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Riches of mercy to men in misery, or, Certain excellent treatises concerning the dignity…
Riches of mercy to men in misery, or, Certain excellent treatises concerning the dignity and duty of Gods children by the late Reverend and Faithful Minister of Jesus Christ, John Preston ...Riches of mercy to men in misery, or, Certain excellent treatises concerning the dignity and duty of Gods children by the late Reverend and Faithfull Minister of Jesus Christ, John Preston ...
London: printed by J.T., 1658
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.
To this I answer, that the intercession and prayer of ⟨p. 426⟩1Christ doth not fall upon his death, to make that belong to some and not to others, for that is not mentioned in the intercession, but the prayer falleth upon the persons to whom his death is effectual, and therefore he prayeth that some may have ability to come (that they may believe and be saved) though others have not. I pray for them, I pray not for the rest that belong not to my election; Therefore where you find any other intercession of Christ in any other place, you must understand, that it falleth not on the act of his redemption, but on such to whom his death is made effectual, for Christ is made the second Adam, and by his death he hath set open the gates of heaven to all that believe, but to some he giveth ability to come, and to others he denieth it.
To this I answer, that the intercession and prayer of ⟨p. 426⟩1Christ doth not fall upon his death, to make that belong to some and not to others, for that is not mentioned in the intercession, but the prayer falleth upon the persons to whom his deathis effectual, and therefore he prayeth that some may have ability to come (that they may believe and be saved) though others have not. I pray for them, I pray not for the rest that belong not to my election; Therefore where you finde any other intercession of Christ in any other place, you must understand, that it falleth not on the act of his redemption, but on such to whom his death is made effectual, for Christ is made the second Adam, and by his death he hath set open the gates of heaven to all that believe, but to some he giveth ability to come, and to others he denieth it.
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