A90278:381
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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The first Thing of immediate Concernment hereunto, is the Covenant of the Father with the Son: the free engagement of God, to do such and such things for Christ, upon the performance of such other things to him appointed. This is the foundation of the Merit of Christ as was before declared. Hence is distributive Justice ascribed to God, as to this thing. It is righteous with him being engaged by his own free Purpose and Promise, to make out those things, which he appointed to be the Fruit and Procurement of the Death of Christ. And from thence it is, that all the things purchased by the Death of Christ, become due to those for whom he died: even from the Equity attending this Justice of God.
Herein also his Truth hath a share: By his Truth, I understand his Fidelity and Veracity in the performance of all his engagements. This immediately attends every Obligation that by any free Act of his Will, God is pleased in his Wisdom to put upon himself: and is naturally under Consideration before that distributive Justice whereby he is inclined to the Performance it self of them.
This then is that I say;
God by free Purpose and Compact, making way for the Merit of Christ, which absolutely could be none, is obliged from the Veracity and Justice, which attends all his Engagements, to make out as in his infinite Wisdom shall seem meet; all those things which he hath set, appointed, and proposed as the Fruit and Purchase of his Death, unto all them for whom he died. And in This, rests the Merit of Christ.