A90278:173
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 this Mr B. opposeth divers things. For,
1 Imputation of righteousness (saith he) is not any part of Pardon, but a necessary Antecedent. 2 The same may be said of Gods Acceptation. 3 Its Application is a large Phrase, and may be meant of several Acts; but of which here I know not.
In a word this mistake is very great.1 I affirm the Freedom of Pardon to depend on those things; he Answereth, That Pardon doth not consist in these things. It is the Freedom of Pardon, whence it is; not the Nature of Pardon, wherein it is, that we have under Consideration.
- 1Answ.
But (saith he) how can he call it a gracious Acceptation, a gracious Imputation, a free Application, if it were the same thing the Law requireth that was paid?