A47542:1097
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.
"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."
"5. If Christ's Death be universally sufficient, then it is irresistable 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 Alsufficient Redeemer, cannot be a sufficient Redeemer to save all."
"6. He that died to redeem all, died instead of all. But Christ did not die in the room or stead of all. The Major wants no Proof, and all Opposition to Christ dying in our stead, is but a mere Wrangle: And that Point is yielded of late by our soberest and most Learned Universalists. I proceed to the Minor; Christ did not die in the stead or room of all; for if so, in what Christ suffered in their stead that are not saved, he was injured: To pay this or that Man's Money, and be accepted and taken Debtor and Paymaster in his stead, and yet for all this if the Man is not discharged, nor one Farthing of his Debt, both Christ and the Sinner must needs be fallaciously and injuriously dealt with."