298 TheSublapfirians doctrine fferitie upon the fame conditions fha11 alios redly obtein the like pardon. The conclu_ fionwhich he fhouldprove is this, líbfolu:e Non- elecuion or negative Reprobation cannot fiandwith Gods mercy : His realôns are, A- damsfinne is thefinne o fmans nature onely ; It is ours, not bygeneration , dut by imputation: It catispardoned in 4dam.Were all thefe true, {hew me any neceffary connexion betwixt the premifes and theconclufion , and take the caufe. objec7.4 Chrifi came to take away the firme ofthe world; God either did or might have . fatiffed bis wronged juffice in the bloud of the Cove- pantforallmankind, andhave opened a way of falvation unto every man. 4nfirer. Chrift by (bedding his bloud redeemed theworld of mankind , fatisfied Gods lu- ífice, and obteined a way of falvation for every man: But Godnever intended that the outward ait fhouldprefently put every man in poffeflion ofpardon or ofa fiate ofjuffi- fcation and falvation. But the way which he opened forevery one ofus topartake the fruit of our redemption and ofhis plenary fatisfaClion , is by repentance and faith to come and lay hold of the Redeemer. The decrees ofEleiiionand Non-eleEtion are no obffacles unto the doingof this, or excepti- ons againff any man which fhall do this, and therefore they may fiand in their fil force though ANII11.
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