A90278:375
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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2, In the Will of God, it seems that the Merit and Fruits of the Death of Christ, whereof we treat seem better to be treasured: and from hence it is, That he can Will, or Willeth to us the Good things purchased by it. But,
1 That the Will of God should by the Death of Christ be changed into any other Habitude then what it was in before, was before disproved.
2 That now God can Will Good things to us, holds out the enlargement of his Power as to the acting thereof, mentioned above, rather then any thing properly belonging to the Will of God.
3 Gods Willing Good things to us, it cannot consist in: his willing of a thing is operative of it: it is his Efficacious Energetical Will whereof we speak. When he actually willeth Grace, we have Grace: and when he Willeth Glory, we have Glory: but that concerning which we speak, is Antecedent to the actual making out of Grace, and Glory to us, being the procuring cause of them; though not of that Act of the Will of God, whereby they are bestowed.