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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.
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2. This Author produceth such a Simile as I mentioned even now, [of one that undertaketh the ransom of Prisoners, and sendeth to them thereupon to come forth, for he that detaineth them taketh his word: Now if some come forth, and the rest refuse, and be dead in Prison, and others hear not of that, and that according to his appointment, and were dead long since; when the Ransomer comes to pay the Debt or Ransom, doth he intend it for them that dyed obstinately in Prison? or only for those that came forth? doubtless only for these last.]
Answ. 1. (To answer as confidently) doubtless it is the Debt and Ransom undertaken for all, and paid according to the undertaking.
2. Bring home the Similitude nearer the case, from payment of money, to suffering of the punishment which they should have suffered, or some other ad fines Rectoris equivalent, and doubtless then he suffered Loco omnium; instead even of those that are dead in Prison, or else he is not a man of his word, if his action answer not his undertaking: But he did not at his actual suffering intend it for the further good of the dead, not in bonum ulterius omnium, supposing ⟨p. 443⟩what good they had before received by it, and might have received a full deliverance if they would; (And to make them willing and reasonable might belong to him in another respect to do if he pleased, but it did not belong to him either as Ransomer or Ruler of them.