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4. I argue from the Blessings purchased by Christ's Death; one great Blessing is ⟨p. 292⟩Salvation on Gospel Terms. Lapsed Angels must be damned, but Men, nay, all Men may be saved on Gospel-terms; there is [Greek or Hebrew], a common Salvation to them; and O what a blessing is this, especially to such as live under the Gospel! there is nothing stands between them and Heaven but their own Will, they will not come to Christ that they may have life: Oh! what would the damned Spirits in Hell give for such a door of Hope, as hath no other bar but what is in their own Hearts! how would they sweat and strive with tears and strong cries to enter in at it! A second Blessing is the Patience of God, which waits upon Sinners, and by some glimmerings of Mercy leads them to repentance. A third Blessing is the Dispensation of Gifts; even in the Wilderness of the Pagan-world there are Moral Virtues, and in the Eden of the Church there are even in those that perish, some touches of the holy Ghost, tastes of the heavenly Gift and feelings of the Powers of the World to come, and whence are these but from the Death of Christ? As David called the water of Bethlehem the blood of his worthies, so may I call these Blessings the blood of Christ. Wherefore Christ died so ⟨p. 293⟩far for all, as to procure some Blessings for them.

4. I argue from the Blessings purchased by Christ's Death; one great Blessing is ⟨p. 292⟩Salvation on Gospel Terms. Lapsed Angels must be damned, but Men, nay, all Men may be saved on Gospel-terms; there is 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, a common Salvation to them; and O what a blessing is this, especially to such as live under the Gospel! there is nothing stands between them and Heaven but their own Will, they will not come to Christ that they may have life: Oh! what would the damned Spirits in Hell give for such a door of Hope, as hath no other bar but what is in their own Hearts! how would they sweat and strive with tears and strong cries to enter in at it! A second Blessing is the Patience of God, which waits upon Sinners, and by some glimmerings of Mercy leads them to repentance. A third Blessing is the Dispensation of Gifts; even in the Wilderness of the Pagan-world there are Moral Vertues, and in the Eden of the Church there are even in those that perish, some touches of the holy Ghost, tastes of the heavenly Gift and feelings of the Powers of the World to come, and whence are these but from the Death of Christ? As David called the water of Bethlehem the blood of his worthies, so may I call these Blessings the blood of Christ. Wherefore Christ died so