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piece_n of_o arminianism_n thus_o they_o say_v impetratio_fw-la sarta_fw-la tecta_fw-la manet_fw-la perfecta_fw-la suis_fw-la numeris_fw-la constat_fw-la etsi_fw-la omnes_fw-la maneant_fw-la increduli_fw-la etc._n etc._n but_o how_o harsh_a this_o may_v be_v to_o any_o christian_a ear_n let_v any_o reader_n judge_n and_o i_o wish_v the_o author_n be_v not_o drive_v to_o say_v that_o christ_n in_o be_v lord_n of_o all_o which_o may_v be_v without_o the_o salvation_n of_o any_o he_o see_v the_o travel_n of_o his_o soul_n as_o he_o seem_v pag._n 142._o and_o this_o to_o defend_v this_o mere_a possibility_n the_o end_n of_o christ_n death_n 3._o let_v we_o consider_v be_v there_o not_o a_o possibility_n for_o god_n to_o bring_v man_n to_o salvation_n and_o happiness_n yea_o sinner_n without_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n be_v god_n tie_v under_o such_o a_o impossibility_n that_o he_o can_v not_o save_v sinner_n to_o which_o he_o be_v natural_o propense_a till_o christ_n by_o his_o death_n release_v he_o i_o have_v not_o observe_v any_o that_o deny_v the_o former_a or_o affirm_v the_o latter_a the_o remonst_z who_o will_v accept_v of_o such_o a_o help_n if_o they_o dare_v lean_a thereon_o say_v thus_o si_fw-la potestas_fw-la &_o jus_o salvandi_fw-la consideretur_fw-la in_o deo_fw-la absolute_a 11_o coru._n in_o mol._n c._n 28_o sect._n 11_o tum_fw-la deus_fw-la si_fw-la voluisset_fw-la potuisset_fw-la nos_fw-la salvare_fw-la citra_fw-la christi_fw-la satisfactionem_fw-la and_o therefore_o seem_v to_o wave_v this_o as_o the_o end_n viz._n to_o procure_v a_o possibility_n so_o the_o same_o 3_o cap._n 27._o sect._n 3_o non_fw-la dicimus_fw-la deo_fw-la impetratam_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la potestatem_fw-la salvandi_fw-la acsi_fw-la deus_fw-la pro_fw-la absolutâ_fw-la suâ_fw-la potestate_fw-la etc._n etc._n that_o be_v we_o say_v not_o that_o christ_n procure_v only_o a_o possibility_n of_o save_v as_o if_o god_n can_v not_o without_o christ_n save_o sinner_n but_o happy_o it_o 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have_v split_v himself_o neither_o shall_v i_o insert_v what_o i_o find_v deliver_v in_o a_o dogmatic_a way_n 9_o â—ta_fw-la synod_n â—_o â—_o four_o mol._n 〈◊〉_d sect._n 1_o â—4_n 〈◊〉_d hag_n p._n 9_o nor_o what_o be_v every_o particular_a man_n judgement_n for_o the_o full_a state_n be_v seldom_o deduce_v from_o such_o but_o i_o shall_v rather_o address_v myself_o to_o controversall_n discourse_n and_o that_o to_o conference_n and_o convention_n of_o many_o and_o those_o of_o both_o side_n where_o we_o may_v presume_v the_o question_n be_v state_v to_o the_o great_a advantage_n on_o both_o side_n and_o so_o i_o give_v it_o in_o these_o particular_n 6._o â—â—s_o coron_n â—oll_fw-fr p._n 116_o â—es_n anty_n â—0_n sect._n 6._o first_o the_o question_n be_v never_o propound_v or_o the_o state_n give_v in_o these_o term_n a_o christus_fw-la mortuus_fw-la est_fw-la pro_fw-la omnibus_fw-la whether_o christ_n have_v dye_v for_o all_o the_o world_n the_o whole_a world_n but_o thus_o pro_fw-la omnibus_fw-la &_o singulis_fw-la as_o may_v be_v see_v in_o all_o controversy_n in_o this_o point_n and_o that_o upon_o this_o ground_n because_o all_o man_n nemine_fw-la negante_fw-la be_v take_v for_o all_o sort_n of_o man_n or_o for_o every_o individual_a 255â—_n twisse_n vind_z great_a lib._n 1._o part_n 2_o sect._n 22._o p._n 255â—_n the_o first_o whereof_o be_v grant_v on_o all_o hand_n the_o second_o in_o question_n therefore_o man_n of_o any_o ingenuity_n have_v wave_v such_o equivocal_a state_n of_o the_o question_n as_o to_o say_v christ_n have_v dye_v for_o all_o man_n so_o that_o that_o discourse_n or_o that_o proposition_n that_o say_v no_o more_o than_o this_o that_o he_o have_v ransom_v all_o man_n the_o world_n the_o whole_a world_n come_v short_a of_o the_o question_n second_o the_o question_n have_v not_o be_v propound_v or_o state_v in_o a_o unlimited_a or_o indefinite_a sense_n as_o an_n christus_fw-la mortu_fw-la we_o est_fw-la pro_fw-la omnibus_fw-la &_o singulis_fw-la and_o no_o more_o whether_o christ_n die_v for_o all_o and_o every_o man_n in_o any_o kind_n or_o to_o procure_v any_o good_a but_o these_o controversy_n have_v be_v restrain_v to_o eternal_a life_n and_o pardon_v of_o sin_n its_o inseparable_a prognosticke_n and_o the_o assertion_n of_o the_o defendant_n on_o his_o side_n have_v be_v this_o christus_fw-la pro_fw-la omnibus_fw-la &_o singulis_fw-la inpetravit_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la remissionem_fw-la 424._o coru._n in_o mol._n cap._n 27._o sect._n 1._o 424._o &_o salutem_fw-la as_o see_v may_v any_o see_v in_o the_o arminian_n tract_n the_o testimony_n of_o that_o great_a and_o acute_a remost_a have_v it_o thus_o morte_fw-la christi_fw-la omnibus_fw-la &_o singulis_fw-la reconciliationem_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la remissionem_fw-la ac_fw-la salutem_fw-la aeternam_fw-la esse_fw-la partam_fw-la sententia_fw-la nostra_fw-la est_fw-la that_o be_v that_o by_o christ_n his_o death_n there_o be_v procure_v for_o every_o man_n 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