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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
OF Universal Redemption. › Chapter 8 › Argument 3: Argument 3. Against Universal Satisfaction.
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. It was necessary, for Christ having undertaken to suffer the punishment due to their sins, before they were Condemned to perform his undertaking after they are Condemned.
If you give earnest for the buying of Beasts, or Slaves, and take them into your possession, and promise such a day to make payment, though they dye the while, you must pay the price.
3. Christ had as much of his ends obtained in those that perished by Rejecting Grace, before his death, as he hath for those that perish for the same cause since.
4. The Wicked that perished before Christ's death, had the same benefits by it, as those that perish after his death, (allowing the difference that the clear discovery of the mystery of Salvation now doth cause;) they had mercy offered them, and Remission and Salvation given them on Condition of repenting and believing, and sufficient grace to have brought them nearer God than they were, which if they had obeyed, they had a high probability of having more added.