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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.
Fourthly, We call it [a Special Intention; because it is about a Special Object, and is not General or Common to all.
Fifthly, We call it an Intention of [Bringing] men to Faith, &c. because it is Christ's own Work to give these things which he Intendeth, and so we difference it, both from his Intention to Permit (if such there be) in case of Sin; and from that imagined Intention of a Partial Causation, & of a Concurse determinable by the Will of Man, But tho' it be an intention of Effecting, that we mention, yet the Manner of this effecting, or bringing men to Believe, we here meddle not with.
Sixthly, It is an [Infallible] effecting of this that we mention, thereby differencing it from a mere Velleity, or a conditional willing, so as that the very act of willing, should depend upon some uncertain condition: as distinct from this we may call it Absolute. And in the word [Infallible,] ⟨p. 483⟩which respecteth the act of the Divine Understanding, we imply also [Immutable] which respecteth Gods Will: and Invincible as to his operation: and had we one word that comprehended these, it would contain our full sense. It is the same thing which our Divines mean by the word [Irresistible] or Insuperable.