Of Redemption. 6>i... The third Crimination. A. " *By denying Vniverfal Redemption , they deny that Vniverfal ne ros tt s of ¡alvos e $er, Cairo Al- "Grace, which is the very expreft Covenant of Grace it felf, that all men taco s. q. 04. F. r. Po- "are already through Chrifir fatisfallion reconciled to God , and par- fg i`xwultideoftpræuripio, " ° donedif theywillbelieve; or that a conditional pardon is already given vel obligat, &c. 2. Si ex- " to the World. And to deny this, is todeny the Gofpel, andChri.ffianity it ponttur de voluntate bene- placiti pote/i intelligt "Pelf, and to be no Chriflians. em Vol. antecedents : B. You would makeyour felves and others believe that they deny 3. 5 eddei ol. áóeepned2 that which they never dreamed ofdenying. Like him that dreamed /igi, ur licit wag /ter,i e. that he was wounded, and call'd out for fomething to flopthe blood. nulli ¡aivantur :fig quay Donot all Proteftants profefs to believe that Covenant and conditional dogenertbus guiorenfed Pardon as well as you ? Do they not preachit conftantly, and adminifter aefnguliegenerous. Baptifm in the fame terms as you do ? who denieth that all are recon- ciled, ifthey will believe? A. "But by that they mean only exclu!vely that all are not reconciled or " pardoned, becaufe all believe not; And not inclufively that all men are "conditionallypardoned already. B. Youmiftake andHander them : Do they not read the very exprefs pardonmade already in Gods Word ? That [Whoever believeth (hall not perifh, &c. oh. 3. 16. Mark I6. 16 ? Do they not all acknowledge that this is a LawofGod,an A&of Oblivion,Ena&ed long agoby God ? And isnot thisvifiblewritten Promif or LawofGrace an exiftent condi- tional pardon ofall ? No man of fenfe, and underftanding, and faith denieth it. A. " But they fray thatinmaking it Gods feBret intent, was, that none bat fayothers lefs "the EIet. fhould have anyfaving benefit of it. * alalderas in I. _. q. B. I. Still you are returning to the difpatched Controverfie of the a 5 ei. 5 P. 486 Cum de Redemptore dando vela Decrees; which is a confeffionthat youdiffer not otherwife about Re- eon/tiraiffet, ut fecerneret demption. 2. Donot you your felveshold the famewhich you quarrel iliumoro:nemog gtr,iñea with ? a. Inclufively they hold that theEle& Ihall be raved by Christ. corri quos volait Semonce And do youdeny it ? 2. Asto the exclufion of others, they hold that a reliquie difcernerentur, Goddecreednot anymans Infidelity andSin, butfore- feeing theirInfide- eo nuiro be aa tut- lity andSin, decreed thatthey fhouldnot be faved byChrist, but perifh. beri arbitri! refpiciens, ad And do not you fay the fame ? Away with thefecontentious dreams. vita!: aeternam prædtgt- navit ; talemq;eis grogram A. " Iamfare I can name you divers that fay otherwife. desrevit cam qua certiffimo B. It is the SynodRill, and the common Confeffions and Do&rine of &infallibiliter adrognum the Churches which you hsi'e to do with : Tell not me of fingularemqui ext: ionrmr onon men. ,. font, reliquie non gnidece The Do&rine of the Churchof England, I told you out of the Cate fine omni a ta!ITe Gropror > ftcut jnfte pouei¡%t proyrer chifm. The Synodswords I recited. And remember (as Dalhews tells Ade percatwn, fed cam. s anhemiur that Davenant with the reft ofthe Brits¿a, Divines,Martinìua °axilt gratiæ fecondi Y J J" Adm ad ipfos derivandis and the other Breme Divines , who all gave their fuffrages , and writ in arlire at cur/a rerum for Univerfal Redemption, did yet all fubfcribe in the Synod g And tam elector st vrdone /ce- earia vifenmhoe in peccate therefore undoubtedly underftood that no words of the Canons were vit.e fotire,eep000avu oas contrary to their fenfe of Univerfal Redemption. The later famous dr ftartar in aerrnum pu- nirede a rogne escledere. Helvetian confeffionfaith, [We teach and believe that this fefur Chriji our rhos the ge a see ordi- Lord is the onlyand eternalSaviourofMankind,yea andof the wholeworld,] Warily: And what is here confiderabjy direrent ( upon which words the Englifl Colle&or of the Confeffions giveeh us from theSf /sodof no-t? a ridiculous Obfervation, that he thinks they meant the refioring of the if the name of fo¡fsctert world at loft; contrary to the context: As if he had not known that Grace be, q,oarrel, call it Grati n ecax ad Mufceloss, Bollinger, &c. were for Univerfal Redemption.) pole, and ail is ended. But
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