3. I argue from the Ministers Commission which is, Go, preach the Gospel to every creature; by virtue of this, they command all men every where to repent, and to induce them thereunto, they open a door of Hope to them, and to raise up that Hope, they set forth Jesus Christ evidently before their eyes, as if he were crucified among them, opening his bleeding Wounds, and through them showing his naked Heart, and the inward bruises there made by Gods Wrath for man's Sin; they lift up their voices and cry, Come, O poor sinners! ⟨p. 289⟩come, for all things are ready, here's Christ and his redeeming Blood ready, here's an Act of free Grace & Pardon sealed in that Blood, here's a Heaven of Reconciliation, and at the end thereof a Heaven of Glory open before you; Come, O come without delay; Behold! now is the accepted time, the day of salvation, come, and your Sins shall be blotted out, come and your Souls shall live for ever; whilst it is called to day, we beseech you, be you reconciled unto God; why should your immortal Souls, saveable through Christ, be choked with worldly Thorns, or enchanted with base Lusts, or inhabited by unclean Devils? Turn ye, turn ye, why will ye die? And in all this, they bespeak not the Elect only, but others too; for their Commission reaches to every creature: neither do they utter their own humane Passions, but pursue their divine Commission; for in all their pathetical beseechings God himself beseeches, 2 Cor. 5. 28. in all their loud out-cries Wisdom it self cries out, Prov. 8. 1, 4. in all their earnest expostulations, Christ himself stands at the door and knocks, Rev. 3. 20. in all their holy Doctrines the Kingdom of Heaven comes nigh unto men, Luk. 10. 11. and in all their invitations to ⟨p. 290⟩the Evangelical Feast made up of Christ's Flesh and Blood, which is meat indeed, and drink indeed, God himself invites, and bids men, eat and drink for his heart is with them. These things being so, it necessarily follows that Christ died for all men; because the Oblation of Christ in the Gospel is founded on his Oblation on the Cross, and the Ministry of Reconciliation is founded on the Mystery of it. Hence the Apostle joins both together; God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, and hath committed to us the word of reconciliation, 2 Cor. 5. 19.
3. I argue from the Ministers Commission which is, Go, preach the Gospel to every creature; by virtue of this, they command all men every where to repent, and to induce them thereunto, they open a door of Hope to them, and to raise up that Hope, they set forth Jesus Christ evidently before their eyes, as if he were crucified among them, opening his bleeding Wounds, and through them shewing his naked Heart, and the inward bruises there made by Gods Wrath for man's Sin; they lift up their voices and cry, Come, O poor sinners! ⟨p. 289⟩come, for all things are ready, here's Christ and his redeeming Blood ready, here's an Act of free Grace & Pardon seal'd in that Blood, here's a Heaven of Reconciliation, and at the end thereof a Heaven of Glory open before you; Come, O come without delay; Behold! now is the accepted time, the day of salvation, come, and your Sins shall be blotted out, come and your Souls shall live for ever; whilest it is called to day, we beseech you, be you reconciled unto God; why should your immortal Souls, saveable through Christ, be choaked with worldly Thorns, or inchanted with base Lusts, or inhabited by unclean Devils? Turn ye, turn ye, why will ye die? And in all this, they bespeak not the Elect only, but others too; for their Commission reaches to every creature: neither do they utter their own humane Passions, but pursue their divine Commission; for in all their pathetical beseechings God himself beseeches, 2 Cor. 5. 28. in all their loud out-cries Wisdom it self cries out, Prov. 8. 1, 4. in all their earnest expostulations, Christ himself stands at the door and knocks, Rev. 3. 20. in all their holy Doctrines the Kingdom of Heaven comes nigh unto men, Luk. 10. 11. and in all their invitations to ⟨p. 290⟩the Evangelical Feast made up of Christ's Flesh and Blood, which is meat indeed, and drink indeed, God himself invites, and bids men, eat and drink for his heart is with them. These things being so, it necessarily follows that Christ died for all men; because the Oblation of Christ in the Gospel is founded on his Oblation on the Cross, and the Ministery of Reconciliation is founded on the Mystery of it. Hence the Apostle joins both together; God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, and hath committed to us the word of reconciliation, 2 Cor. 5. 19.
