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Universal redemption of mankind, by the Lord Jesus Christ stated and cleared by the…
Universal redemption of mankind, by the Lord Jesus Christ stated and cleared by the late learned Mr. Richard Barter [sic] ; whereunto is added a short account of Special redemption, by the same author.
London: printed for John Salusbury, 1694
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1. Because it is his own will: He never intended to save any that he Died for, but only those that accept him and his benefits.
2. It is according to the contract (as we may improperly call it) between him and the Father. God never required nor accepted satisfaction, nor did Christ ever give it, but on these terms, that only those should be saved by it that ⟨p. 408⟩accept him and it. God hath done what he promised to the Redeemer. He hath delivered up all mens Obligations into the hands (i. e. the power and dispose) of Christ; and so hath remitted the Debt to all that will accept it: Christ may now give pardon to whom he please. It was not we, but Christ that made the satisfaction; and therefore it is not to us immediately that God hath delivered up the Obligation; but to Christ that satisfied. As it is usual among men, for a friend that is surety for another to have his obligation delivered to him for his own security. So hath Christ, that if Sinners prove unthankful rejecters of his kindness, he may punish them for it accordingly.
3. It is Christs own doing to condemn those for whom he Died: And he will not wrong himself. And he therefore doth it, because they will not accept him and his favour, nor thankfully acknowledge what he hath done for them.