A27064:824
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.
The third Text which I shall allege is that of the same importance with both the former, John 12. 47, 48. And if any man hear my words and believe not, I judge him not, for I came not to judge the World, but to save the World. He that rejecteth me and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, that same shall Judge him at the last day. An ordinary wit would think that Christ had spoken here so plain and full as to stop the passage against all sober exceptions; For,
The third Text which I shall alledge is that of the same importance with both the former, John 12. 47, 48. And if any man hear my words and believe not, I judge him not, for I came not to judge the World, but to save the World. He that rejecteth me and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, that same shall Judge him at the last day. An ordinary wit would think that Christ had spoken here so plain and full as to stop the passage against all sober exceptions; For,
1. In the 46 verse Christ saith, I am come a Light into the World, thereby showing that he is an Universal Cause, as the Sun is of Light, which is the same in its shining to all, though some are blind, and therefore see not by its Light, yet that is not either for want of Light in the Sun, or because it shineth differently to one and to the other, but because their Eyes are not capable of enjoying and using its Lights so is Christ as a Satisfier and as the object of justifying Faith; though efficienter as the Author of Faith by his Spirit, he worketh differently.
1. In the 46 verse Christ saith, I am come a Light into the World, thereby shewing that he is an Universal Cause, as the Sun is of Light, which is the same in its shining to all, though some are blind, and therefore see not by its Light, yet that is not either for want of Light in the Sun, or because it shineth differently to one and to the other, but because their Eyes are not capable of enjoying and using its Lights so is Christ as a Satisfier and as the object of justifying Faith; though efficienter as the Author of Faith by his Spirit, he worketh differently.