64 Of Redemption. The ninth Crimination. A. "They would exempt the Infidel Worldfrommuch of the torments of " Hell: For he that in Hell knoweth that ChrJl never diedfor him (efpeci- " allyadding that God unrefifíiblypredetermined him to fin and unbelief,) " cannot rationally have anaccuftng Confcience for his not accepting a Gift " that neverhad a Being. B. I will not repeatthe fame anfwer as oft as you call for it by the fame falfe fuppofition. Let them anfwer it thatare concerned. The tenth Crimination. A. " They teach the World abominable Ingratitude, and reproachfully " deny agreat deal of the Grace andMercyof Chr, and the fruits of his "Death andsacrifice. For they teach men, that all the Mercies given to " any betides theEleil, were no fruits of the death of Chrifi for them, nor " were at all by him purchafedfor them; yea, that they are no Mercies to " them at all, becaufe God eternally decreedthat they 'hold turn them into "fin, and fuffer the more for the abufe of them for ever. And fo all the "sell of the Worldmayfay that they are not at all beholden to the death G0 of Chri.ft, for their Lives, Liberties, offers of Grace, and all other " Mercies. B. Let them anfwer you that are concerned in the Charge. The Reformed Churches hold, That Mercy is to be judged of by its nature and tendency in it felf, and not by mans abufe; and that Goddecreed no mans abufe of it; and that all the Merciesgiven to Mankind, lince the forfeitureof all by Adam's fin, are procured and given by Chrift as the Interceffor and Redeemer of theWorld; and that wicked men juft- ly are deprived of life for rejecting it, and fuffer Hell for abufing Mercy and refuting Heaven. The eleventh Crimination. A. " They are Anti-chrfian half - Infidels. For they deny Chrills " Kingdom as to its far greatefl part: For when the Scripture telleth us, " That to this end he both died, roteand revived, that he might be Lord "both of the dead and living, Rom. 14. g. And that the Father bath "committed all Judgment (that isGovernment) to the Son , yob. 5.22. " And givenhim all power inHeaven and Earth, Matth. 28. 18. And " that his dying for all, obligeth all men not to live to themfelves, but " to him that died for them, 2 Cor.$. And fo that he bath by his death " acquired ajus Dominii8e Imperil over all Mankind; they deny him his "Crown and Dignity,even this Right ofDominionand Empireas Redeemer, anddeny the world to be obliged to fubje&ion to him as their Redeemer : " Andfo make that Rebellionfor which theyfhallperifh (Luke 19.27.) tobe " no fin. B. TheProteftant Churches hold all that youcharge them with deny- ing. It's a pitiful work tocaluminate that you maydivide: Tell thofe fingular menofall this, that are guiltyof it. The
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