( 261) , edfor me, i mine in atlual Right, though not perhaps in anual Pof- fefsion. The thing that a obtained, is ranted by him of whom it is obtained, th,t * unto them for whom it is obtained. * If ybu could Reply. All tl- is is as eafily and confidently denyed as affirmel make the ew A thing is procured For a rnan,either onlyfig,diter,fo as that mans yens iq s all good is the end of the procurement ; or fubjedively fo as it is d range Doarine ' you procured into that mans hands or poffellion, as the fubjed ofthe wo,tdmake, Right or thing. In the latter fenfe, I deny that ever Chrift pro- great change in cured pardon for us now living fo as that we fhould be the fub- England. jells of it, or right to it, when he dyed : In the former fenfe, yield that Chi&did procure it finally for our good, and require fome proof, that this makes us the fubjeas of that right. If a man contract with you , to give your horfe fo much Provender every day, I do not think that your horfe bath any aelual Right, by it to his Provender : And if a King agree with you to be General of an Army for the reducing of a Country of Rebels , and give you power to grant a general pardon to all that will come in, and fecretly agree with you to ufe fuch means with certain men named, that they tail infallibly come in and be pardoned ; I will not believe without proof, that any one of thefe men bath a Right to pardon , upon this Contra& between you and the King, * nonor upon the general as of pardon , which is much * N o,t oug4 MOM. you were Cer. sN In (onefenfe or other,that is a mans, which is procured for him : taut offuccefs; in raying it e procuredfor him,wefay no lets. If this then be not in refpett of Tortflion,it ?mill be in rerpet7 of Right. Reply. g . I confefs this is as probable a way to make good your affertiom asyou could devife. In f...,Ineiren, .6 or other , is fo largea word, that you may fay what you will with that Caution, In fame fenfe or other man is God 1- and that is yours, which indeed is none ofyours: 2. But in the fenfe as cultOm bath taught men to ufe thefe words,') fay; that If a thing be rneerlyTor youfingiirer,it is never the more yours-fribjeCtiv. You may have neither. Dominionoft nor right to that good which may be for you.It might eafily have been forefecn that foraebody in the world would require better proof of this then bare affirmation. olio all thefruits of ehrifis death are obtained andprocured by his Ciller*, for theinjor whomhedyed. He obtains for them eternal 1,-1 -3 Redernption,,
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