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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
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. That this God is Infinite in Being, Immense and Eternal, and Infinite in Wisdom (Omniscient) ⟨p. 462⟩Goodness and Power, (and so Omnipotent.
3. That he is the Maker, Preserver, and Governor of all, and therefore that all men do by the strongest obligations owe him the most perfect obedience.
3. That he is the Maker, Preserver, and Governour of all, and therefore that all men do by the strongest obligations owe him the most perfect obedience.
4. That he being Ruler must needs give us a Law, that is, some sign of his Will, constituting our duty, and determining what shall be our reward and punishment.
5. That God being perfectly Holy and Just, he must needs make a wide difference between the Righteous and the Wicked; and cause Malum Passionis vel Physicum, ordinarily to follow Malum Morale vel Actionis, vel Omissionis: ut benè tandem sit bonis & male malis. And that the same Cause which was for the enacting of his Penal Laws, requireth the execution of them ordinarily, at least in as high a measure, as Worldly Princes are engaged to execute all their Laws.