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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 3: Explicatory Conclusions.
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.
Prop. XLVIII. The foundations of Christs Kingdom being first laid in his undertaking, Performances, Death, Resurrection, and Legislation or Covenant-making; so there are three distinct states of his subjects: 1. The Antecedent state (Antecedent to any act of their own) is to be subditi obligati obliged subjects. 2. The mediate state is to be consenting obedient subjects, or rebellious and disobedient. 3. The consequent state is to be justified rewarded subjects, or Condemned Subjects. And it will not follow that Christ never brought men ⟨p. 46⟩into the first condition, because he never brought them into the last.
Prop. XLIX. Accordingly the Kingdom of Christ the Mediator, in its largest extent containeth all Mankind as redeemed, and made his obliged Subjects, though most prove Rebels. But in a limited sense it containeth only the faithful, obedient, and justified part of the universal Kingdom.
Prop. XLIX. Accordingly the Kingdom of Christ the Mediator, in its largest extent containeth all Mankind as redeemed, and made his obliged Subjects, though most prove Rebells. But in a limited sense it containeth only the faithful, obedient, and justified part of the universal Kingdom.
Prop. L. It is this second consenting Part of his subjects only who are his Church, and are by Baptism engaged to him. So that the Kingdom of Christ as Redeemer is larger than his Church; and they are not words of the same signification, unless when the word Kingdom is taken in the narrow sense.