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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
OF Universal Redemption. › Chapter 2: Some further necessary Distinction.
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2. Or one is said to Do or Suffer Loco alterius in another's stead, when it is done to save another ⟨p. 23⟩from doing it that was obliged to do it; or that suffered that which another was obliged to suffer toward the freeing him from it, being materially the same, but not formally from the same Obligation, but from the Obligation of a voluntary Sponsion; and being not done or suffered in the Name or in Representation of the Person of the other: But in a Third Person, viz. in the Person of a Mediator, Redeemer or Friend. I say, when a Mediator or Sponsor consenteth to bear the Punishment deserved by the Offender, and so far to have his faults imputed to him; this is to suffer in his stead. And thus I shall anon prove that Christ suffered in the stead of all Mankind, having that Punishment on him which all mens sins deserved.
2. Or one is said to Do or Suffer Loco alterius in anothers stead, when it is done to save another ⟨p. 23⟩from doing it that was obliged to do it; or that suffered that which another was obliged to suffer toward the freeing him from it, being materially the same, but not formally from the same Obligation, but from the Obligation of a voluntary Sponsion; and being not done or suffered in the Name or in Representation of the Person of the other: But in a Third Person, viz. in the Person of a Mediator, Redeemer or Friend. I say, when a Mediator or Sponsor consenteth to bear the Punishment deserved by the Offendor, and so far to have his faults imputed to him; this is to suffer in his stead. And thus I shall anon prove that Christ suffered in the stead of all Mankind, having that Punishment on him which all mens sins deserved.
2. We must also distinguish between Christs Dying Loco nostro in the foresaid sense, and his Dying In nostrum Beneficium: Or between his Dying for us Subrogative and Effective: The former being the presupposed ground of the latter. Christ is considerable first as Dying for our Sins as the pro-causa Meritoria, before he is considerable as Dying for our Benefit, In regard of the order of Execution, as the Efficient Cause is before the end obtained. I shall after show that he Dyeth Loco omnium aequaliter; all mens Sins, except the after excepted, being equally the Cause of his Sufferings; but not In omnium Bonum aequaliter, not to procure equal Benefits for all, or for ought we can prove, for any two.