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

For it is impossible that I should ever have part in it, if it were not paid for me. Now I know our Divines speak of Gods necessitating mans Damnation by Foreknowledge and Decree, which they call only Necessitas Antecedentis, non Causae: But who ever affirmed that Christ in giving the New Law [He that believeth shall be saved, and he that believeth not shall be damned] did necessitate and that Causally, and that Antecedenter ad Culpam, the far greater damnation of miserable wretches that were condemned already.

And that the Gospel is not so much harder than the Law I prove: Mat. 11. 27, 28, 30. My Yoke is easy, and my Burden is light, Heb. 8. 6. Jesus is the Mediator of a better Covenant stablished on better promises [Heb. 7. 22. And the Author of a better Testament] Rom. 5. 14, 15, 20. Where sin ⟨p. 216⟩abounded, Grace much more abounded, John 3. 16. God so loved the World, that he gave, &c. Eph. 3. 19, 20. Heb. 11. 40. His service is a reasonable service: His Commandments are not grievous: His tender mercy is over all his Works. He is kind to the unthankful and unjust. His mercies lead men to Repentance: He delighteth not in the death of him that dyeth but rather that he Repent and Live: He calleth all men every where to repent and seek after God: All the day long doth he stretch out his hand to a froward and gain-saying generation: He dealeth not with us after our sins: He inviteth the Non Elect to the Wedding Feast and telleth them that all things are ready: and some of them he compelleth to come in: as he did him that had not on the Wedding Garment: he chargeth his Messengers to beseech men in his stead to be reconciled unto God: He would gather under his Wings even as a Hen gathereth her Chickens, those that Will not be gathered. All these with a multitude the like, are the Scripture expressions, of Gods gentle and merciful dealing with men under the Law of Grace. And so much of the execution as we see is answerable. He offers mercy to all in the Church: and confers much Mercy on every man in the World; He dealeth with no man according to the strict rigour of the unremedied Curse of the Law of Works. Abuse of the Talents of undeserved Mercy, is the thing that men must be condemned and perish for. No one sinner on Earth is excepted or excluded by him out of his Offer and Promise of Mercy, so be it, they will themselves consent, whoever Will may have the Living Waters freely, without