The application of redemption

Hence men are made justly faulty and guilty […] their own death in not believing nor relying upon Mediator thus graciously offered in the second […] nant, through their own corruption and hardness […] heart neglecting their Saviour: Though it be as impossible to believe as to fulfil the Law, yet because […] comes through their own original sin, whereby […] refuse belief in the one as obedience to the other, they are punished for both.

Hence men are made justly faulty and guilty 〈…〉 their own death in not beleeving nor relying upon Mediator thus graciously offered in the second 〈…〉 nant, through their own corruption and hardness 〈…〉 heart neglecting their Savior: Though it be as impossible to beleeve as to fulfil the Law, yet because 〈…〉 comes through their own original sin, whereby 〈…〉 refuse beleef in the one as obedience to the other, they are punished for both.

Hence also that cavil is crossed whereby they […] load our Doctrine of special Redemption with […]; In vain it is (say they) to persuade a Reprobate to believe, for if he could attain it, he is […] come within the compass of a person rightly qualified for Redemption, for he is not elected: Now Election is the Lords work only, and not mans, no not in innocency, and therefore in vain to labour for it, when […] was and is impossible to attain it. Whereas this gloss is hence plainly confuted; For if Christ died for all that shall believe in him, whosoever shall or will believe in him, shall not spend his labour in vain: If he say, he cannot believe: Answ. The fault is his own, let him but lie under the stroke of the […] […] resistance, and he shall receive it.

Hence also that cavil is crossed whereby they 〈…〉 load our Doctrine of special Redemption with 〈…〉; In vain it is (say they) to perswade a Reprobate to beleeve, for if he could attain it, he is come within the compass of a person rightly qualified for Redemption, for he is not elected: Now Election is the Lords work only, and not mans, no not in innocency, and therefore in vain to labor for it, when was and is impossible to attain it. Whereas this gloss is hence plainly confuted; For if Christ died for al that shal beleeve in him, whosoever shall or will beleeve in him, shall not spend his labor in vain: If he say, he cannot beleeve: Answ. The fault is his own, let him but lie under the stroke of the resistance, and he shall receive it.