A27064:1244
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.
2. A [a Saviour] signifieth, an actual Deliverer, by personal application and collation of his benefits; so again Christ is to be considered in a double Relation.
1. As Dominus Absolutus ex novo Jure Redemptionis.
2. Ut Rector per leges ex eodem novo Jure: As he is become the Absolute Owner or Proprietary of all: Or as he is become the Rector and so the Legislator, (for under one of these two respects he maketh over all his benefits.)
II. And accordingly you must distinguish of those benefits which Christ is to convey as Rector per Leges; and those which he is to convey as Dominus Absolutus, and as above or besides his Laws arbitrarily without pre-engagement. And so I answer, that Christ doth all that belongs to him as Legislator and Rector ⟨p. 415⟩according to the Tenor of the New Law and Covenant, perfectly to all, as well as to the Elect: But he doth not all that he may do, (and mans necessity requires that he should do) as absolute Proprietary or Owner; either to all, or equally to the Elect: yet is he not therefore an imperfect Saviour: For that belongs not to the making of him a perfect Saviour, though it belong to the perfection of the Sinners Salvation. And therefore the consequence of this Enthymeme is denied on these grounds.