"16 Of Redemption'. :c Rai ; a Jefuitè con- feffeth de Vol. Dei difp. zó. /ea.6. p. nod. That according to Augulline Chrift fo died for all, as ' that he had a fpecial in- tent offading his Elea, for whole fake as being among the reft,ic is that he diedand prayed for all in common: Aug. in Tract. gr. in Joan. t. 9. Nondebtbeatdefperare, pro quitted Dominus in cruce pendent digaatos eft orare videbat quo/dam Jai inter manes alienes. Illii jam petebat veniam 'e. quibud adbue actiptebat injuriam: Nan enim attendebat good ab . iplis moriebatur, fed quia pro ip /Ps moriebatur. He' that would know Aignitines mind herein, may find it fully in Jan- fenind, or in.the Trios Patrnmde gratis, &c. or only to the Circumcifion ? Were not the fins of the yews as much aggravated as thofe ofTyre and sidòn, Sodomarid Gomorrah ? or the In- dians ? why elfefhould it go worfe with them in the day ofJudgment ? and why elfe would Tyre and sidon have repented if they had but had their means, were they not then as muchprepard for mercy ? DothGod equally fend theGofpel toall Nations and Perfons equally unworthy ? Can you confute St. Paul ?. Rom. 9. Or canyou give any reafon why Godmutt thew equal mercyunto all ? A. " Tes : becaufe elfe he is eirefpelter ofperfons. B. I fully confuted this before, I. Refpe&Eingperfons is the fault of a Reior as fuch, efpecially as yudge: And fo God dealeth equally - his Law beingNorma oftcii u judicii as to all. But no man ever yet took either, I. A Proprietor (Dominus abfolutus) ; 2. Ora Benefallor, to be obliged toequality toall. Mutt youneeds life all your Grpundt,Trees; Goods, Cattel, &c. equally ? Mutt you needs make all men equally your bofom-Friends, your Heirs, your Beneficiaries, who are equally worthy in themfelves ? Mutt youneeds give equally toall the poor, that are ofequal needand merit ? All this is contrary to the common fente and ufage of Mankind. 2. And ina judge, refpe&ing perfons, is the vice of them that deal unequallywithmen for fome by-refpe&unworthy offuch a difference ; As for Birth, Beauty, Wealth, PowerEloquence, Parts, Wit, Kindred, or any felfith intereft, to pervert Juftice, or deal partially. But God makethno difference on fuchaccounts. Yeaa Judgehimfelf, or a King, when he að not as a Judge, but as a King aboveLaws, oras a Bene- fa&or, may reprieveor pardononeThief rather than another, yeaand choofe that which is the molt learned, ftrong,wife,andcapable offuture Service to the Common-wealth. A. " Thisfeemeth a wrong to the reft that are notfo ufed ? B. Would it do theThief that is hanged any good, to have the other unpardoned ? Would it Àafe their pains in Hell, tohavethe companyof all thofe that be inHeaven? Ifit be no wrong to them to fuffer them- felves, nothing but envy cancall it a wrong to them, to have others efcape. Had they loveto othersas themfelves, it would be fome comfort to them to think that others are in Joy and Glory ? A. " At leaft this isa real difference between the Parties. B. r. TheSchool-men and many learned yefuites (as I haveproved, Lib: t.) make it nota difference: And will you called Arminians or Lutherans go further from your Proteftant Brethren, than the learned PapiVsand jefuites themfelves go ? Are you notafhamed ofthis ?' 2. ThePapif e canbear withone another inthefe Points, and live in communion in oneChurch, ( though the janfenifts Cafehath had more thanordinary heats and flits ;) Andyet the Dominicansgo higher and further in the Controverfie of Predetermination from the yefuites, than thesynods do And areyou more fierce orunpeaceable than they ? 3. But remember here once for all, that you were not able to name any one benefit which Chrift's death procured for all, other than the synodifts hold aswell as you : Bat only you charge them as afferting more to the Elea. They give more (you fay) to force, but not lets to all. ç. And all this lieth in the point of Intention and Divine Decrees, which was fufficiently reconciled before. But youhave by all this entifedme to mingle various Controverfies, and toanticipate that ofGrace and Freewill,which isto behandled by it felfin dueplace. But
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