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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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5. Argu. God doth direct us to trust in the blood of Christ. We have many invitations in the Scripture to trust in him. Math. 11.28. Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden and I will give you rest. And surely God will not with seeming love draw us into a snare, will not with great appearance of love persuade us to build upon a sandy foundation Yea also he commands us to trust in Christ. 1 Joh. 3.23. This is his Commandment that we believe on the Name of his Son Jesus Christ. And will God require us to put an honour upon Christ that he is not worthy of? Will he command us to flatter our selves and trust in that which will not save us? Will God command us to do, that which we cannot do, except we be out of our wits. If it be not safe to trust in Christ, we could not do it, unless we were under a delusion: it would be an hard lesson to be bound to do that, which there was no reason for. Yea, God commands us upon pain of damnation to trust in Christ: Joh. 3.18. He that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the Name of the only begotten Son of God. But if there be no safety in believing on him, there is no reason that we should be punished for not believing on him. Will God damn Men for not building their hopes for Heaven upon the Sand? will he cast them into Hell for not trusting in a broken reed? Further, this command is enforced with a promise of Salvation. ⟨p. 9⟩Joh. 3.36. He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life. But God will not reward Men with Eternal life, for trusting in that which hath no saving virtue in it.
5. Argu. God doth direct us to trust in the blood of Christ. We have many invitations in the Scripture to trust in him. Math. 11.28. Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden and I will give you rest. And surely God will not with seeming love draw us into a snare, will not with great appearance of love perswade us to build upon a sandy foundation Yea also he commands us to trust in Christ.