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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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Of Exhortation, to depend on the blood of Christ. You want pardon, you are undone, if you be not pardoned. You dare not depend upon your self, and it is well that you dare not: But you may safely depend upon the blood of Christ. It is Mens wisdom to be cautious what they do depend upon; it would be a dreadful thing to throw away your Souls: There is no danger in depending upon Christ. God never propounded any other way to Sinners. This is a way agreeable to the Justice of God, this is a way contrived by the wisdom of God, this is a proper way to advance the glory of Gods Grace. This is the way that God contrived before the foundation of the World, 1 Pet. 1.20. You need not be afraid of any insufficiency in the blood of Christ: Fear to venture you Soul on Christ, is a reproaching of God and Christ; but it is no ⟨p. 30⟩presumption to accept Gods offer. It was a safe thing for the Israelites to sprinkle the Posts of the doors with the blood of the passover, when the destroying Angel was to go through the Land of Egypt: It was a safe course for them that were stung with the fiery flying Serpents, to look to the brazen Serpent: So, it is a safe thing for you to fall in with the Counsel of God, and trust in the blood of Christ, for that cleanseth from all sins, 1 Joh. 1.7.
Of Exhortation, to depend on the blood of Christ. You want pardon, you are undone, if you be not pardoned. You dare not depend upon your self, and it is well that you dare not: But you may safely depend upon the blood of Christ. It is Mens wisdom to be cautious what they do depend upon; it would be a dreadful thing to throw away your Souls: There is no danger in depending upon Christ. God never propounded any other way to Sinners. This is a way agreeable to the Justice of God, this is a way contrived by the wisdom of God, this is a proper way to advance the glory of Gods Grace. This is the way that God contrived before the foundation of the World,