Keach - Houston-Packer Collection BT155 .K4 1698

158 'CVDtfpÏIP of ' Iogougi c5aCe t Or, What Proclamation can be more free, or univerfal than this is ? ON e&. If Chrift is to be offered to all, or Peace proclaimed unto all, is there then not Vni- verfal Redemptionpurchafed by him? rmini- i . Arw. Redemption is a Word that denotes anifm de- Perfons were in Slavery, or Bondage, forwhom dated. `a Price is paid, and they therefore are fet at Liberty : Suppofe Ten Men wereSlaves in Al- gier, and aThoufandPound was paid down to Redeem them all, and yet but four werea&ual- ly Redeemed, is it true to fay all the Tenwere Redeemed ? Sohere, Is it true to fay, That theRedem- ptionbyChrift is Univerfal, when the greaten part 91 theWorld were never Redeemed, but remain under the Power of Sin and Satan ? That Redemption which is by Jefus Chrift, is fromSin, from the Guilt, Power, andPunilh- ment thereof: And are all Men in theWorld thus Redeemed ? 'Tis not a Redemption only from the Curfeof theLaw, andWrathof God, .2.14. but alfo fomall Iniquity ; Whogave himfelffor us, that be might Redeem as from all Iniquity, and purifie unto himfif a peculiar People, zealous of Good Works : And are all thus Redeemed ? 2. If Chrift laid down his Life to Redeem every Man and Woman in theWorld, bath he his whole Purchafe ? AMan would think him- felf cheated, . or flrangeiy deceived, that laid down aThoufandPounds toRedeemTenMen, when he finds there are not above Three or Four indeed aaually Redeemed ; this renders Chrifc's Blood fpilt in vain for the greateft part

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