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price_n for_o all_o but_o then_o they_o say_v that_o it_o be_v not_o sufficiens_fw-la pretium_fw-la a_o sufficient_a price_n for_o all_o because_o no_o price_n for_o all_o now_o i_o shall_v prove_v that_o both_o their_o concession_n do_v warrant_v my_o consequence_n and_o 1._o that_o if_o christ_n death_n be_v sufficient_a for_o the_o pardon_n of_o all_o if_o they_o will_v believe_v than_o he_o have_v satisfy_v for_o all_o and_o it_o be_v all_o man_n sin_n that_o procure_v his_o punishment_n and_o which_o he_o bear_v on_o the_o cross_n or_o that_o christ_n death_n be_v insufficient_a to_o the_o pardon_n of_o any_o one_o for_o who_o he_o have_v not_o satisfy_v 1._o that_o which_o have_v not_o satisfy_v offend_v majesty_n be_v not_o sufficient_a to_o the_o pardon_n of_o man_n sin_n though_o he_o shall_v believe_v but_o christ_n death_n as_o these_o man_n say_v have_v not_o satisfy_v the_o offend_a majesty_n therefore_o it_o be_v not_o sufficient_a etc._n etc._n he_o that_o deny_v the_o consequence_n must_v hold_v that_o sin_n may_v be_v pardon_v without_o christ_n satisfaction_n 2._o that_o which_o leave_v the_o great_a impediment_n of_o man_n remission_n unremoved_a and_o not_o removable_a by_o faith_n be_v not_o sufficient_a to_o the_o pardon_n of_o man_n though_o they_o shall_v believe_v but_o christ_n death_n if_o it_o be_v not_o suffer_v for_o man_n oâ—_n have_v not_o satisfy_v for_o their_o sin_n do_v leave_v the_o great_a impediment_n of_o remission_n unremoved_a and_o not_o removable_a by_o faith_n therefore_o it_o be_v not_o sufficient_a to_o the_o pardon_n of_o these_o man_n though_o they_o shall_v believe_v the_o impediment_n i_o mean_v be_v in_o a_o word_n all_o that_o which_o do_v necessitate_v or_o require_v satisfaction_n that_o faith_n can_v satisfy_v god_n instead_o of_o christ_n death_n be_v undeniable_a nor_o yet_o can_v it_o make_v that_o satisfaction_n or_o be_v i_o that_o be_v never_o make_v for_o i_o there_o be_v neither_o in_o the_o nature_n of_o faith_n nor_o in_o the_o office_n which_o god_n have_v appoint_v it_o any_o sufficiency_n to_o be_v instead_o of_o a_o redeemer_n or_o satisfaction_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v not_o mere_o nor_o chief_o for_o want_v of_o faith_n that_o such_o will_v perish_v but_o through_o the_o insufficiency_n of_o christ_n death_n if_o they_o shall_v still_o say_v that_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v suppose_v that_o the_o non-redeemed_n shall_v believe_v i_o answer_v do_v not_o they_o suppose_v it_o themselves_o when_o they_o say_v that_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n be_v sufficient_a for_o the_o pardon_n and_o salvation_n of_o all_o man_n if_o they_o will_v believe_v 3._o that_o which_o leave_v the_o strong_a faith_n suppose_v it_o be_v both_o without_o ground_n and_o use_v or_o profit_n be_v not_o sufficient_a to_o remission_n or_o salvation_n though_o man_n shall_v believe_v but_o so_o do_v christ_n death_n if_o it_o be_v not_o suffer_v for_o man_n and_o have_v not_o satisfy_v for_o they_o ergo_fw-la etc._n etc._n 1._o if_o all_o the_o faith_n in_o christ_n that_o be_v in_o all_o man_n in_o the_o world_n be_v confine_v to_o one_o man_n it_o will_v not_o do_v the_o least_o good_a to_o his_o justification_n or_o salvation_n if_o christ_n have_v not_o satisfy_v for_o he_o as_o be_v already_o prove_v 2._o nay_o indeed_o such_o a_o faith_n will_v be_v but_o a_o ungrounded_a fancy_n or_o presumption_n to_o expect_v pardon_n from_o a_o satisfaction_n that_o be_v never_o make_v for_o i_o be_v a_o vain_a expectation_n 4._o if_o christ_n death_n have_v no_o more_o conducibility_n or_o virtue_n for_o any_o man_n remission_n and_o salvation_n then_o if_o he_o have_v never_o die_v at_o all_o than_o it_o be_v not_o sufficient_a to_o pardon_v those_o man_n if_o they_o will_v believe_v but_o if_o christ_n have_v not_o satisfy_v for_o man_n his_o death_n have_v no_o more_o conducibility_n or_o virtue_n for_o the_o remission_n of_o those_o man_n sin_n or_o for_o their_o salvation_n then_o if_o he_o have_v never_o die_v at_o all_o therefore_o his_o death_n be_v not_o sufficient_a to_o the_o pardon_n or_o salvation_n of_o those_o man_n though_o they_o shall_v believe_v the_o major_n be_v clear_a the_o minor_a be_v prove_v in_o that_o satisfaction_n be_v the_o first_o and_o great_a effect_n of_o christ_n death_n and_o where_o that_o be_v not_o make_v there_o be_v nothing_o do_v by_o it_o that_o can_v any_o way_n conduce_v to_o the_o remission_n of_o sin_n and_o if_o that_o satisfaction_n be_v not_o already_o make_v it_o never_o will_v be_v for_o there_o be_v no_o more_o sacrifice_n for_o sin_n so_o that_o methinks_v i_o may_v confident_o conclude_v that_o they_o deny_v the_o sufficiency_n of_o christ_n death_n for_o the_o pardon_n of_o all_o man_n sin_n though_o they_o shall_v believe_v who_o say_v he_o do_v not_o suffer_v and_o satisfy_v for_o all_o and_o that_o this_o be_v unsound_a doctrine_n i_o will_v now_o prove_v only_o by_o their_o judgement_n who_o be_v the_o owner_n of_o it_o 1._o mr._n owen_n of_o redemption_n lib._n 4._o c._n 1._o page_n 173._o say_v the_o maintain_n and_o declare_v of_o this_o dignity_n worth_n preciousness_n and_o infinite_a value_n of_o the_o blood_n and_o death_n of_o jesus_n christ_n be_v doubtless_o especial_o to_o be_v consider_v and_o every_o opinion_n that_o do_v but_o seem_o clash_v against_o it_o be_v exceed_o prejudice_v at_o least_o deserve_o suspect_v yea_o present_o to_o be_v reject_v by_o christian_n if_o upon_o search_v it_o be_v find_v so_o do_v â—â—_o real_o and_o indeed_o as_o that_o which_o be_v injurious_a and_o derogatory_n to_o the_o merit_n and_o honour_n of_o jesus_n christ_n the_o scripture_n also_o to_o this_o purpose_n be_v exceed_o full_a and_o frequent_a in_o set_v forth_o the_o excellency_n and_o dignity_n of_o his_o death_n and_o sacrifice_n etc._n etc._n and_o page_n 174._o but_o its_o true_a worth_n consist_v in_o the_o immediate_a
man_n from_o the_o accusation_n of_o the_o guilt_n of_o these_o sin_n at_o the_o bar_n of_o christ_n and_o dare_v any_o that_o now_o bold_o maintain_v this_o cause_n in_o dispute_n undertake_v to_o justify_v and_o vindicate_v they_o at_o judgement_n and_o prove_v that_o it_o be_v never_o their_o duty_n to_o love_n christ_n or_o be_v thankful_a to_o he_o for_o redeem_v they_o and_o therefore_o that_o it_o be_v not_o their_o sin_n that_o they_o do_v it_o not_o this_o will_v be_v a_o hard_a task_n than_o it_o be_v now_o to_o find_v a_o flourish_n of_o word_n which_o seem_v to_o prove_v it_o 6._o and_o worse_o than_o all_o this_o they_o will_v condemn_v christ_n for_o condemn_v they_o for_o these_o sin_n when_o he_o have_v sentence_v they_o go_v you_o curse_v for_n not_o love_v he_o and_o show_v it_o to_o his_o member_n mat._n 25._o and_o pronounce_v that_o man_n anathema_n maranatha_n that_o love_v not_o the_o lord_n jesus_n if_o these_o man_n can_v prove_v that_o it_o be_v none_o of_o their_o duty_n than_o they_o must_v accuse_v christ_n and_o his_o law_n of_o injustice_n and_o condemn_v his_o condemnatory_a sentence_n 2._o and_o as_o they_o owe_v christ_n this_o love_n and_o gratitude_n so_o the_o thing_n that_o they_o owe_v it_o for_o be_v his_o redeem_v they_o or_o die_v in_o their_o stead_n or_o satisfy_v for_o their_o sin_n for_o 1._o it_o be_v doubtless_o that_o they_o owe_v it_o he_o not_o only_o as_o creator_n but_o as_o redeemer_n and_o if_o so_o it_o be_v either_o for_o redeem_v other_o or_o themselves_o not_o only_o for_o redeem_v other_o for_o 1._o the_o nature_n of_o gratitude_n be_v to_o respect_v some_o benefit_n that_o ourselves_o receive_v either_o in_o our_o own_o person_n or_o in_o those_o who_o welfare_n be_v part_n of_o we_o and_o 2._o man_n be_v natural_o so_o near_o to_o himself_o and_o the_o love_n of_o himself_o so_o deep_o root_v by_o god_n in_o his_o nature_n that_o he_o natural_o look_v at_o himself_o before_o other_o and_o value_v 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they_o he_o do_v predestinate_a to_o be_v conform_v etc._n etc._n and_o who_o he_o do_v predestinate_a they_o he_o call_v who_o he_o call_v they_o he_o justify_v and_o who_o he_o justify_v they_o he_o glorify_v rom._n 8._o 30._o he_o never_o say_v who_o he_o die_v for_o or_o who_o he_o redeem_v they_o he_o call_v or_o justify_v or_o glorify_a no_o more_o than_o who_o he_o create_v so_o that_o redemption_n as_o presuppose_v the_o predetermination_n of_o election_n be_v a_o infallible_a mean_n of_o attain_v the_o salvation_n of_o the_o redeem_v that_o be_v so_o elect_a the_o infallibility_n and_o futurition_n be_v not_o proper_o from_o redemption_n as_o such_o but_o from_o predestination_n and_o foreknowledge_n and_o so_o from_o redemption_n as_o join_v thereto_o that_o be_v from_o god_n intention_n or_o purpose_n de_fw-fr hoc_fw-la eventu_fw-la but_o redemption_n do_v not_o presuppose_v all_o the_o redeem_v to_o be_v elect_a by_o decree_n and_o therefore_o do_v not_o necessary_o infer_v the_o salvation_n of_o all_o the_o redeem_v they_o do_v therefore_o sore_o mistake_v that_o suppose_v redemption_n have_v this_o for_o its_o direct_a end_n viz._n the_o salvation_n of_o the_o redeem_v or_o that_o it_o be_v its_o end_n at_o all_o that_o all_o the_o redeem_v shall_v be_v infallible_o eventual_o save_v but_o redemption_n lay_v first_o the_o ground_n of_o christ_n new_a empire_n and_o administration_n to_o all_o the_o world_n upon_o this_o groundwork_n be_v the_o whole_a government_n of_o the_o world_n build_v and_o all_o the_o judicial_a proceed_n and_o execution_n at_o the_o last_o day_n and_o therefore_o they_o that_o deny_v universal_a redemption_n know_v not_o what_o they_o do_v they_o deny_v the_o foundation_n of_o god_n dominion_n as_o redeemer_n and_o of_o his_o new_a empire_n and_o legislation_n and_o judgement_n redemption_n now_o be_v necessary_o antecedent_n to_o the_o condemnation_n of_o perish_a unbeliever_n as_o well_o as_o causal_n of_o
father_n deliver_v into_o his_o hand_n joh._n 5._o 22._o the_o father_n judge_v no_o man_n but_o have_v give_v all_o judgement_n to_o the_o son_n etc._n etc._n phil._n 2._o 7._o 8._o 9_o rom._n 14._o 9_o 2._o that_o this_o right_n be_v found_v on_o redemption_n be_v prove_v by_o all_o that_o be_v say_v in_o the_o forementioned_a argument_n and_o text_n and_o i_o think_v few_o christian_n will_v deny_v it_o rom._n 14._o 9_o for_o this_o end_n he_o both_o die_v rose_z and_o revive_v that_o he_o may_v be_v lord_n of_o the_o dead_a and_o of_o the_o live_n if_o it_o be_v the_o end_n of_o his_o death_n and_o resurrection_n to_o obtain_v this_o dominion_n then_o sure_o this_o dominion_n be_v ground_v in_o that_o death_n and_o resurrection_n and_o belong_v to_o he_o as_o a_o redeemer_n phil._n 2._o 6_o 7_o 8_o 9_o 10_o 11._o he_o become_v obedient_a to_o death_n even_o the_o death_n of_o the_o cross_n wherefore_o god_n also_o have_v high_o exalt_v he_o etc._n etc._n 3._o and_o that_o it_o be_v 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that_o have_v make_v satisfaction_n for_o thy_o sin_n and_o if_o thou_o will_v receive_v i_o i_o will_v pardon_v and_o save_v thou_o thereby_o now_o if_o christ_n do_v not_o redeem_v man_n by_o satisfy_v and_o yet_o require_v they_o to_o take_v he_o as_o their_o redeemer_n than_o he_o require_v they_o to_o take_v he_o to_o be_v that_o which_o he_o be_v not_o and_o to_o have_v do_v that_o which_o he_o have_v not_o for_o christ_n can_v be_v a_o redeemer_n to_o any_o man_n that_o he_o have_v not_o pay_v the_o pay_v the_o price_n of_o redemption_n for_o which_o if_o it_o be_v not_o do_v faith_n will_v not_o cause_v it_o to_o be_v do_v so_o that_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o the_o lordship_n and_o empire_n of_o christ_n which_o he_o have_v right_a to_o over_o all_o and_o which_o all_o be_v command_v to_o acknowledge_v and_o submit_v to_o be_v inseparable_o conjoin_v with_o his_o redemption_n he_o be_v offer_v to_o no_o man_n as_o lord_n to_o who_o he_o be_v not_o also_o offer_v as_o 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cap._n 10._o videtur_fw-la declarare_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la eye_v reliqua_fw-la hostia_fw-la pro_fw-la peccato_fw-la postquam_fw-la unicam_fw-la christi_fw-la hostiam_fw-la semel_fw-la abjecerunt_fw-la &_o conculcarunt_fw-la impossible_a igitur_fw-la est_fw-la eos_fw-la resipiscere_fw-la &_o seruari_fw-la so_o calvin_n also_o porro_fw-la haec_fw-la ratio_fw-la est_fw-la cur_n iterum_fw-la dicat_fw-la christum_fw-la crucifigi_fw-la quia_fw-la nos_fw-la hâc_fw-la conditione_n illi_fw-la commorimur_fw-la ut_fw-la meditemur_fw-la perpetuam_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la novitatem_fw-la quiâ—_n ergo_fw-la in_o mortem_fw-la recidunt_fw-la opus_fw-la habent_fw-la secundo_fw-la sacrificio_fw-la ut_fw-la capite_fw-la decimo_fw-la habebimus_fw-la crucifigentes_fw-la sibi_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la quantum_fw-la in_o se_fw-la est_fw-la yea_o beza_n himself_o who_o see_v what_o may_v be_v say_v for_o universal_a redemption_n from_o this_o text_n endeavour_v to_o put_v in_o a_o bar_n yet_o conclude_v thus_o et_fw-la fortasse_fw-la sic_fw-la potest_fw-la ista_fw-la sententia_fw-la explicari_fw-la acsi_fw-la declaretur_fw-la istos_fw-la non_fw-la posse_fw-la rursum_fw-la renovari_fw-la quoniam_fw-la rursus_fw-la oporteret_fw-la christum_fw-la crucifigi_fw-la &_o illis_fw-la ludibriis_fw-la exponi_fw-la quod_fw-la fieri_fw-la amplius_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la illo_fw-la semel_fw-la pro_fw-la mortuis_fw-la credituris_fw-la crucifixo_fw-la nec_fw-la in_o gratiam_fw-la istorum_fw-la apostatarum_fw-la rursum_fw-la crucifigendo_fw-la quam_fw-la sententiam_fw-la si_fw-la amplectamur_fw-la uti_fw-la sane_fw-la probablis_fw-la &_o commoda_fw-la mihi_fw-la videtur_fw-la etc._n etc._n i_o will_v add_v no_o more_o though_o many_o more_o may_v be_v add_v now_o according_a to_o this_o exposition_n it_o be_v evident_a that_o it_o be_v imply_v that_o christ_n die_v for_o these_o man_n or_o else_o there_o seem_v no_o force_n in_o the_o argument_n to_o prove_v their_o sin_n unpardonable_a and_o themselves_o unrecoverable_a for_o the_o holy_a ghost_n here_o plain_o intimate_v that_o this_o unrecoverableness_n be_v the_o fruit_n of_o their_o apostasy_n and_o that_o they_o be_v not_o unrecoverable_a before_o they_o be_v apostate_n and_o yet_o the_o reason_n of_o their_o uncureableness_n lie_v in_o this_o that_o it_o be_v necessary_a to_o their_o pardon_n and_o cure_v that_o christ_n shall_v die_v again_o which_o can_v be_v now_o it_o imply_v that_o he_o die_v for_o they_o as_o they_o be_v in_o their_o state_n before_o apostasy_n or_o else_o on_o this_o reason_n it_o may_v be_v say_v as_o well_o that_o their_o recovery_n and_o pardon_n be_v as_o impossible_a then_o and_o so_o their_o apostasy_n shall_v not_o be_v the_o reason_n but_o christ_n not_o die_v for_o they_o at_o all_o shall_v be_v it_o which_o be_v plain_o contrary_a to_o the_o text._n but_o if_o any_o will_v needs_o deny_v this_o most_o probable_a interpretation_n and_o expound_v it_o efficient_a that_o they_o do_v as_o much_o as_o they_o can_v to_o kill_v christ_n again_o by_o their_o malice_n and_o contempt_n and_o make_v he_o to_o be_v but_o as_o a_o malefactor_n do_v approve_v of_o the_o jew_n crucify_a he_o as_o grotius_n and_o many_o more_o expound_v it_o still_o it_o intimate_v that_o their_o sin_n do_v put_v he_o to_o death_n once_o before_o or_o else_o what_o force_n be_v there_o in_o the_o argument_n for_o it_o seem_v to_o run_v thus_o they_o that_o as_o much_o as_o in_o they_o lie_v put_v christ_n to_o death_n twice_o or_o a_o second_o time_n be_v remediless_a but_o so_o do_v these_o apostate_n ergo_fw-la etc._n etc._n now_o if_o their_o sin_n as_o the_o pro-causa_a meritoria_fw-la have_v no_o hand_n in_o his_o death_n at_o first_o how_o can_v they_o be_v therefore_o remediless_a for_o endeavour_v it_o a_o second_o time_n for_o it_o be_v but_o once_o by_o they_o and_o if_o the_o same_o sin_n be_v pardonable_a in_o those_o that_o not_o only_o in_o desire_n but_o in_o act_n do_v put_v 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