundation, Isa 28.1.