A27064:794
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.
Having examined what they say, to prove that by [the World] is meant [the Elect only] I find it needless to examine the rest about the Sense of the word [loved] and [whosoever] partly because what they say requires not much confutation, and partly because enough is said on occasion of this. I affirm that by love is not meant a mere natural affection, nor yet a mere Act: (But if we must speak of God after the manner of Men) it is an Act proceeding from the goodness of God's nature. And I deny not this Act to be free: And therefore take not natural, For,
Having examined what they say, to prove that by [the World] is meant [the Elect only] I find it needless to examine the rest about the Sense of the word [loved] and [whosoever] partly because what they say requires not much confutation, and partly because enough is said on occasion of this. I affirm that by love is not meant a meer natural affection, nor yet a meer Act: (But if we must speak of God after the manner of Men) it is an Act proceeding from the goodness of God's nature. And I deny not this Act to be free: And therefore take not natural, For,
Physical (as if God loved us as the Fire burned, quantum in se)
2. Nor yet Constrained: And it must be observed, that both the Text, and those that thus interpret it, speak only of God's Love to Mankind or the World, and not directly to the [Salvation of the World.] The conditional gift of Salvation to the World is the Effect of that love to the World; and it is true love, though it infallibly procure not that Salvation.