The divine will considered in its eternal decrees, and holy execution of them. By…

And in another place, Christ gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time, 1 Tim. 2. 6. The word of Reconciliation is extensive to all, therefore so is the work; the Price of Redemption may be testified to all, therefore it was paid for all, so far as to found that testimony of Jesus which is the spirit of Prophecy. But if Christ no way died for all men, how came the Ministers Commission to be so large? They command men to repent that their sins may be blotted out, but how can their sins be blotted out for whom Christ was not made sin? They beseech men to be reconciled to God, but ⟨p. 291⟩how shall they be reconciled for whom Christ paid no Price at all? They call and cry out to men to come to Christ that they may have life, but how can they have life for whom Christ was no Surety in his Death? If then Christ died for all men, the Ministry is a true Ministry as to all; but if Christ died only for the Elect, what is the Ministry as to the rest? Those Exhortations, which as to the Elect are real undissembled offers of Grace, as to the rest seem to be but golden Dreams and Shadows; those Calls, which as to the Elect are right Ministerial Acts, as to the rest appear as Extraministerial Blots and Errata's; those Invitations to the Gospel-feast, which as to the Elect are the cordial wooings and beseechings of God himself, as to the rest look like the words of mere men speaking at random and without Commission: for alas! why should they come to that Feast for whom nothing is prepared? How should they eat and drink for whom the Lamb was never slain? Wherefore I conclude that Christ died for all mens so far as to found the truth of the Ministry towards them.

And in another place, Christ gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time, 1 Tim. 2. 6. The word of Reconciliation is extensive to all, therefore so is the work; the Price of Redemption may be testified to all, therefore it was paid for all, so far as to found that testimony of Jesus which is the spirit of Prophecy. But if Christ no way died for all men, how came the Ministers Commission to be so large? They command men to repent that their sins may be blotted out, but how can their sins be blotted out for whom Christ was not made sin? They beseech men to be reconciled to God, but