Universal redemption of mankind, by the Lord Jesus Christ stated and cleared by the…

And that those who have made full payment or suffered all that was due are not guilty, i. e. obligati ad poenam is past dispute.

9. Arg. That Doctrine is not true which saith of the wicked, He is Righteous: But such is this opposed. Therefore, &c. Prob. Major. Prov. 24. 24. He that saith to the wicked thou art Righteous. Nations shall Curse him, People shall abhor him. Prob. Minor. He that hath fully satisfied for all Sin, is Righteous: But according to this Doctrine, the wicked have fully satisfied for all their Sin: Therefore, &c. Prob. Major. He that hath satisfied for all, oweth nothing, as to punishment and therefore is Righteous. What Law can require more then all? Or what justice can refuse to acquit him that hath paid all that was due? Or to justify him if he be accused as liable to punishment? If any on the old grounds shall say, that besides the Righteousness Negative, (which is not guilty of punishment) there is requisite a positive righteousness, to give Right to the reward, and this they want. I reply 1. One righteousness, doth both, I think. 2. If it were not so yet Christs satisfaction is meritorious of the reward. 3. If that were not so, yet remember, that the same Men that object this, do teach also, that Christ did as strictly represent us in obeying; and ⟨p. 75⟩that in him we fulfilled the Law 4. If that were not so, yet it crosseth the Scripture to call the wicked Righteous, in the first Sense, i. e. non reos poenae Pprob Minor. They say, all the elect have satisfied in Christ. But multitudes of the Elect are wicked. Therefore, &c. Prob. Minor. He he that doth wickedness is wicked, and is of the Devil, saith the Apostle: But such are many of the Elect before Conversion: Therefore, &c. This argument is in sense, but the same with the 7th, but that the terms differ, John saith, He that doth Righteousness is Righteous, and this Doctrine saith consequentially, He that never did Righteousness is Righteous. Paul saith, His Servants ye are to whom ye obey, whether of Sin unto death or of obedience unto Righteousness. But this Doctrine saith, consequently, His friends ye are whom you never obeyed; and that the Elect before conversion, who obey the Devil, and so are his Servants, and never had obedience unto Righteousness, are yet Righteous, as having paid all their debt.