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

Nay moreover, as it presupposeth love, so it containeth love in its own nature, as every Act of the will toward goodness, must needs do. I rest on Christ as one to do me good for the future by virtue of his ransom already paid; and so here is still the double good, past and present, which affiance doth respect, or else it is not in Christ as Redeemer that we have affiance. 3. The like I might easily show in respect of desire after Christ: An early Grace, ⟨p. 161⟩and before which none finds a distinct certain sign of his Election: Yet goodness is its object, and love is in its nature; from whence we use the term of Amor Concupiscentiae.

Nay moreover, as it presupposeth love, so it containeth love in its own nature, as every Act of the will toward goodness, must needs do. I rest on Christ as one to do me good for the future by virtue of his ransome already paid; and so here is still the double good, past and present, which affiance doth respect, or else it is not in Christ as Redeemer that we have affiance. 3. The like I might easily shew in respect of desire after Christ: An early Grace, ⟨p. 161⟩and before which none finds a distinct certain sign of his Election: Yet goodness is its object, and love is in its nature; from whence we use the term of Amor Concupiscentiae.

Object. But you said before, that the Faith and Love of Young Converts that hold not Universal Satisfaction may be sincere, though not rightly ordered, grounded or raised.

Answ. True, for if one should conceit that Christ Dyed but for Englishmen, or for a very few at least, and that he is one of those few, he might truly love Christ for dying for him; though yet he grounded his apprehension amiss of his interest in Christ. But still here is no certainty of Faith, without certainty of Love: Nor certainty, or any knowledge of Election, without the knowledge of both Faith and Love.