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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 4: Argument 4. 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.
3. He hath laid the Foundation of his new right of Dominion, as owner of all men: For to this end he both dyed, rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and the living, Rom. 14. 9. And if this were his end, and this end attained, then it was not in vain.
4. He hath laid the Foundation of his new right of Rectorship, as the forementioned Text more directly proveth; (for [Greek or Hebrew] more respecteth him as Rector than as Owner,) God ⟨p. 44⟩being minded to change the Government of the World, did lay the whole Foundation of the New Government in Christs Universal Redemption, even as he laid the Foundation of the Old Government, in the Creation of Man after his Image.
4. He hath laid the Foundation of his new right of Rectorship, as the forementioned Text more directly proveth; (for 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 more respecteth him as Rector than as Owner,) God ⟨p. 44⟩being minded to change the Government of the World, did lay the whole Foundation of the New Government in Christs Universal Redemption, even as he laid the Foundation of the Old Government, in the Creation of Man after his Image.
Our Divines say, God Created Man to Life and Happiness, so be it he would obey; and undoubtedly he Created him in a state of happiness, and put him in a way to obtain either the enjoyment of a greater, or at least the perpetuation of that which he did enjoy, and made him an implicit promise of it.