A90278:160
Of the death of Christ, the price he paid, and the purchase he made.…
Of the death of Christ, the price he paid, and the purchase he made. Or, the satisfaction, and merit of the death of Christ cleared, the universality of redemption thereby oppugned: and the doctrine concerning these things formerly delivered in a treatise against universal redemption vindicated from the exceptions, and objections of Mr Baxter. / By J. Owen, minister of the gospel.Of the death of Christ, the price he paid, and the purchase he made. Or, the satisfaction, and merit of the death of Christ cleered, the universality of redemption thereby oppugned: and the doctrine concerning these things formerly delivered in a treatise against universal redemption vindicated from the exceptions, and objections of Mr Baxter. / By J. Owen, minister of the gospel.
London: printed by Peter Cole, 1650
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To all which I say,
1 The death of Christ, as it is a Cause of Pardon, is not once mentioned in any of my Answers: There is a wide Difference (in Consideration) between Gods imputation of Sin to Christ, and the Death of Christ, as the meritorious cause of Pardon. So that this is Pura Ignoratio Elenchi.
2 Take Pardon in the large sense I intimated, and so the Death of Christ is not the meritorious cause of the whole, but only of that particular in it, wherein it is commonly supposed solely to Consist, of which before: But,
In what sense, and upon what grounds, I extended gracious Condonation of sin, unto that Compass here mentioned, I have now expressed. Let it stand or fall, as it suits the Judgement of the Reader: the weight of my Answer depends not on it, at all.
In what sense, and upon what grounds, I extended gracious Condonation of sin, unto that Compasse here mentioned, I have now expressed. Let it stand or fall, as it sutes the Judgement of the Reader: the weight of my Answer depends not on it, at all.