Universal redemption of mankind, by the Lord Jesus Christ stated and cleared by the…

1. Christ receiveth them eminenter in potestate conferendi, as he hath power to confer them on the Redeemed: But we receive them from Christ formaliter, in themselves.

2. Christ receiveth them for our good; It is not the pardon of any sins of his own that he receiveth. But we receive them for our own good. So that God hath given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son: and he that hath the Son hath life: God hath put a Pardon for us into Christs hands, in giving him this Power: and Christ must be the conveyer to us, in the exercise of his Power, For as the Father Judgeth no man, but hath committed all Judgment to the Son; so he Absolveth no man, but hath committed all Absolution to the Son: For Absolution is one half of Judgment. That is, God as the Rector according to the mere Law of Nature, and as mere Creator, on the first ground judgeth no man: But now he judgeth all as Redeemer on terms of Mercy, by him that Redeemed us; and so Absolveth.

2. Christ receiveth them for our good; It is not the pardon of any sins of his own that he receiveth. But we receive them for our own good. So that God hath given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son: and he that hath the Son hath life: God hath put a Pardon for us into Christs hands, in giving him this Power: and Christ must be the conveyer to us, in the exercise of his Power, For as the Father Judgeth no man, but hath committed all Judgment to the Son; so he Absolveth no man, but hath committed all Absolution to the Son: For Absolution is one half of Judgment. That is, God as the Rector according to the meer Law of Nature, and as meer Creator, on the first ground judgeth no man: But now he judgeth all as Redeemer on terms of Mercy, by him that Redeemed us; and so Absolveth.

So then the first pardon of sin, was in Potentia Remittendi, virtual, put into the hand of Christ only, for his Sacrifice and Satisfaction; and not to the sinner immediately himself.