A27064:1493
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.
Prop. XXV. Yet is Repentance, Belief in God, Love to him, and sincere Obedience, of Natural necessity. For God cannot be enjoyed in Glory but by these Graces; nor as a Just Rector can he save them that love him not, and that Rebel against him.
Prop. XXVI. Those who think it possible for a Socrates, Seneca, &c. to be saved, (or one that never heard the Gospel) do not hereby equal Heathenism with Christianity, nor make our Religion needless: For they,
1. Make their Salvation less certain, and ours most certain.
2. And their Salvation most difficult (as for a man to hit a narrow way in the dark;) and ours incomparably more easy (as for a man to hit the right way by day-light.)
2. And their Salvation most difficult (as for a man to hit a narrow way in the dark;) and ours incomparably more easie (as for a man to hit the right way by day-light.)