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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.
1. We see undeniably that some men have Faith, and others have not: therefore we know that God giveth it absolutely and infallibly to those only.
1. We see und•niably that some men have Faith, and others have not: therefore we know that God giveth it absolutely and infallibly to those only.
Obj God gave it to all alike, but the rest refused it.
Answ. I. If that were true of God's Moral Civil way of giving, yet it cannot be true of his Physical gift or operation which we now speak ⟨p. 487⟩of: for that giving is ever connected with receiving: As God never giveth a Soul to any Body, nor health to any Sick man, but those that receive them, so he never thus gives Faith, Repentance, a New-heart, to any but those that receive them.
Answ. I. If that were true of God's Moral Civil way of giving, yet it cannot be true of his Physical gift or operation which we now speak ⟨p. 487⟩of: for that giving is ever connexed with receiving: As God never giveth a Soul to any Body, nor health to any Sick man, but those that receive them, so he never thus gives Faith, Repentance, a New-heart, to any but those that receive them.