54 Of Redemption. B. A few particular men on each fide that run into extreams, when . onceengaged run onfarther, and make agreat noife, while fober men in filencepity them ; And fo with fome the greaten and the lowdeft are taken to fpeak the common fenfe. And thus spanhemius, Maccovius, anda fewmuch inferior to them in learninghere inEngland, have kept up°the Contention. Andfeveral of thejefuites, Lutherans and Armini- ans, have run out into the contrary extream; and fo the differencehath been made and maintained. So that with mott Chriftians, the contra verfie is not whether Chrift be theSaviour of the World, ordied for all men5 but how far, and inwhat fenfe he did fo, that this Article may agreewith the reft of our Theology. A. ' ` Thefenfe isrill: If we agree not infenfe, we agree in nothing. B. The few extreamContenders agreenot infenfe : But the generali- ty of Chrittians, much more may I fay Prote.ltants, do, in all that is neceffary toour common concord. Ifreally you differ, tell me your felt, What do youhold thatChriiil. urchafed for all men, more than the sy- nod sdo ? Name meone benefitifyou can. A. "Ton would perfwade me that we differ not indeed. 1. We hold that " Chriftprocured andmade thefrffCovenant of Grace withallMankind in " Adam andNoah : andfo donot the synodiffs. B. I think you can name few Protefiant, that deny it. Beza himfelf in that Edit. of his Annot. in Eph. 2.12. which H. stephanus printed 1588. faith, [This Covenant was made in the beginning, Gen. 3.15: withAdam, and all thatfhould be born of him; and afterwards, Gen.. 9. so. with Noah, the other ParentofMankind; aswe have die-where noted, plainly, they fay that it ismade to all men asa Law, then pro- mulgatetoAdamand Noah ; even aLawofGrace, whichMankind was put under; And as an offered Covenant, and conditional Promife: But as, s. A mutual Covenant. 2. And as ,giving right to Life, it is made, only withConfenters. Tell me whether you differ from this. fenfe ? A. "No ;'this fenfe is according to the scriptures. But moreover, 2. Wehold that thefecondEdition of the Covenant alfo ismade to all. B. It's granted you, that it's madeto all that hearit,as far as aforefaid ; and that Minifters fhould do their belt to preach it to all : And doyou hold any more ? A. " No : But, 3. We hold that this Covenant pardoneth all mensfins, " on conditionof Faith andRepentance, and not only theElea. B. So do 'they, unanimoufly : I told you 7miffe twenty times over faith thefame. Noman can deny that which is the very plain fcope of the Covenant it felt, topardonall if theywill repentand believe. A.4. "But, We hold alfo that Chr l purchafedfor all menfu f fcient Grace " to enable them to repentand believe. B. I told you that is the Controverfieof the thirdand fourth Articles; what Grace Chrift giveth all, he procured for all, which is not here to be anticipated, but opened in dueplace : And if I then manifeff that in that point alfoyou differnot, I (hall prove that you differ not at all in thefePoints of Chrift'sDeath and Univerfal Grace. A. " But theyfay, That Chrift died only for the Elea , effellually and "with apurpofe tofave them, andpurpofed tofave no other. which B. You carry back the Controverfie to Gods Decrees , we difpacht before. Tell me, r. Do you hold that all are faved by Chrift? A.
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