A27064:769
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.
2. It is plain that this Text speaks of the establishment of Christs visible Kingdom, which contains more than the Elect. The Net of the Gospel brings Fishes good and bad. The Heathen Countries that have turned to the Lord from Paganism and Infidelity, have not all believed to Salvation. The Kingdoms of the ⟨p. 298⟩World shall become the kingdom of the Lord and of his Christ: But they are not all Elect.
These are all the Texts that I find urged to to prove that by the World is signified only the Elect.
2. And what if it were so in some places?
1. It follows not that it is so here.