A90278:44
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 then, which that learned Divine chose to stand in distance from me in, is concerning the nature of the payment made for sin by the blood of Christ; Whether it be ejusdem, or tantidem; and of the Sense of those Expressions, is our First Debate: In handling whereof, I hope I shall not only satisfy the Reader as to the Truth of what I had before written; but also further clear the whole Doctrine of Satisfaction, with especial reference to the kind of the Payment that Christ made, and Punishment which he underwent.
The First thing then, which that learned Divine chose to stand in distance from me in, is concerning the nature of the payment made for sin by the bloud of Christ; Whether it be ejusdem, or tantidem; and of the Sense of those Expresions, is our First Debate: In handling whereof, I hope I shall not only satisfie the Reader as to the Truth of what I had before written; but also further cleer the whole Doctrine of Satisfaction, with especial reference to the kind of the Payment that Christ made, and Punishment which he underwent.
The other Head wrappeth in it self many particulars concerning the immediate Fruit, or Effects of the Death of Christ, the state of Elect Redeemed ones before actual Believing, the nature of Redemption, Reconciliation, the differencing of Persons in Gods eternal Purposes; to the Consideration of all which, and sundry other particulars, I have occasion offered me, in defence of the Truth impugned.
These now and the like, being things in themselves weighty, and the difference about them being for the most part rather as to the way of the delivery, then as to things themselves: In the handling of them, I could not attend merely to the advantage offered by M. Baxters Discourse, but choose rather to cast them into another method, which might be distinct, clear, and accommodate to the things themselves: So that I hope the Reader may (with some