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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
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2. Quantum in se quoad Decentiam, as much as is meet for him to do. But who dare say that it is unmeet for God to give men such effectual grace as shall Infallibly cause them to Believe? He giveth such to his Elect, and therein doth not any thing that is unmeet.
3. Or else it is meant, that God giveth so much help to unbelievers, as leaves all the blame of their unbelief upon themselves, and justifieth him from being the culpable deficient or efficient Cause: And this I grant, but this is no advantage to the Adversary. But I have been too long on this first Argument.
Arg. II. Jesus Christ dying intended the Infallible Glorification of Gods free grace in the certain Regeneration, Justification and Glorification of certain men, therefore he intended the infallible certain Regeneration (or Faith) and Justification and Glorification of those men
That Christ came into the World with a certain intention to accomplish the glorifying of God as his end; is undoubted. For to say either that he undertook so great a work without an end, or that the glory of Gods grace and love was not that end, are both impious. And as certain is it that it was the glory of Gods grace in the certain Salvation of some men that was intended. For as there is no other way of this full glorification of Gods grace, manifested to us, but only by mans Salvation, so the Scripture most frequently tells us that this is the way, and this was God's design, and therefore Christ is styled the Saviour, which certainly implieth that he hath some infallibly to save, and that he came to seek and to save