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A golden mine opened, or, The glory of God's rich grace displayed in the…
A golden mine opened, or, The glory of God's rich grace displayed in the mediator to believers, and his direful wrath against impenitent sinners containing the substance of near forty sermons upon several subjects / by Benjamin Keach.
London: printed by the author, 1694
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.
"3. All that are redeemed, must be saved; or if they be not saved, the Reason is from the Insufficiency of his Redemption: and whatsoever is not efficient, is not sufficient to attain the End, either from want of Virtue in the Thing, or Will in the Efficient. Now if Christ's Intention were to redeem all, he intended that which he could not do; if he intended not to redeem all, whatever the simple Virtue of his Obedience might have done, had it had an Intention of the Agent annexed to it; yet having it not, it is limited by it, and becomes insufficient."
"3. All that are redeemed, must be saved; or if they be not saved, the Reason is from the Insufficiency of his Redemption: and whatsoever is not efficient, is not sufficient to attain the End, either from want of Virtue in the Thing, or Will in the Efficient. Now if Christ's Intention were to redeem all, he intended that which he could not do; if he intended not to redeem all, whatever the simple Virtue of his Obedience might have done, had it had an Intention of the Agent annex'd to it; yet having it not, it is limited by it, and becomes insufficient."
"4. If the Death of Christ be sufficient to redeem all, and all are not actually redeemed, so as to be saved, it is Nonsense to talk of Universal Redemption; for an Universal Redemption, without Universal Salvation, is an Absurdity of the first Rate."
"5. If Christ's Death be universally sufficient, then it is irresistible in attaining its End; and if so, Man's Will cannot hinder it. But these Men that hold Universal Redemption, will say, That notwithstanding this Redemption, some Men will not be saved; therefore this Redemption is not sufficient to save all, for it seems it doth not conquer every Man's Will, so as to make him willing to be saved: and it seems by them, Christ is such a Redeemer as cannot save whom he will; and therefore not being an All sufficient Redeemer, cannot be a sufficient Redeemer to save all."