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A discourse of the saving grace of God
A discourse of the saving grace of God by ... David Clarkson ...
London: printed by J. Astwood for Tho. Parkhurst, 1688
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.
They declare for an Universal Redemption, and that equally extended to all and every one, and so would seem to magnify it more than others: Yet indeed it is no other Redemption of all, but such as is very well consistent with the Damnation of all and every one. Christ loved them all, and washed them from their Sins in his own Blood; yet for all that, every one of them might have been Damned. Though they say, he Died and shed his Blood for the whole World; yet there's no Value, Efficacy or Merit, in the Death of Christ, in the Blood of God, to secure Pardon and Salvation, or any saving Advantage, to any one Person in the World. All might have Perished, for any thing he had effected by the Work of Redemption; and all had Perished certainly, if he had procured no more for them, than the Doctrine of Free-will can admit of; not one of them can ever come to Heaven, if Christ did not procure more for them, and more effectually, than their Doctrine will suffer them to acknowledge, or give him any thanks for.
They declare for an Universal Redemption, and that equally extended to all and every one, and so would seem to magnifie it more than others: Yet indeed it is no other Redemption of all, but such as is very well consistent with the Damnation of all and every one. Christ loved them all, and washed them from their Sins in his own Blood; yet for all that, every one of them might have been Damned. Though they say, he Died and shed his Blood for the whole World; yet there's no Value, Efficacy or Merit, in the Death of Christ, in the Blood of God, to secure Pardon and Salvation, or any saving Advantage, to any one Person in the World. All might have Perished, for any thing he had effected by the Work of Redemption; and all had Perished certainly, if he had procured no more for them, than the Doctrine of Free-will can admit of; not one of them can ever come to Heaven, if Christ did not procure more for them, and more effectually, than their Doctrine will suffer them to acknowledge, or give him any thanks for.
3. If he did not purchase Pardon and Life certainly for any, nor Faith and Holiness, or other such necessary requisites ⟨p. 92⟩