A27064:1248
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.
That these things may be yet more clear, I shall briefly open a little further, the Nature of these distinctions, and the difference between these several effects of Christs Death; and so show you that he is a perfect Saviour though he give not Faith to all that he died for; having showed you in what sense Christ may be said to have purchased for us the Habit or Act of Faith. For I find that a good explication lets in more light into the understanding, and prepares it more for the entertainment of Truth, than doth the most subtle Argumentation.
That these things may be yet more clear, I shall briefly open a little further, the Nature of these distinctions, and the difference between these several effects of Christs Death; and so shew you that he is a perfect Saviour though he give not Faith to all that he died for; having shewed you in what sense Christ may be said to have purchased for us the Habit or Act of Faith. For I find that a good explication lets in more light into the understanding, and prepares it more for the entertainment of Truth, than doth the most subtle Argumentation.
And 1. You must understand that the first main distribution of the Works of Christ in our Redemption (comprising the whole) is into the work which he did for the satisfying of Gods Justice, in offering himself a Sacrifice for sin.
And 1. You must understand that the first main distribution of the Works of Christ in our Redemption (comprizing the whole) is into the work which he did for the satisfying of Gods Justice, in offering himself a Sacrifice for sin.
2. And those which were to be done hereupon, for the sake of this: and that,