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The judgement of the late Arch-Bishop of Armagh and Primate of Ireland 1. Of…
The judgement of the late Arch-Bishop of Armagh and Primate of Ireland 1. Of the extent of Christs death and satisfaction &c, 2. Of the Sabbath, and observation of the Lords day, 3. Of the ordination in other reformed churches : with a vindication of him from a pretended change of opinion in the first, some advertisements upon the latter, and in prevention of further injuries, a declaration of his judgement in several other subjects / by N. Bernard.
London: printed for John Crook, 1658
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Now for Mr. Stock's public opposition in the Pulpit, I can hardly be induced to believe that he aimed at me therein; If he did, I must needs say he was deceived, when he reckoned me amongst those good men, who make the universality of all the elect, and all men to be one; Indeed I wrote but even now, that God did execute his Decree of Election in all ⟨p. 26⟩by spiritual generation: But if any shall say, that by, all thereby I should understand the universality of all, and every one in the world, and not the universality of all the Elect alone, he should greatly wrong my meaning: for I am of no other mind than Prosper was, lib. 1. De vocat. Gent. Habet populus Dei plenitudinem suam, & quamvis magna pars hominum salvantis Gratiam aut repellat aut negligat, in electis tamen & praescitis atque ab omni generalitate discretis, specialis quaedam censetur universitas, ut de toto mundo, totus mundus liberatus, & de omnibus hominibus, omnes homines videantur assumpti. That Christ died for his Apostles (Luke 22. 19.) for his sheep (John 10. 15.) for his friends (John 15. 13.) for his Church (Ephes. 5. 25.) may make peradventure against those, who make all men to have a share alike in the death of our Saviour: but I profess my self to hold fully with him, who said, Etsi Christus pro ⟨p. 27⟩omnibus mortuus est, tamen specialiter pro nobis passus est, quia pro Ecclesia passus est. Yea, and in my former writing I did directly conclude; That as in one respect Christ might have been said to die for all, so in another respect truly said not to have died for all: and my belief is, That the principal end of the Lords death, was, that he might gather together in one the Children of God scattered abroad; (John 11. 52.) and, That for their sakes he did specially sanctify himself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth (John 17. 19