T H E Third Days Conference ( With an OVI I AC I A ) Of Univerfal and Special REDEMPTION A." Thefecond Article ofour Difference isfofundamental andwomen- " tour,and our dRancefo great, that Icannot believe that you can "fay any thing fuffrcient to reconcile us. B. They that study Controverfie asfuch, are apt every where to find matter of Quarrel, and weapons of Contention but they that Peek peace do findout the terms andmeansof peace, as fare andeale in them- felves, which Contenders cannot fee. Tell me, in aword, Are not all Parties agreed, that Chry by his Me- rits and sufferings, procured for men all mercies which hegiveth them : and no more, (but ashe maybe faid to procurethem thatwhich he offer- eth and bringeth to their choice ; which is properly to procure them that offer, or the benefit as offered ? ) A. "Tes, I think bothfides willgrant this, that he purchafed all that " hegiveth, andabfolutelyorfully nomore. B. Why then all the Controverfie is, what hegiveth men: and that belongethto the third and fourth Articles : And fo I might difmifs thisat the beginning, but for your expectations. But what is it that maketh you think thedifference fo great? * Malderus in t.x.q. it t. 4. 3. d. 5. m. t. p. 487. Non ext/limo optntoneen illam Calvinifticam, quo negar pro omnibus dr fin- gales i.d mortuum efJr, teleraCbrudam 4m elfe : nec inter fiadiofos veritatis debere obtinere locum opi- aionem qui non perinde admittrent quod omnibus in Adamo lapfis--- iteram fit via (falutes falta pof- fibi/en per Cbrilum r'r quod boitant per Cbri(tum in altaprimo paloteen, nel inaida fewmdodatamf eiensauxiliumgratte, gro faltem medialefalvaripal font, &c. The flrii Crimination. A. i. "TheCalviniltsandSynodifts deny Chriffsvery Office, ar he is "the Saviour of the World, and the fecond Adam, the Redeemer of "Mankind, and the Mediator betweenGod and Man. And all this they "confine to a fnrallpart of theWorld. * B. Have you never read what Mnfcnlus hathwritten in Loc. Commun. and Bullinger in his Decades for univerfal Redemption ? Have you not read the plain words of Calvin, cited by Amyraldue in Defenf. Do/. Calvin. (though Petaviva rail at himfor it molt furioufly) ? Have 'you not read the writings of lob. Bergson, Conrad. Bergius, Lud. Crociun, Ca- Iixtus, ofCamero, andhis Followers at Satin/err, of Teffardus, Dalles, Blondel's Preface, &c. for Univerfal Redemption? Have you not read in the writings of Bithop Rob. Abbots , Bilbop Carelton Arch- bífhop Vjher, Bithop Hall, Dr. Sam. Ward, &c. their judgments for it? Have you not read Bithop Davenant's excellent Difertation for it, de morte Chri(li f Know you not that it was the judgment of Dr. Frelon, Mr.
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