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

6. Besides consider, though men be punished for the same sins that Christ suffered for, yet as to God, the same do become new sins, and so men suffer for them as it were, as for new sins: For,

1. The old Obligation was so far made void or disabled, that of it self it could never more bind them to punishment, by reason of the addition of a remedying grant.

2. God did quantum in se as Legislator of the old Law, forgive them all the debt, (except the sins of non-performance of the Gospel conditions, which God still excepted and Christ never suffered for) for God hath delivered the obligation out of his own hand (as standing in ⟨p. 394⟩that first Relation of Rector secundum Legem Naturae slum) and given it up into the hand of the Redeemer, to give Remission to whom he please. He hath also made a free Deed of Gift of an Universal Pardon, to all that will accept it. So that though men be not actually pardoned, yet God may conveniently be said to have pardoned them, in that he did his part as Rector secundum Leges. As he saith to Israel, I have healed thee and thou art not healed. When a true Believer is actually Pardoned, God doth put forth no new act to Pardon him, but doth it by the general Grant or Act of Oblivion, whereby he Pardoned All men conditionally as well as them. The Law, saith a man, hath done a thing or given a benefit when he hath done his part, though the effect follow not, and the Work be yet undone: For Moral Causes may do all their part, and •et the effect not follow, for want of the performance of conditions in the receiver, or because con-causes do not their part. And therefore if the effect follow not, the Law enquires, Who it is long of? Whose fault was it? if of the Patient or Receiver, then the Donor or Agent is said to have done the thing, though yet it be not done. For as to him moraliter vel Civiliter it is done: There being no default on his part. If any say that God followeth not the Rules of Humane Laws. I answer, God is the Fountain of all right Laws, and Reason, and Justice, and I speak not of any unjust or mistaking Laws. This is an ill pretence for men to judge their Maker by; when they will not allow him that reasonable apology, nor make that construction of his