A27064:428
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.
Object: Wicked Men are bound first to believe and then to love, when they know by their believing that Christ died for them.
Object: Wicked Men are bound first to believe and thtn to love, when they know by their believing that Christ died for them.
Ans. They are bound immediately in the same instant to love Christ as to believe; and not to delay their love till they try their Faith, or by discerning it get assurance of Gods favour. They are bound to accept Christ as good for them, when he is offered them: And that acceptance is essentially love, as it is said to be in the rational appetite. He that loveth not truly, believeth not truly. And how can any Man prove Gods ⟨p. 151⟩special love by the evidence of a false Faith? Must Men first believe without love that by the Mark of such a Faith they may have ground for love? That will be a deceitful ground, as it is a deceitful Mark.
Ans. They are bound immediately in the same instant to love Christ as to believe; and not to delay their love till they try their Faith, or by discerning it get assurance of Gods favour. They are bound to accept Christ as good for them, when he is offered them: And that acceptance is essentially love, as it is said to be in the rational appetite. He that loveth not truly, believeth not truly. And how can any Man prove Gods ⟨p. 151⟩special love by the evidence of a false Faith? Must Men first believe without love that by the Mark of such a Faith they may have ground for love? That will be a deceitful ground, as it is a deceitfull Mark.