A90278:314
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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1, Absolutely, as in it self, abstracting from the Consideration of any Covenant, or Compact thereabout; and ⟨p. 52⟩so it cannot be said to be a refusable Payment: not because not refusable, but because no Payment. That any thing should have any such reference unto God as a Payment, or Satisfaction, whether refusable or otherwise, is not from its self, and its own nature, but from the Constitution of God alone. Between God, and the Creature there is no Equality, not so much as of Proportion. Christ in Respect of his Humane Nature, though United to the Deity, is a Creature, and so could not absolutely satisfy, or merit any thing at the hand of God: I mean with that kind of merit, which ariseth from an absolute Proportion of things. This Merit, can be found only among Creatures: and the Advancement of Christs Humanity takes it not out of that Number. Neither in this sense can any Satisfaction be made to God for sin. The Sinners own undergoing the Penalty neither is Satisfaction in the sense whereof we speak, neither can it properly be said to be so at all; no more then a thing to be done, which is Endlessly in doing.
1, Absolutely, as in it self, abstracting from the Consideration of any Covenant, or Compact thereabout; and ⟨p. 52⟩so it cannot be said to be a refusable Payment: not because not refusable, but because no Payment. That any thing should have any such reference unto God as a Payment, or Satisfaction, whether refusable or otherwise, is not from its self, and its own nature, but from the Constitution of God alone. Between God, and the Creature there is no Equality, not so much as of Proportion. Christ in Respect of his Humane Nature, though United to the Deity, is a Creature, and so could not absolutly satisfie, or merit any thing at the hand of God: I mean with that kind of merit, which ariseth from an absolute Proportion of things. This Merit, can be found only among Creatures: and the Advancement of Christs Humanity takes it not out of that Number. Neither in this sense can any Satisfaction be made to God for sin. The Sinners own undergoing the Penalty neither is Satisfaction in the sense whereof we speak, neither can it properly be said to be so at all; no more then a thing to be done, which is Endlessly in doing.