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Three sermons lately preached at Boston. I. Showing the virtue of Christs blood to…Three sermons lately preached at Boston. I. Shewing the vertue of Christs blood to…
Three sermons lately preached at Boston. I. Showing the virtue of Christs blood to cleanse from sin. II. That natural men are under the government of self-love. III. That the Gospel is the means of conversion. : To which a fourth is added, to stir up young men and maidens to praise the name of the Lord. / By Solomon Stoddard A.M. Pastor of Northampton.Three sermons lately preached at Boston. I. Shewing the vertue of Christs blood to cleanse from sin. II. That natural men are under the government of self-love. III. That the Gospel is the means of conversion. : To which a fourth is added, to stir up young men and maidens to praise the name of the Lord. / By Solomon Stoddard A.M. Pastor of Northampton.
printed by B. Green for Daniel Henchman, 1717
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Aos. Here take notice of these four particulars,
1. Faith in Christ is the condition of Pardon and Salvation. Perfect righteousness was the condition of the Covenant of Works Gal, 3.12. He that doth them shall live in them. Perfect Obedience fell under a double consideration in the Covenant of Works: it was the matter of Justification, and so it is still, for we are now Justified by the Righteousness of Christ. Therefore he is said to bring in ever lasting Righteousness, Dan. 9.24. And by ⟨p. 77⟩the Obedience of One shall many be made Righteous, Rom. 5.13. And perfect Obedience was also the condition of Justification. But now under the Gospel Faith is the condition of Justification. Joh. 5.24. He that heareth my words and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not enter into condemnation, but is passed from death to life. It is by Faith that we are accepted: The terms of Justification are, Believe on the Lord Jesus and thou shalt be saved, Act. 15.31. It is Faith that gives a Man an interest in Jesus Christ. It is most suitable that among the Graces of the Spirit Faith only should be the condition of Justification. Love to God is as holy an action as Faith: Yet it is most suitable that Faith should be the condition, because it doth accept of the Grace of God offered in the Gospel, and is an acknowledgement of the sufficiency of Jesus Christ: and God has made it to be the condition of our Justification. Act 10.43. To him give all the Prophets witness that whosoever believeth in him, shall receive the remission of sins. Hence Faith is called our Evangelical Righteousness: it is called the Righteousness of Faith, Heb. 11.7