Universal redemption of mankind, by the Lord Jesus Christ stated and cleared by the…

Consid. 1. It was no act of theirs which the Apostle mentions, (which profession, though dissembled, might have warranted him to ascribe to them, as he may call those Holy, that seem to be Holy by profession:) but it is an Act of Christ (and his passion) long ago performed: He bought them.

2. It is not an act ascribed to them during the time of that profession, while that profession might have better warranted a mistaking charitable judgment; but it is after by Apostasy they cast away that profession, and so if before we might have indulged a charitable mistaken judgment, yet after we may not.

2. It is not an act ascribed to them during the time of that profession, while that profession might have better warranted a mistaking charitable judgment; but it is after by Apostacy they cast away that profession, and so if before we might have indulged a charitable mistaken judgment, yet after we may not.

3. It is the words of the Holy Ghost who is the Spirit of truth, and sent to lead the Apostles into all truth: And shall we feign the Spirit of Truth to assert a falsehood, merely because men profess that falsehood, and this after they reject that profession. Wicked men say Christ bought them, and afterward renounce or deny Christ, ⟨p. 327⟩therefore the Spirit of God shall write it to the Churches as Gods word, that Christ did buy them, even they who once falsely said so, but now deny him: O what a bold dealing it is with the Holy Ghost to interpret his words thus, without any need or fair reason!

3. It is the words of the Holy Ghost who is the Spirit of truth, and sent to lead the Apostles into all truth: And shall we feign the Spirit of Truth to assert a falsehood, meerly because men profess that falsehood, and this after they reject that profession. Wicked men say Christ bought them, and afterward renounce or deny Christ,