Universal redemption of mankind, by the Lord Jesus Christ stated and cleared by the…

1. Because the principal Dignity of his sufferings which made them satisfactory, and equivalent to all mens sufferings, was not the degree of the pain, but the dignity of the sufferer; and next to that was the relative part, even the public shame and infamy to which he condescended,

1. Because the principal Dignity of his sufferings which made them satisfactory, and equivalent to all mens sufferings, was not the degree of the pain, but the dignity of the sufferer; and next to that was the relative part, even the publick shame and infamy to which he condescended,

2. May we not think that as it was Christ as Man who suffered, so Christ as Man knew what he suffered for. And is it not doubtful whether Christ as Man in his suffering (before he was glorified) did know every Person, yea, or all the Elect for whom he dyed.

In his Infancy he did not; and when he saith, that the Son of man himself knew not the day or hour of his coming to Judgment, may it not intimate that he knew not just how long the World should last, and consequently that he knew not just how many, or who should be born (Elect or others) before the End: But this I will not insist on, as speaking with some fear of intruding too far into unrevealed things, and not doubting but that Christ as God knew ⟨p. 446⟩all men by name. But it is most unquestionable that Christ as man intended his Sacrifice in suffering to be in the stead and for the sins of Mankind in the general; whether he so intended it with a nomination of each particular Person or not.