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I. Scripture-light the most sure light ... delivered in three sermons on 2 Pet.…
I. Scripture-light the most sure light ... delivered in three sermons on 2 Pet. I. 19 : II. Christ in travel ... in three sermons on Isai. 53. 11 : III. A lifting up for the down-cast ... delivered in thirteen sermons on Psal. 42, 11 : four several sermons ... / preached by William Bridge ...
London: printed by Peter Cole, 1656
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.
Use, 1 If Christ shall thus see the Travel of his Soul,1 and be satisfied, then here you may see the Reason why we cannot be satisfied with that Doctrine of Universal Redemption:2 How can we be satisfied with that which is dis-satisfying to the heart of Christ? Now according to that Doctrine, Christ shall see men damned for those very sins, that he hath died, and satisfied for: Corvinus is not ashamed to speak it out, and it, or worse, must needs follow from that Doctrine; for many shall be damned, not only for their Unbelief, and sins against the Gospel, but for their sins against the Law, Rom. 2.12. 2 Cor. 6.9. Either then Christ satisfied for these sins, when he died for them, or not; if not, then it seems that men possibly may have their sins against the Law pardoned, which Christ hath not satisfied for; for the Maintainers of that Doctrine say, That it's possible that all may be saved, and so have their sins pardoned; and if mens sins may be pardoned, which Christ hath not satisfied for, then is the Satisfaction of Christ made void according to the Doctrine of the Socinians: and if Christ did bear, and die, and satisfy for these very sins, which men are damned for, then shall God punish the same sin twice, which even a just man will not do; and then wherein doth our great Gospel Sacrifice of Christ on the Cross, exceed the Sacrifices of the old Testament? for the Apostle tells us, Heb. 10.3. That in those Sacrifices, there was a remembrance again made of sins every year; but here shall be a remembrance again of sins made, not every year, but unto all Eternity: O! how unsatisfying is this to the heart of Christ, that instead of seeing the Travel of his Soul, he shall see those damned that he died for, yea, damned for those sins that he satisfied for? all which must needs follow upon the Doctrine of universal Redemption: According to that Doctrine, Christ may miss the ends of his Death and Sufferings; for he died not only for the Salvation of those whom he died for, but for their Sanctification, Ephes. 5.26