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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
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.
Arg. 21. Ab officio praedicantium Doctrinam Evangelii.
If the whole or main work of the Preachers of the Gospel do suppose Christs Universal satisfaction as its ground, then Christ hath satisfied for all: But the Antecedent is true, therefore so is the consequent.
It is only the Antecedent of the Major proposition that requires proof. To which end let us enumerate the parts of the Work of Preaching: And the enumeration is to be taken from the enumeration of the parts of the New Law, for that is the subject which we must preach of: Now the Law, is, first a Declaration of the Occasion, or Narration of the matter of Fact, as an Introduction to the more essential parts. 2. Those parts themselves which are 1. The precept constituting duty: To which I join the prohibition, as one part of it, being but preceptum de non agendo. 2. The constitution of the debitum premii vel beneficii. 1. By an absolute promise. 2. By a conditional promise or gift. 3. The constitution of the condition as such. 4. The constitution of the debitum Poenae, by the threatening. This much quoad materiam. And then quoad finem, the Preacher must manage all these. 1. To the glorifying of God for the great work of Redemption. 2. For the winning of Souls to Christ, and confirming them in the Faith: This is the Ministerial Work.
It is only the Antecedent of the Major proposition that requires proof. To which end let us enumerate the parts of the Work of Preaching: And the enumeration is to be taken from the enumeration of the parts of the New Law, for that is the subject which we must preach of: Now the Law, is, first a Declaration of the Occasion, or Narration of the matter of Fact, as an Introduction to the more essential parts. 2. Those parts themselves which are 1. The precept constituting duty: To which I joyn the prohibition, as one part of it, being but preceptum de non agendo. 2. The constitution of the debitum premii vel beneficii. 1. By an absolute promise. 2. By a conditional promise or gift. 3. The constitution of the condition as such. 4. The constitution of the debitum Poenae, by the threatning. This much quoad materiam. And then quoad finem, the Preacher must manage all these. 1. To the glorifying of God for the great work of Redemption. 2. For the winning of Souls to Christ, and confirming them in the Faith: This is the Ministerial Work.