The true doctrine of justification asserted and vindicated, from the errors of Papists, Arminians,…The true doctrine of justification asserted and vindicated, from the errours of Papists, Arminians,…

We proceed, and in the next place, we will put his fourth and sixth Argument together,¹ being both grounded upon this, That Christ by his death gave a full satisfaction to God, and God accepted of it, whereby Christ is said so often to take away our sins, and we to be cleansed by his blood. This Argument made the learned Pemble, pag. 25. to hold out Justification in Gods sight long before we were born, as being then purchased by Christs death, otherwise he thinks we must with the Arminians say, Christ by his death made God placabilem, reconcilable, not placatum, reconciled. No (saith he) it is otherwise, the ransom demanded […] paid and accepted, full satisfaction to the divine Justice is given and taken, all the sins of the Elect, all actually pardoned. This is a great oversight.

We proceed, and in the next place, we will put his fourth and sixth Argument together,¹ being both grounded upon this, That Christ by his death gave a full satisfaction to God, and God accepted of it, whereby Christ is said so often to take away our sins, and we to be cleansed by his bloud. This Argument made the learned Pemble, pag. 25. to hold out Justification in Gods sight long before we were born, as being then purchased by Christs death, otherwise he thinks we must with the Arminians say, Christ by his death made God placabilem, reconcilable, not placatum, reconciled. No (saith he) it is otherwise, the ransome demanded 〈…〉 paid and accepted, full satisfaction to the divine Justice is given and taken, all the sins of the Elect, all actually pardoned. This is a great oversight.

1. 1Argu. 4. and Argum. 6.

¹For first, Though Christ did lay down a price, and the Father accept of it, yet both agreed in a way and order when this benefit should become theirs, who are partakers of it, and that is, when they believe and repent. Now Bonum est ex integris causis, if God the Fathers Covenant be to give pardon for Christs sake to those that do believe (which faith also is the fruit of Christs death) then may we not separate Christ from faith, no more then faith from Christ, or God the Fathers love from both. If Christ had died for such a man to have his sins pardoned, whether he had faith in him or no, then this Argument would have stood firm: God then, did accept of Christs death, and becomes reconciled, but in that order and way which he hath appointed.