Of the death of Christ, the price he paid, and the purchase he made. Or, the satisfaction, and merit of the death of Christ cleered, the universality of redemption thereby oppugned: and the doctrine concerning these things formerly delivered in a treatise against universal redemption vindicated from the exceptions, and objections of Mr Baxter. / By J. Owen, minister of the gospel.
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             Of the death of Christ, the price he paid, and the purchase he made. Or, the satisfaction, and merit of the death of Christ cleered, the universality of redemption thereby oppugned: and the doctrine concerning these things formerly delivered in a treatise against universal redemption vindicated from the exceptions, and objections of Mr Baxter. / By J. Owen, minister of the gospel.
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           OF
           THE
           DEATH
           OF
           CHRIST
           ,
           The
           PRICE
           he
           paid
           ,
           and
           the
           PURCHASE
           he
           made
           .
           
             OR
             ,
          
           The
           Satisfaction
           ,
           and
           Merit
           of
           the
           Death
           of
           CHRIST
           cleered
           ,
           the
           Universality
           of
           Redemption
           thereby
           oppugned
           :
           
             And
          
           The
           Doctrine
           Concerning
           these
           things
           formerly
           delivered
           in
           a
           Treatise
           against
           Universal
           REDEMPTION
           Vindicated
           from
           the
           Exceptions
           ,
           and
           Objections
           of
           MR
           BAXTER
           .
        
         
           By
           J.
           OWEN
           ,
           Minister
           of
           the
           Gospel
           .
        
         
           
             LONDON
             :
          
           Printed
           by
           
             Peter
             Cole
             ,
          
           at
           the
           sign
           of
           the
           Printing-Press
           in
           Cornhil
           ,
           near
           the
           Royal
           Exchange
           ,
           1650.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           TO
           THE
           RIGHT
           HONOURABLE
           ,
           OLIVER
           CROMWEL
           ,
           
             Esq
          
           Lord
           Lievtenant
           of
           IRELAND
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           TO
           excuse
           the
           Dedication
           of
           a
           Book
           ,
           which
           seems
           not
           to
           be
           like
           
             Apples
             of
             Gold
             in
             Pictures
             of
             Silver
             ,
          
           in
           a
           Time
           of
           so
           much
           Preparation
           for
           War
           ,
           this
           is
           my
           
             Apologie
             :
          
           The
           brief
           Discourse
           following
           ,
           being
           Composed
           in
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           where
           through
           the
           Presence
           of
           God
           with
           You
           ,
           in
           Your
           great
           Employment
           ,
           I
           enjoyed
           Peace
           and
           Quietness
           for
           a
           season
           in
           the
           service
           of
           my
           Master
           ,
           and
           now
           stepping
           into
           the
           [
           ⁂
           ]
           
           World
           ,
           by
           Providence
           ,
           upon
           Your
           return
           into
           this
           Nation
           ,
           it
           seems
           to
           crave
           the
           Signature
           of
           Your
           Name
           at
           the
           Entrance
           :
           Besides
           ,
           being
           almost
           wholly
           
             Polemical
          
           (
           for
           men
           of
           Learning
           also
           ,
           have
           their
           Polemicks
           ,
           and
           those
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           mannagement
           of
           some
           ,
           as
           pernitious
           to
           the
           Nations
           professing
           the
           Name
           of
           Christ
           ,
           as
           the
           Contest
           of
           the
           Sword
           )
           it
           layes
           a
           Second
           Claim
           therunto
           ,
           from
           its
           Proportion
           to
           the
           present
           Work
           whereunto
           You
           are
           called
           forth
           .
        
         
           Perhaps
           the
           Differences
           ,
           about
           which
           the
           Contest
           here
           mannaged
           ,
           is
           ,
           may
           appear
           to
           some
           ,
           not
           to
           be
           of
           so
           great
           Weight
           and
           Importance
           ,
           as
           to
           deserve
           that
           serious
           and
           publick
           Agitation
           ,
           which
           is
           now
           given
           to
           them
           :
           especially
           in
           these
           dayes
           ,
           wherein
           things
           of
           neerer
           Concernment
           to
           the
           Foundation
           of
           Faith
           ,
           do
           come
           continually
           under
           Debate
           .
           But
           besides
           that
           no
           one
           Title
           ,
           of
           the
           
             Faith
             once
             delivered
             unto
             the
             Saints
             ,
          
           is
           to
           be
           yeelded
           unto
           gain-sayers
           ,
           the
           Way
           wherby
           Opposition
           is
           made
           unto
           any
           Truth
           ,
           is
           seriously
           to
           be
           considered
           .
           It
           was
           said
           of
           
             Caesar
             ,
          
           That
           
             solus
             accessit
             sobrius
             ad
             perdendam
             rempublicam
             ,
          
           he
           alone
           (
           amongst
           many
           other
           undertakers
           )
           attempted
           soberly
           to
           destroy
           the
           Cōmon-wealth
           ,
           and
           therefore
           was
           the
           most
           earnestly
           to
           be
           resisted
           .
           In
           the
           Broaching
           of
           many
           Opinions
           ,
           abhorrent
           from
           the
           Truth
           of
           the
           Gospel
           in
           these
           dayes
           ,
           very
           few
           have
           gone
           soberly
           to
           Work
           .
           For
           the
           most
           part
           ,
           
             a
             perverse
             Spirit
             of
             Giddiness
             hath
             been
             mingled
          
           with
           their
           undertakings
           ,
           
           wherby
           ,
           though
           they
           have
           made
           a
           great
           Noise
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           
             overthrown
             the
             Faith
             of
             some
             ,
          
           yet
           their
           beloved
           self-Conceptions
           being
           full
           of
           self-Contradictions
           ,
           asserted
           with
           much
           Passion
           and
           Confidence
           ,
           little
           Reason
           or
           Judgment
           ,
           having
           no
           determinate
           End
           affixed
           to
           them
           ,
           I
           no
           way
           doubt
           ,
           but
           that
           in
           due
           Time
           they
           will
           easily
           sink
           of
           themselves
           .
        
         
           He
           ,
           with
           whom
           ,
           in
           some
           part
           of
           this
           Treatise
           ,
           I
           have
           to
           do
           ,
           hath
           been
           serious
           in
           his
           undertaking
           ,
           and
           being
           not
           destitute
           of
           Abilities
           for
           the
           carrying
           on
           of
           his
           Intendment
           ,
           it
           is
           requisite
           the
           Truth
           by
           him
           mistaken
           ,
           should
           receive
           a
           serious
           Vindication
           ,
           which
           I
           hope
           also
           is
           performed
           ,
           so
           far
           as
           Occasion
           ,
           was
           by
           his
           Writing
           ,
           to
           me
           administred
           .
        
         
           Neither
           will
           the
           things
           here
           Discussed
           I
           am
           perswaded
           seem
           light
           unto
           you
           ,
           who
           have
           learned
           to
           value
           every
           Truth
           of
           God
           ,
           at
           the
           Rate
           ,
           whereunto
           it
           is
           stamped
           from
           above
           :
           especially
           those
           which
           so
           neerly
           Concern
           him
           ,
           whom
           Your
           Soul
           loveth
           ,
           as
           these
           following
           wil
           be
           found
           to
           do
           .
        
         
           For
           my
           own
           part
           ,
           having
           no
           kind
           of
           Interest
           in
           the
           
             things
             now
             a
             doing
             ,
          
           neither
           one
           way
           ,
           nor
           other
           ,
           but
           only
           so
           far
           ,
           as
           the
           great
           Interest
           of
           Christ
           and
           the
           Gospel
           is
           concerned
           ,
           nor
           any
           design
           in
           my
           Thoughts
           ,
           but
           only
           to
           lay
           hold
           of
           every
           orderly
           Advantage
           to
           Preach
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           ,
           and
           him
           Crucified
           ,
           even
           him
           alone
           ;
           and
           withal
           ,
           to
           give
           Testimony
           to
           the
           whole
           Counsel
           [
           ⁂
           ]
           
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           revealed
           in
           his
           Word
           ,
           in
           Opposition
           to
           the
           many
           foolish
           Delusions
           ,
           which
           through
           the
           Craft
           of
           Satan
           ,
           and
           the
           Vanity
           of
           mens
           darkned
           minds
           ,
           have
           got
           entrance
           into
           the
           World
           ,
           continually
           lamenting
           the
           sad
           mistake
           of
           many
           Ministers
           of
           the
           Gospel
           immixing
           themselves
           so
           far
           in
           Civil
           Contests
           ,
           as
           to
           make
           them
           oftentimes
           the
           subject
           of
           their
           publick
           pains
           in
           Preaching
           and
           Writing
           ,
           I
           hope
           there
           is
           no
           need
           of
           an
           Apologie
           ,
           for
           my
           labouring
           in
           this
           kind
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           this
           Presentation
           of
           these
           few
           Sheets
           to
           You
           ,
           besides
           what
           is
           above
           mentioned
           ,
           my
           Assurance
           of
           Your
           faithful
           adherence
           to
           the
           
             forme
             of
             wholsome
             Words
             ,
          
           and
           
             pattern
             of
             sound
             Doctrine
             ,
          
           that
           cannot
           be
           gain-said
           ,
           gave
           Encouragement
           unto
           ,
        
         
           
             June
             1.
             
          
           Your
           Excellencies
           most
           humble
           and
           obliged
           Servant
           ,
           in
           our
           dearest
           Lord
           ,
           
             J.
             OWEN
             .
          
        
      
       
       
         
           To
           the
           READER
           .
        
         
           OF
           all
           the
           Controversies
           wherewith
           the
           Disciples
           of
           Christ
           ,
           through
           the
           
             Craft
             of
             Satan
             ,
          
           and
           their
           
             own
             knowing
             but
             in
             part
             ,
          
           have
           in
           several
           Ages
           been
           exercised
           ;
           there
           have
           been
           none
           of
           so
           great
           Weight
           and
           Importance
           upon
           all
           Considerations
           whatever
           ,
           as
           those
           which
           imediatly
           concern
           the
           
             Person
          
           and
           
             Grace
          
           of
           him
           ,
           by
           whose
           Name
           they
           are
           called
           .
        
         
           As
           his
           
             Person
          
           was
           almost
           the
           Sole
           Subject
           of
           Contest
           ,
           (
           of
           any
           moment
           )
           for
           the
           space
           of
           many
           Ages
           succeeding
           his
           converse
           in
           the
           
             Flesh
             with
             the
             Sons
             of
             men
             ;
          
           so
           in
           these
           latter
           dayes
           ,
           through
           the
           
             darkness
             of
             their
             own
             Spirits
             ,
          
           and
           the
           seducements
           of
           the
           
             Spirit
             of
             darkness
             ,
          
           many
           in
           an
           especial
           manner
           do
           draw
           forth
           
             varietie
             of
             uncouth
             thoughts
          
           concerning
           his
           
             Grace
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Dispensation
           of
           the
           Love
           of
           God
           towards
           mankind
           in
           him
           .
        
         
           Yet
           have
           not
           these
           things
           been
           
             so
             distinctlie
          
           mannaged
           ,
           but
           that
           as
           they
           of
           old
           with
           their
           Oppositions
           to
           his
           
             Person
             ,
          
           did
           also
           labour
           to
           decry
           and
           disanul
           the
           Work
           of
           his
           
             Grace
             ,
          
           so
           many
           of
           those
           who
           of
           latter
           dayes
           have
           been
           led
           away
           into
           
             dangerous
             misapprehensions
             of
             his
             Grace
             ,
          
           both
           as
           to
           the
           Foundation
           and
           Efficacy
           of
           it
           ,
           have
           also
           wrested
           the
           things
           concerning
           his
           
             Person
             to
             their
             own
             destruction
             .
          
        
         
           Of
           those
           that
           have
           entangled
           the
           
             Spirits
             of
             the
             men
             of
             this
             Generation
             ,
          
           turning
           aside
           many
           from
           the
           
             simplicitie
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
          
           and
           
             the
             Truth
             as
             it
             is
             in
             Iesus
             ,
          
           none
           have
           been
           obtruded
           upon
           the
           Saints
           of
           God
           ,
           with
           greater
           
             Confidence
             ,
          
           nor
           carried
           out
           to
           a
           more
           unhappy
           Issue
           ,
           then
           such
           ,
           as
           assisting
           corrupted
           Nature
           to
           unbend
           it self
           from
           under
           the
           Sovereignty
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           loosening
           the
           thoughts
           of
           Mens
           hearts
           from
           their
           Captivity
           to
           the
           
             Obedience
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
          
           do
           suit
           the
           Mystery
           of
           God
           in
           Christ
           
             reconciling
             sinners
             unto
             himself
             ,
          
           to
           the
           fleshly
           Wisdom
           and
           Reasonings
           of
           a
           Man
           :
           It
           was
           in
           our
           hopes
           and
           Expectation
           ,
           
             not
             manie
             yeers
             ago
             ,
          
           That
           the
           Lord
           would
           graciously
           have
           
             turned
             back
          
           all
           those
           bitter
           streams
           ,
           which
           issuing
           from
           the
           
             Pride
             ,
             Vnthankfulnesse
             ,
          
           and
           
             Wisdom
          
           of
           the
           
             Carnal
             mind
             ,
          
           had
           many
           wayes
           attempted
           to
           overflow
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           
             Grace
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             bringeth
             Salvation
             ;
          
           but
           finding
           now
           by
           Experience
           ,
           That
           the
           
             Day
          
           of
           the
           Churches
           
             rest
             from
             Persecution
             ,
          
           is
           the
           
             Day
          
           of
           Satan's
           main
           work
           ,
           
             for
             Seducing
             and
             Temptation
             ,
          
           and
           that
           
             not
             a
             few
          
           are
           attempting
           once
           more
           ,
           to
           renew
           the
           Contest
           of
           
             sinful
             ,
             guiltie
             ,
             defiled
             ,
          
           Nature
           ,
           against
           the
           
             Sovereigntie
             ,
             
             Distinguishing
             Love
             ,
          
           and
           
             effectual
             Grace
          
           of
           God
           ,
           it
           cannot
           but
           be
           convenient
           ,
           yea
           necessary
           ,
           That
           the
           
             Faith
             once
             delivered
             to
             the
             Saints
             ,
          
           be
           contended
           for
           ,
           and
           asserted
           from
           the
           
             Word
             of
             Truth
             ,
          
           in
           the
           like
           publick
           way
           ,
           wherein
           it
           is
           opposed
           .
        
         
           It
           hath
           been
           the
           constant
           practise
           of
           all
           
             Persons
          
           in
           all
           
             Ages
             ,
          
           who
           have
           made
           it
           their
           Design
           to
           beget
           and
           propagate
           a
           Belief
           of
           any
           Doctrine
           contrary
           
             to
             the
             form
             of
             wholsome
             words
             ,
          
           to
           begin
           with
           ,
           and
           insist
           mainly
           upon
           those
           Parts
           of
           their
           
             beloved
          
           Conception
           and
           Off
           spring
           ,
           which
           seem
           to
           be
           most
           
             beautiful
          
           and
           taking
           ,
           for
           the
           turning
           aside
           of
           poor
           weak
           
             unlearned
          
           and
           
             unstable
          
           Souls
           :
           knowing
           full
           well
           ,
           That
           their
           Judgements
           and
           Assertions
           being
           once
           
             engaged
             ,
          
           such
           is
           the
           frame
           of
           mens
           Spirits
           under
           
             Delusion
             ,
          
           that
           they
           will
           chuse
           rather
           to
           
             swallow
          
           down
           all
           that
           follows
           ,
           then
           to
           
             discharge
          
           themselves
           of
           what
           they
           have
           already
           received
           .
        
         
           Upon
           this
           Account
           ,
           those
           who
           of
           
             late
          
           dayes
           have
           themselves
           drank
           large
           Draughts
           of
           the
           very
           dregs
           of
           
             Pelagianisme
             ,
          
           do
           hold
           out
           at
           first
           ,
           only
           a
           desire
           to
           be
           
             pledged
          
           in
           a
           taste
           of
           the
           
             Vniversalitie
             of
             the
             Merit
             of
             Christ
             ,
             for
             the
             Redemption
          
           (
           or
           rather
           something
           else
           ,
           well
           I
           wote
           not
           what
           )
           
             of
             all
             and
             everie
             man
             ;
          
           finding
           this
           rendred
           
             plausible
          
           from
           some
           
             general
             Expressions
          
           in
           the
           Word
           ,
           seeming
           to
           
             cast
             an
             Eye
          
           of
           favour
           that
           way
           in
           the
           
             Light
          
           wherin
           they
           stand
           ,
           as
           also
           to
           be
           a
           
             fit
          
           subject
           for
           them
           to
           varnish
           over
           ,
           and
           deck
           up
           ,
           with
           
             Loose
             ,
             Ambiguous
             ,
             Rhetorical
          
           Expressions
           ,
           they
           attempt
           with
           all
           their
           might
           to
           get
           entertainment
           for
           it
           ,
           knowing
           that
           those
           who
           shal
           receive
           it
           ,
           may
           well
           call
           it
           
             Gad
             ,
          
           being
           sent
           before
           ,
           only
           to
           take
           up
           
             Quarters
          
           for
           the
           
             Troop
          
           that
           follows
           .
        
         
           To
           obviate
           this
           
             Evil
             ,
          
           which
           being
           
             thus
             planted
             ,
          
           and
           
             watered
          
           through
           other
           subtilties
           and
           Advantages
           ,
           
           hath
           received
           no
           
             small
             Increase
             ,
          
           I
           have
           
             once
          
           and
           
             again
          
           cast
           in
           my
           
             Mite
          
           into
           the
           Treasury
           of
           that
           rich
           Provision
           ,
           which
           the
           Lord
           hath
           inabled
           many
           men
           of
           
             Eminent
             Learning
             and
             Pietie
             ,
          
           to
           draw
           forth
           from
           the
           
             inexhaustible
             store-house
             of
             Divine
             Truth
             ,
          
           and
           to
           prepare
           it
           for
           the
           use
           of
           the
           Saints
           .
        
         
           In
           
             one
          
           of
           those
           Treatises
           ,
           
           having
           at
           large
           handled
           the
           several
           
             Concernments
          
           of
           the
           Death
           of
           Christ
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           
             Satisfaction
          
           and
           
             Merit
          
           thereof
           ,
           in
           their
           
             Nature
          
           and
           
             tendency
             ,
          
           as
           well
           as
           their
           
             Object
          
           and
           
             Extent
             ,
          
           and
           finding
           some
           Opposition
           made
           to
           
             sundry
             Truths
          
           therein
           delivered
           ,
           I
           have
           attemp●ed
           through
           the
           Assistance
           of
           Grace
           ,
           to
           
             Vindicate
          
           them
           ,
           from
           that
           opposition
           ,
           in
           this
           Ensuing
           Discourse
           ,
           as
           also
           taken
           Occasion
           to
           hold
           forth
           sundry
           other
           things
           of
           
             weight
             and
             importance
             ,
          
           of
           all
           which
           you
           have
           an
           Accoun●
           given
           ,
           in
           the
           
             first
             Chapters
          
           thereof
           ,
           whither
           I
           remit
           the
           Reader
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           present
           there
           are
           some
           few
           things
           ,
           which
           (
           Christian
           Reader
           )
           I
           desire
           to
           acquaint
           thee
           withal
           in
           particular
           ,
           which
           something
           neerly
           concern
           the
           businesse
           we
           have
           in
           hand
           .
        
         
           Since
           ,
           not
           only
           the
           
             compleat
             finishing
          
           of
           this
           Treatise
           under
           my
           hand
           ,
           which
           is
           now
           about
           5
           Months
           ago
           ,
           but
           also
           the
           
             Printing
          
           of
           some
           Part
           of
           
           it
           ,
           the
           
             Two
             Dissertatious
             of
             Dr
          
           Davenant
           ,
           
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             of
             Predestination
             and
             Reprobation
          
           were
           setforth
           :
           in
           both
           which
           ,
           especially
           the
           former
           ,
           there
           are
           sundry
           
             Assertions
             ,
             Positions
             ,
          
           and
           
             Thesis
             ,
          
           differing
           from
           what
           is
           delivered
           in
           the
           ensuing
           Treatise
           ,
           and
           as
           I
           suppose
           repugnant
           unto
           Truth
           it self
           :
           The
           whole
           of
           that
           
             Perswasion
             ,
          
           I
           confesse
           ,
           which
           he
           endeavoureth
           in
           them
           to
           maintain
           ,
           is
           suited
           to
           the
           Expressions
           of
           sundry
           Learned
           men
           ,
           as
           
             Austine
             ,
             Hillary
             ,
             Fulgentius
             ,
             Prosper
             ,
          
           who
           in
           their
           Generations
           deserved
           exceeding
           well
           or
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           :
           But
           that
           it
           is
           free
           from
           Opposition
           to
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           or
           indeed
           self-Contradiction
           ,
           is
           not
           so
           apparant
           .
           Yea
           ,
           through
           the
           Patience
           and
           Goodnesse
           of
           God
           ,
           I
           undertake
           to
           demonstrate
           ,
           That
           the
           main
           Foundation
           of
           his
           whole
           
             Dissertation
             about
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             ,
          
           with
           many
           Inferences
           from
           thence
           ,
           are
           neither
           
             found
             in
             ,
          
           nor
           
             founded
             on
          
           the
           Word
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           several
           Parts
           therof
           ,
           are
           mutually
           
             Conflicting
          
           and
           destructive
           of
           each
           other
           ,
           to
           the
           great
           prejudice
           of
           the
           Truth
           therein
           contained
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           a
           thing
           of
           the
           
             saddest
          
           Consideration
           possible
           ,
           That
           Wise
           and
           
             Learned
             men
             ,
          
           should
           once
           suppose
           ,
           by
           
             tempering
          
           the
           Truths
           of
           God
           ,
           so
           that
           they
           may
           be
           suited
           to
           the
           self-Indulgency
           of
           unsubdued
           
             Carnal
             Affections
             ,
          
           to
           give
           any
           Lustre
           to
           them
           ,
           
           or
           in
           the
           least
           to
           remove
           that
           
             Scandal
          
           and
           Offence
           ,
           which
           the
           
             f●eshlie
             minded
          
           doth
           take
           continually
           at
           those
           Wayes
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           are
           
             far
             above
             out
             of
             its
             sight
             .
          
           That
           this
           is
           the
           grand
           design
           of
           such
           
             undertakings
             ,
          
           as
           that
           of
           the
           
             Learned
             Bishop
          
           now
           mentioned
           ,
           even
           to
           force
           the
           
             Mysteries
          
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           to
           a
           Condescention
           and
           sutablnesse
           unto
           the
           
             unpurged
          
           Relicks
           of
           the
           Wisdom
           of
           Nature
           ,
           when
           all
           our
           thoughts
           ought
           to
           be
           captivated
           to
           the
           obedience
           thereof
           ,
           is
           to
           me
           most
           apparent
           .
           Whence
           else
           should
           it
           proceed
           ,
           that
           so
           many
           
             unscriptural
          
           Distinctions
           ,
           of
           the
           various
           Intentions
           of
           God
           in
           the
           business
           of
           Redemption
           ,
           with
           the
           holding
           out
           for
           the
           Confirmation
           of
           one
           part
           of
           their
           Opinion
           ,
           viz.
           
             That
             Christ
             died
             for
             all
             ,
             and
             every
             one
             ,
          
           in
           such
           a
           sense
           ,
           those
           very
           Arguments
           ,
           which
           the
           most
           that
           own
           the
           Truth
           of
           their
           Inferences
           ,
           do
           imploy
           meerly
           against
           the
           latter
           part
           of
           their
           Opinion
           ,
           viz
           
             In
             some
             sense
             he
             died
             only
             for
             the
             Elect
             ,
          
           with
           sundry
           inextricable
           Intanglements
           ,
           should
           fill
           up
           
             both
             the
             Pages
          
           of
           their
           Discourses
           .
           
        
         
           It
           is
           no
           way
           cleer
           to
           me
           ,
           what
           
             Glory
          
           redoundeth
           to
           the
           
             Grace
          
           of
           God
           ,
           what
           
             Exaltation
          
           is
           given
           to
           the
           
             Death
          
           of
           Christ
           ,
           what
           
             Encouragement
          
           to
           sinners
           in
           the
           things
           of
           God
           ,
           by
           maintaining
           ,
           That
           our
           Saviour
           in
           the
           Intention
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           Designment
           of
           his
           Father
           ,
           died
           for
           the
           
             Redemption
             of
             Millions
             ,
          
           for
           whom
           he
           
             purchased
          
           not
           one
           dram
           of
           saving
           Grace
           ,
           and
           concerning
           whom
           ,
           it
           was
           the
           
             Purpose
          
           of
           God
           from
           Eternity
           ,
           not
           to
           make
           out
           unto
           them
           effectually
           ,
           any
           of
           those
           means
           for
           a
           participation
           in
           the
           
             fruits
             of
             his
             Death
             ,
          
           without
           which
           it
           is
           impossible
           but
           it
           should
           be
           useless
           and
           unprofitable
           unto
           them
           :
           
           and
           yet
           this
           is
           the
           main
           Design
           of
           that
           
             Dissertation
             concerning
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             :
          
           What
           in
           that
           ,
           and
           the
           ensuing
           
           Discourse
           ,
           is
           argued
           and
           contended
           for
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           mind
           of
           God
           ,
           we
           thankfully
           accept
           :
           and
           had
           it
           not
           been
           condited
           with
           the
           
             unsavory
             salt
          
           of
           human
           wisdom
           ,
           it
           had
           been
           exceeding
           acceptable
           ,
           especially
           at
           this
           time
           .
           For
           ,
        
         
           2
           ,
           That
           there
           are
           some
           more
           than
           ordinary
           Endeavors
           for
           the
           Supportment
           and
           Re-inforcing
           of
           the
           almost
           conclamated
           Cause
           of
           
             Arminianisme
             ,
          
           
           ready
           to
           be
           handed
           unto
           publick
           view
           ,
           is
           commonly
           reported
           and
           believed
           :
           concerning
           which
           also
           many
           
             swelling
             words
          
           (
           of
           which
           there
           lies
           great
           abundance
           on
           every
           side
           )
           are
           daily
           vented
           ,
           as
           of
           some
           unparalelled
           product
           of
           Truth
           and
           Industry
           ,
           as
           though
           ,
           
             Nil
             oriturum
             alias
             ,
             nil
             ortum
             tale
             ,
          
           
           for
           the
           most
           part
           ,
           by
           such
           as
           are
           utterly
           ignorant
           ,
           how
           far
           these
           
             Controversies
          
           have
           been
           
             sifted
             ,
          
           
           and
           to
           what
           Issue
           they
           have
           been
           driven
           
             long
          
           ago
           .
        
         
           For
           my
           part
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           not
           as
           yet
           of
           late
           ,
           heard
           or
           read
           any
           thing
           of
           this
           kind
           ,
           either
           from
           
             Publick
             Disputes
             ,
          
           or
           in
           
             Printed
             Sheets
             ,
          
           but
           only
           long
           since
           exploded
           
             Sophismes
             ,
          
           inconsequent
           
             Consequencies
             ,
          
           weak
           Objections
           ,
           fully
           ,
           soundly
           Answered
           many
           a
           day
           since
           ,
           nor
           by
           the
           Taste
           which
           I
           have
           already
           received
           ,
           have
           I
           any
           Reason
           to
           expect
           from
           the
           great
           endeavours
           which
           are
           entring
           the
           
             City
          
           of
           God
           with
           Io
           
             Triumphs
          
           any
           thing
           beyond
           fruitlesse
           Attempts
           to
           varnish
           over
           with
           plausible
           appearances
           ,
           formerly
           decryed
           
             Invectives
          
           and
           Reasonings
           ,
           whose
           Deformity
           and
           Nakedness
           have
           been
           often
           discovered
           to
           the
           lothing
           of
           them
           by
           the
           Saints
           of
           God
           ;
           so
           I
           no
           way
           doubt
           ,
           
           but
           that
           the
           Lord
           ,
           whose
           Truth
           is
           precious
           to
           him
           ,
           will
           continue
           to
           
             powre
             out
             ,
          
           from
           the
           rich
           Provision
           which
           he
           hath
           made
           for
           the
           use
           of
           his
           Church
           ,
           and
           laid
           it
           up
           in
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           ,
           
             sutable
             Gifts
             and
             Abilities
             ,
          
           
           against
           all
           Opposition
           whereunto
           by
           the
           Craft
           of
           Satan
           it
           is
           exposed
           :
           I
           shall
           say
           no
           more
           ,
           though
           Occasion
           be
           administred
           to
           deplore
           that
           successe
           ,
           which
           the
           
             spirit
             of
             Seduction
          
           that
           is
           gone
           out
           in
           this
           
             hour
             of
             Temptation
             ,
          
           
           hath
           had
           in
           prevaising
           upon
           them
           
             that
             live
             in
             the
             Earth
             ,
             to
             turn
             away
             their
             minds
             from
             sound
             Doctrine
             and
             the
             forme
             of
             wholsome
             words
             :
          
           Only
           I
           desire
           to
           Commend
           the
           Reader
           unto
           those
           two
           Apostolical
           Cautions
           ,
           one
           ,
           1
           Tim.
           1.
           18
           ,
           19.
           the
           other
           ,
           1
           Tim.
           6.
           20.
           and
           to
           Commit
           him
           to
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           .
        
         
           
             May
             15th
             .
          
           
             J.
             O.
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           OF
           THE
           DEATH
           OF
           CHRIST
           .
        
         
           
             CAP.
             I.
             
          
           
             The
             Occasion
             of
             this
             DISCOVRSE
             ,
             with
             the
             Intendment
             of
             the
             whole
             .
          
           
             A
             Few
             words
             will
             briefly
             acquaint
             the
             Reader
             with
             the
             Occasion
             of
             this
             Discourse
             ensuing
             :
             It
             is
             now
             about
             2
             yeers
             since
             I
             Published
             a
             Treatise
             about
             the
             
               Redemption
               ,
               and
               Satisfaction
               that
               is
               in
               the
               blood
               of
               Chrst
               :
            
             My
             aym
             was
             to
             hold
             out
             the
             whole
             Work
             of
             Redemption
             ,
             as
             
               flowing
            
             from
             the
             
               Love
            
             of
             the
             Father
             ,
             
               dispensed
            
             in
             the
             
               bloud
            
             of
             the
             Son
             ,
             and
             made
             effectual
             by
             the
             
               application
            
             of
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Grace
             :
             And
             because
             in
             this
             whole
             Dispensation
             ,
             and
             in
             all
             the
             Method
             of
             Gods
             proceedings
             to
             make
             
               us
               nigh
               to
               himself
               in
               the
               bloud
               of
               Jesus
               :
            
             There
             is
             no
             one
             thing
             so
             commonly
             Controverted
             ,
             as
             the
             
               object
               of
               that
               Redemption
               in
               respect
               of
               the
               extent
               of
               it
               :
            
             That
             in
             the
             whole
             ,
             I
             did
             specially
             intend
             .
          
           
           
             What
             by
             the
             grace
             of
             him
             
               (
               who
               supplieth
               seed
               to
               the
               Sower
               )
            
             was
             attained
             in
             that
             undertaking
             ,
             is
             left
             unto
             the
             Judgement
             of
             men
             ,
             upon
             the
             Issue
             of
             his
             Blessing
             thereunto
             ;
             altogether
             I
             am
             not
             out
             of
             hopes
             ,
             That
             ,
             
               that
               Labor
               in
               the
               Lord
               was
               not
               in
               vain
               .
            
          
           
             The
             Universality
             of
             Redemption
             (
             one
             thing
             in
             that
             Treatise
             mainly
             opposed
             )
             having
             of
             old
             ,
             and
             of
             late
             got
             room
             in
             the
             minds
             of
             some
             men
             ,
             otherwise
             furnished
             with
             many
             precious
             Truths
             ,
             and
             eminent
             Gifts
             ,
             I
             was
             not
             without
             expectation
             of
             some
             
               opposition
            
             to
             be
             made
             thereunto
             :
             Something
             also
             (
             I
             have
             been
             informed
             )
             hath
             been
             attempted
             that
             way
             ;
             but
             I
             am
             yet
             at
             so
             much
             quiet
             in
             that
             regard
             ,
             as
             an
             utter
             
               nescience
            
             of
             them
             ,
             can
             afford
             .
          
           
             Only
             whereas
             many
             other
             questions
             are
             incidently
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             way
             handled
             therein
             ,
             as
             about
             the
             
               Satisfaction
               ,
            
             and
             
               Merit
            
             of
             Christ
             ,
             &c.
             
             It
             pleased
             Mr
             
               Baxter
               ,
            
             a
             learned
             Divine
             ,
             in
             an
             Appendix
             to
             a
             
               Treatise
               of
               Justification
            
             by
             him
             lately
             Published
             ,
             to
             turn
             aside
             in
             the
             Censure
             of
             some
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             opposition
             to
             them
             .
          
           
             Indeed
             most
             of
             his
             Exceptions
             do
             lie
             rather
             against
             
               Words
               ,
            
             then
             
               Things
               ;
            
             Expressions
             ,
             then
             Oppinions
             ;
             wayes
             of
             Delivering
             things
             ,
             then
             the
             Doctrines
             themselves
             ,
             as
             the
             Reader
             will
             perceive
             ;
             so
             that
             of
             this
             labour
             I
             might
             ease
             my self
             with
             this
             just
             Apology
             ;
             That
             I
             was
             desired
             ,
             and
             pressed
             to
             handle
             the
             things
             of
             that
             Discourse
             ,
             in
             the
             most
             popular
             way
             they
             were
             capable
             of
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             best
             accommodation
             to
             vulgar
             Capacities
             ;
             so
             that
             it
             is
             no
             wonder
             ,
             if
             some
             Expressions
             therein
             ,
             may
             be
             found
             to
             want
             some
             grains
             of
             
               Accurateness
            
             (
             though
             they
             have
             not
             one
             dram
             the
             less
             of
             
               Truth
               )
            
             in
             a
             
               Scholastical
            
             ballance
             :
          
           
             Notwithstanding
             ,
             because
          
           
             1
             I
             am
             not
             as
             yet
             convinced
             by
             any
             thing
             in
             M.
             
               Baxters
            
             Censure
             ,
             and
             Opposition
             ,
             that
             there
             was
             any
             such
             blameable
             deviation
             as
             is
             pretended
             ,
             but
             rather
             the
             words
             of
             Truth
             ,
             and
             Sobriety
             ,
             cloathing
             a
             Doctrine
             of
             wholsomeness
             ;
             and
             especially
             ,
             because
             the
             things
             pointed
             at
             are
             in
             
             themselves
             
               weighty
               ,
            
             and
             needing
             some
             exactness
             in
             the
             delivery
             ,
             to
             give
             a
             right
             Apprehension
             of
             them
             :
             I
             was
             willing
             
               once
               more
            
             to
             attempt
             whether
             
               the
               Grace
               of
               God
               with
               me
               ,
            
             who
             am
             less
             then
             the
             least
             of
             all
             Saints
             ,
             might
             give
             any
             further
             light
             into
             the
             right
             understanding
             of
             them
             according
             to
             the
             Truth
             ,
             to
             the
             advantage
             of
             any
             that
             love
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             in
             sincerity
             .
          
           
             The
             
               true
               nature
               of
               the
               satisfaction
               of
               Christ
               ,
            
             with
             the
             
               kind
            
             of
             Payment
             of
             our
             Debt
             by
             him
             made
             and
             accomplished
             ,
             is
             doubtless
             worthy
             of
             our
             most
             serious
             enquiry
             :
             The
             right
             Constitution
             of
             the
             
               immediate
               Effects
            
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             ,
             the
             relation
             of
             men
             to
             the
             Election
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             Redemption
             of
             Christ
             ,
             with
             their
             several
             states
             and
             Conditions
             in
             reference
             unto
             those
             Works
             of
             Grace
             ,
             ought
             to
             be
             of
             no
             lesse
             esteem
             :
             And
             that
             not
             only
             for
             the
             nature
             and
             excellency
             of
             the
             things
             themselves
             ,
             but
             also
             because
             a
             right
             disposal
             of
             them
             ,
             gives
             more
             light
             into
             the
             stating
             and
             settling
             many
             other
             Controverted
             Truths
             about
             Faith
             ,
             Justification
             ,
             Vocation
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             :
             These
             are
             the
             
               Subjects
            
             about
             which
             I
             am
             called
             forth
             in
             my
             own
             ,
             or
             rather
             Truths
             defence
             .
          
           
             For
             the
             Treatise
             ,
             and
             Subject
             thereof
             ,
             whose
             latter
             part
             gives
             Rise
             to
             this
             ;
             I
             shall
             say
             no
             more
             ,
             but
             as
             there
             are
             in
             it
             many
             footsteps
             of
             
               Commendable
               Learning
               ,
            
             Industry
             ,
             and
             Diligence
             ;
             so
             to
             my
             present
             Apprehension
             the
             chief
             Intendments
             of
             it
             ,
             with
             very
             many
             occasional
             Expressions
             of
             the
             Authors
             Judgement
             in
             sundry
             Particulars
             ,
             are
             obnoxious
             to
             just
             Opposition
             from
             Truth
             it self
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             not
             at
             all
             in
             my
             thoughts
             ,
             to
             engage
             my self
             into
             the
             chief
             Controversie
             there
             agitated
             ;
             though
             I
             could
             desire
             ,
             That
             some
             to
             whom
             Providence
             hath
             given
             more
             leasure
             ,
             and
             opportunities
             for
             such
             employments
             ,
             would
             candidly
             examine
             those
             Aphorismes
             ,
             for
             the
             further
             advantage
             of
             Truth
             and
             Light
             .
          
           
             But
             whereas
             the
             learned
             Author
             hath
             to
             make
             
               streight
            
             the
             work
             he
             had
             in
             hand
             ,
             endeavoured
             to
             cast
             some
             part
             
             of
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Satisfaction
             ,
             and
             Redemption
             of
             Christ
             ,
             as
             by
             me
             delivered
             ,
             into
             a
             
               crooked
            
             Frame
             ,
             and
             that
             with
             some
             such
             passages
             of
             
               Censure
               ,
            
             as
             might
             have
             been
             omitted
             ,
             without
             losing
             the
             least
             Grace
             of
             his
             Book
             ,
             or
             Stile
             :
             I
             shall
             with
             the
             Lords
             assistance
             ,
             endeavour
             to
             reinforce
             what
             of
             Truth
             hath
             been
             thereby
             assaulted
             in
             vain
             ,
             and
             more
             especially
             take
             occasion
             from
             thence
             further
             to
             unfold
             those
             Mysteries
             ,
             which
             to
             our
             apprehension
             ,
             are
             wrapped
             up
             in
             no
             small
             darkness
             :
             there
             being
             in
             them
             
               some
               things
               difficult
               ,
               and
               hard
               to
               be
               understood
               .
            
          
           
             The
             First
             thing
             then
             ,
             which
             that
             
               learned
               Divine
            
             chose
             to
             stand
             in
             
               distance
            
             from
             me
             in
             ,
             is
             concerning
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             
               payment
            
             made
             for
             sin
             by
             the
             bloud
             of
             Christ
             ;
             Whether
             it
             be
             
               ejusdem
               ,
            
             or
             
               tantidem
               ;
            
             and
             of
             the
             Sense
             of
             those
             Expresions
             ,
             is
             our
             First
             Debate
             :
             In
             handling
             whereof
             ,
             I
             hope
             I
             shall
             not
             only
             satisfie
             the
             Reader
             as
             to
             the
             Truth
             of
             what
             I
             had
             
               before
               written
               ;
            
             but
             also
             further
             cleer
             the
             whole
             Doctrine
             of
             Satisfaction
             ,
             with
             especial
             reference
             to
             the
             
               kind
            
             of
             the
             Payment
             that
             Christ
             made
             ,
             and
             Punishment
             which
             he
             underwent
             .
          
           
             The
             other
             Head
             wrappeth
             in
             it self
             many
             particulars
             concerning
             the
             immediate
             Fruit
             ,
             or
             Effects
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             ,
             the
             state
             of
             Elect
             Redeemed
             ones
             before
             actual
             Believing
             ,
             the
             nature
             of
             Redemption
             ,
             Reconciliation
             ,
             the
             differencing
             of
             Persons
             in
             Gods
             eternal
             Purposes
             ;
             to
             the
             Consideration
             of
             all
             which
             ,
             and
             sundry
             other
             particulars
             ,
             I
             have
             occasion
             offered
             me
             ,
             in
             defence
             of
             the
             Truth
             impugned
             .
          
           
             These
             now
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             being
             things
             in
             themselves
             
               weighty
               ,
            
             and
             the
             difference
             about
             them
             being
             for
             the
             most
             part
             rather
             as
             to
             the
             
               way
               of
               the
               delivery
               ,
            
             then
             as
             
               to
               things
               themselves
               :
            
             In
             the
             handling
             of
             them
             ,
             I
             could
             not
             attend
             meerly
             to
             the
             advantage
             offered
             by
             M.
             
               Baxters
            
             Discourse
             ,
             but
             chuse
             rather
             to
             cast
             them
             into
             another
             
               method
               ,
            
             which
             might
             be
             
               distinct
               ,
               cleer
               ,
            
             and
             accommodate
             to
             the
             things
             themselves
             :
             So
             that
             I
             hope
             the
             Reader
             may
             (
             with
             some
             
             Profit
             )
             see
             the
             whole
             dispensation
             of
             the
             Love
             of
             God
             to
             his
             Elect
             through
             Christ
             ,
             with
             the
             relation
             of
             the
             Elect
             in
             several
             Conditions
             ,
             unto
             the
             several
             actings
             of
             God
             in
             that
             dispensation
             succinctly
             laid
             down
             .
          
           
             The
             Accommodation
             also
             of
             
               All
            
             delivered
             ,
             to
             many
             weighty
             Controversies
             ,
             I
             have
             added
             .
          
           
             If
             the
             
               way
            
             of
             handling
             these
             things
             here
             used
             ,
             be
             blamed
             by
             any
             ,
             I
             hope
             the
             judicious
             will
             see
             ,
             That
             it
             is
             such
             as
             the
             matter
             it self
             will
             bear
             .
          
           
             There
             hath
             not
             been
             
               many
               things
            
             in
             my
             whole
             enquiry
             after
             the
             Mind
             of
             God
             in
             his
             Word
             ,
             which
             have
             more
             exercised
             my
             thoughts
             ,
             then
             the
             
               right
               ordering
               ,
            
             and
             
               distinct
            
             disposal
             of
             those
             whereof
             we
             treat
             ;
             If
             the
             Lord
             hath
             discovered
             any
             thing
             
               unto
               me
               ,
            
             or
             made
             out
             any
             thing
             
               by
               me
               ,
            
             that
             may
             be
             for
             the
             benefit
             of
             any
             of
             his
             ,
             I
             shall
             rejoyce
             ;
             it
             being
             always
             in
             my
             desire
             ,
             That
             all
             things
             might
             fall
             out
             to
             the
             advantage
             of
             the
             Gospel
             :
             and
             so
             I
             address
             my self
             to
             the
             matter
             before
             me
             .
          
        
         
           
             CAP.
             II.
             
          
           
             An
             entrance
             into
             the
             whole
             ;
             Of
             the
             Nature
             of
             the
             payment
             made
             by
             CHRIST
             ;
             VVith
             the
             Right
             stating
             of
             the
             things
             in
             Difference
             .
          
           
             MR.
             
               Baxter
            
             having
             Composed
             his
             
               Aphorismes
               of
               Justification
               ,
            
             with
             their
             Explications
             :
             before
             the
             publishing
             of
             them
             in
             Print
             ,
             he
             Communicated
             them
             (
             as
             should
             appear
             )
             to
             
               some
            
             of
             his
             neer
             acquaintance
             :
             Unto
             some
             things
             in
             them
             contained
             ,
             one
             of
             his
             said
             friends
             gives
             in
             some
             Exceptions
             ;
             amongst
             other
             things
             he
             opposeth
             unto
             those
             
               Aphorismes
               ,
            
             he
             also
             points
             at
             my
             contrary
             
             Judgement
             in
             
               one
            
             or
             
               two
            
             particulars
             ,
             with
             my
             Reasons
             produced
             for
             the
             Confirmation
             thereof
             .
             This
             provoketh
             their
             learned
             Author
             (
             though
             unwilling
             )
             to
             turn
             aside
             to
             the
             Consideration
             of
             those
             Reasons
             .
             Now
             the
             First
             of
             those
             Particulars
             being
             about
             the
             
               payment
               made
               for
               sin
               ,
               in
               the
               bloud
               of
               Christ
               ,
               of
               what
               sort
               ,
               and
               kind
               it
               is
               :
            
             I
             shall
             willingly
             carry
             on
             the
             Enquiry
             to
             this
             further
             Issue
             ,
             whereunto
             I
             am
             drawn
             out
             .
          
           
             1
             He
             looks
             upon
             the
             Stating
             of
             the
             
               Question
            
             as
             I
             professedly
             laid
             it
             down
             at
             my
             entrance
             into
             that
             Disputation
             ,
             and
             declares
             ,
             That
             it
             is
             nothing
             at
             all
             to
             the
             Question
             he
             hath
             in
             hand
             ,
             nor
             looking
             that
             way
             .
          
           
             
               He
               distinguisheth
               
                 (
                 saith
                 M.
              
               Baxter
               )
               betwixt
               paying
               the
               very
               thing
               that
               is
               in
               the
               Obligation
               ,
               and
               paying
               of
               so
               much
               in
               another
               kind
               :
               Now
               this
               is
               not
               our
               Question
               ,
               nor
               any
               thing
               to
               it
               .
               
                 Append.
                 p.
              
               137.
               
            
          
           
             If
             it
             be
             so
             ,
             I
             know
             no
             reason
             why
             I
             was
             
               plucked
            
             in
             to
             the
             following
             Dispute
             ,
             nor
             why
             M.
             
               Baxter
            
             should
             cast
             away
             so
             many
             Pages
             of
             his
             Book
             ,
             upon
             that
             which
             is
             
               nothing
               at
               all
            
             to
             the
             business
             he
             had
             in
             hand
             .
          
           
             But
             though
             there
             be
             
               nothing
            
             to
             this
             purpose
             ,
             Page
             137
             of
             my
             Book
             ,
             the
             place
             he
             was
             sent
             to
             ,
             yet
             Page
             140
             there
             is
             :
             As
             also
             
               something
            
             contrary
             to
             what
             is
             expressed
             in
             the
             former
             Place
             ,
             which
             he
             intimates
             in
             these
             words
             ;
          
           
             
               In
               Page
               140
               ,
               he
               states
               the
               Question
               far
               otherwise
               ,
               (
               and
               yet
               supposeth
               it
               the
               same
               )
               
                 viz.
              
               Whether
               Christ
               paid
               the
               
                 idem
                 ,
              
               or
               the
               
                 tantundum
                 ?
              
               which
               he
               interpreteth
               thus
               ,
               (
               that
               which
               is
               not
               the
               same
               ,
               nor
               equivalent
               unto
               it
               ,
               but
               only
               in
               the
               Gracious
               acceptation
               of
               the
               Creditor
               :
               Now
               what
               he
               means
               by
               (
               not
               equivalent
               )
               I
               cannot
               tell
               .
            
          
           
             
               1
               If
               he
               mean
               (
               not
               of
               equal
               value
               )
               then
               he
               fights
               with
               a
               shadow
               :
               He
               wrongeth
               
                 Grotius
              
               (
               for
               ought
               I
               can
               find
               in
               him
               )
               who
               teacheth
               no
               such
               Doctrine
               :
               However
               I
               do
               not
               so
               use
               to
               English
               
                 (
                 solutio
                 tantidem
                 .
                 )
              
               But
               if
               he
               mean
               that
               it
               is
               not
               equivalent
               ,
               in
               procuring
               it's
               end
               
                 ipso
                 
                 facto
                 ,
              
               delivering
               the
               Debtor
               ,
               without
               the
               Intervention
               of
               a
               new
               Concession
               or
               Contract
               of
               the
               Creditor
               (
               as
               
                 solutio
                 ejusdem
              
               doth
               )
               then
               I
               confess
               
                 Grotius
              
               is
               against
               him
               ,
               and
               so
               am
               I
               .
            
          
           
             
               So
               also
               (
               God's
               Gracious
               acceptance
               )
               is
               either
               in
               accepting
               less
               in
               value
               then
               was
               due
               ,
               and
               so
               remitting
               the
               rest
               without
               payment
               ,
               (
               this
               I
               plead
               not
               for
               )
               or
               else
               it
               is
               his
               accepting
               a
               refusable
               payment
               ,
               which
               though
               equal
               in
               value
               ,
               yet
               he
               may
               chuse
               to
               accept
               according
               to
               the
               tenor
               of
               the
               Obligation
               :
               This
               is
               Gracious
               acceptance
               which
               
                 Grotius
              
               maintaineth
               :
               and
               so
               do
               I
               :
               and
               so
               distinguish
               betwixt
               
                 solutio
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 satisfactio
                 ,
              
               payment
               and
               satisfaction
               .
            
             
               Thus
               far
               he
               .
            
          
           
             Sundry
             things
             are
             here
             
               imagined
               ,
            
             and
             asserted
             :
             1
             Several
             Passages
             are
             pointed
             at
             in
             my
             Treatise
             ,
             and
             a
             Contradiction
             between
             them
             intimated
             .
             2
             Various
             
               Conjectures
            
             given
             at
             my
             (
             plain
             ,
             very
             plain
             )
             meaning
             ,
             and
             divers
             things
             objected
             answerable
             to
             those
             Conjectures
             ,
             &c.
             
             Wherefore
             to
             cleer
             the
             whole
             ,
             I
             shall
             First
             give
             you
             in
             the
             Passages
             Opposed
             ,
             and
             then
             Vindicate
             them
             from
             mutual
             Opposition
             ,
             with
             what
             is
             besides
             Charged
             on
             them
             .
          
           
             The
             First
             place
             mentioned
             in
             my
             Treatise
             is
             in
             page
             137.
             where
             after
             I
             had
             discoursed
             of
             the
             Nature
             of
             satisfaction
             ,
             in
             reference
             both
             unto
             things
             Real
             and
             Personal
             ,
             I
             laid
             down
             a
             distinction
             in
             these
             words
             :
          
           
             
               There
               may
               be
               a
               twofold
               satisfaction
               :
               1
               By
               a
               solution
               or
               payment
               of
               the
               
                 very
                 thing
              
               that
               is
               in
               the
               Obligation
               ;
               either
               ,
               by
               the
               Party
               himself
               who
               is
               bound
               ,
               or
               by
               some
               other
               in
               his
               stead
               :
               As
               if
               I
               owe
               a
               man
               20
               pounds
               ,
               and
               my
               
                 Friend
              
               goeth
               and
               payeth
               it
               ,
               my
               
                 Creditor
              
               is
               fully
               satisfied
               .
               2
               By
               a
               solution
               or
               paying
               of
               
                 so
                 much
              
               although
               in
               another
               kind
               ,
               not
               the
               same
               that
               is
               in
               the
               Obligation
               ,
               which
               by
               the
               Creditors
               acceptation
               stands
               in
               Lieu
               of
               it
               :
               upon
               which
               also
               ,
               Freedom
               followeth
               from
               the
               Obligation
               ,
               by
               vertue
               of
               an
               Act
               of
               Favour
               .
            
          
           
             What
             now
             sayes
             M.
             
               B.
            
             to
             this
             ?
             Why
             ?
             
               It
               is
               nothing
               to
               the
               business
               he
               hath
               in
               hand
               .
            
          
           
           
             Let
             then
             this
             pass
             ,
             and
             look
             to
             the
             next
             Passage
             ,
             which
             is
             
               Opposed
               ,
            
             and
             Supposed
             to
             stand
             in
             Opposition
             to
             the
             other
             .
          
           
             Having
             laid
             down
             the
             former
             Distinction
             ,
             passing
             on
             to
             some
             other
             things
             concerning
             the
             Nature
             of
             Satisfaction
             ,
             and
             the
             establishment
             of
             That
             of
             Christ
             from
             the
             Scripture
             ,
             in
             Page
             140
             ,
             I
             apply
             that
             Distinction
             laid
             down
             before
             in
             
               General
               ,
            
             to
             the
             kind
             of
             satisfaction
             made
             by
             Christ
             ,
             in
             these
             words
             :
          
           
             
               Whereas
               I
               said
               that
               there
               is
               a
               twofold
               Satisfaction
               ,
               whereby
               the
               Debtor
               is
               freed
               from
               the
               Obligation
               ,
               that
               is
               upon
               him
               ;
               the
               one
               being
               
                 solutio
                 ejusdem
                 ,
              
               payment
               of
               the
               same
               thing
               that
               was
               in
               the
               Obligation
               :
               The
               other
               
                 solutio
                 tantidem
                 ,
              
               of
               that
               which
               is
               not
               the
               same
               ,
               nor
               equivalent
               unto
               it
               ,
               but
               only
               in
               the
               Gracious
               acceptation
               of
               the
               Creditor
               :
               It
               is
               worth
               our
               Enquiry
               ,
               which
               of
               these
               it
               was
               that
               our
               Saviour
               did
               perform
               .
            
          
           
             And
             accordingly
             I
             refer
             it
             to
             the
             First
             .
          
           
             
               This
               
                 (
                 saith
                 M.
              
               B.
               )
               is
               a
               stating
               of
               the
               Question
               far
               otherwise
               then
               before
               ,
               yet
               supposing
               it
               the
               same
               .
            
          
           
             But
             this
             I
             was
             so
             far
             from
             once
             
               mistrusting
            
             before
             ,
             as
             that
             being
             informed
             of
             it
             ,
             I
             cannot
             as
             yet
             apprehend
             it
             to
             be
             so
             .
          
           
             In
             Page
             137
             I
             lay
             down
             a
             distinction
             in
             general
             about
             the
             several
             kinds
             of
             satisfaction
             ,
             which
             page
             140
             I
             plainly
             apply
             to
             the
             satisfaction
             of
             Christ
             ,
             without
             any
             
               new
               ,
            
             much
             less
             
               changed
            
             stating
             of
             a
             Question
             .
          
           
             My
             whole
             aim
             in
             that
             Enquiry
             ,
             was
             to
             search
             out
             that
             
               kind
               of
               punishment
               ,
            
             which
             Christ
             underwent
             in
             making
             Satisfaction
             for
             sin
             ,
             
               viz.
               
            
             
               Whether
               it
               were
               the
               same
               that
               was
               threatned
               to
               the
               Transgressors
               themselves
               ,
               or
               whether
               something
               else
               which
               God
               accepted
               in
               Lieu
               thereof
               ,
               relaxing
               the
               Law
               ,
               not
               only
               as
               to
               the
               Person
               suffering
               ,
               but
               also
               as
               to
               the
               Penalty
               to
               be
               undergone
               ?
            
          
           
             The
             First
             of
             these
             (
             and
             that
             with
             the
             concurrent
             suffrage
             of
             far
             the
             greatest
             number
             of
             Protestant
             Divines
             )
             I
             
             Assert
             with
             sundry
             Arguments
             ,
             Page
             141
             ,
             142
             ,
             &c.
             
             154
             ,
             155
             ,
             156.
             
             Unto
             which
             Assertion
             ,
             he
             neither
             opposeth
             himself
             ,
             nor
             once
             attempteth
             to
             Answer
             any
             of
             the
             Arguments
             whereby
             I
             proved
             it
             .
          
           
             This
             being
             my
             Intendment
             ,
             page
             137
             ,
             I
             intimate
             that
             Christ
             paid
             the
             Same
             Thing
             that
             was
             in
             the
             Obligation
             ,
             as
             if
             in
             
               Things
               Real
            
             a
             Friend
             should
             pay
             20
             pounds
             for
             him
             that
             owed
             so
             much
             ,
             and
             not
             any
             thing
             in
             another
             kind
             :
             and
             Page
             140
             I
             Affirm
             that
             he
             paid
             
               Idem
               ,
            
             that
             is
             the
             same
             thing
             that
             was
             in
             the
             Obligation
             ;
             and
             not
             
               tantundum
               ,
            
             something
             equivalent
             thereunto
             ,
             in
             another
             kind
             .
          
           
             
               The
               First
               of
               these
               is
               Nothing
               to
               our
               purpose
               (
               saith
               M.
               
                 B.
                 )
              
               but
               the
               Latter
               ;
               the
               Latter
               crossing
               the
               Former
               .
            
             
               So
               he
               .
            
             But
             truly
             (
             such
             is
             my
             dulness
             )
             I
             cannot
             as
             yet
             be
             won
             to
             his
             mind
             herein
             .
          
           
             
               But
               though
               I
               agree
               with
               my
            
             self
             ,
             
               perhaps
               I
               do
               not
               with
               the
            
             Truth
             .
             
               That
               description
               of
            
             solutio
             tantidem
             ,
             viz.
             That
             it
             is
             a
             payment
             of
             that
             which
             is
             not
             the
             same
             ,
             nor
             equivalent
             unto
             it
             ,
             but
             only
             in
             the
             Gracious
             Acceptation
             of
             the
             Creditor
             ,
             is
             Peculiarly
             opposed
             .
          
           
             To
             make
             this
             Expression
             obnoxious
             to
             an
             Exception
             ,
             M.
             B.
             divides
             it
             ,
             that
             so
             it
             may
             be
             entangled
             with
             a
             fallacy
             ,
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             :
             And
             First
             ,
             he
             asks
             (
             as
             before
             )
             What
             I
             mean
             by
             [
             not
             equivalent
             ]
             and
             hereunto
             suppossing
             two
             Answers
             ,
             to
             the
             First
             he
             opposseth
             a
             
               Shadow
               ,
            
             to
             the
             Latter
             
               Himself
               .
            
          
           
             1
             
               If
               (
               saith
               he
               )
               by
               
                 [
                 not
                 equivalent
                 ]
              
               you
               mean
               not
               of
               equal
               value
               ,
               you
               fight
               with
               a
               Shadow
               ,
               and
               wrong
               
                 Grotius
                 :
              
               However
               I
               do
               not
               use
               so
               to
               English
               
                 solutio
                 tantidem
                 .
              
            
          
           
             By
             
               [
               not
               equivalent
               ]
            
             I
             mean
             that
             which
             is
             
               not
               of
               equal
               value
               ,
            
             
             or
             certainly
             I
             mistook
             the
             word
             ;
             and
             if
             so
             ,
             had
             need
             enough
             to
             have
             gone
             to
             M.
             
               B.
            
             or
             some
             other
             
               learned
               man
               ,
            
             to
             have
             learned
             to
             English
             
               solutio
               tantidem
               .
            
          
           
             
               But
               ,
            
             Do
             I
             not
             then
             fight
             with
             a
             shadow
             ?
          
           
           
             Truly
             cut
             my
             words
             thus
             off
             in
             the
             
               middle
            
             of
             their
             Sense
             ,
             and
             they
             will
             be
             found
             fit
             to
             Cope
             with
             no
             other
             Adversary
             :
             but
             take
             them
             as
             they
             lie
             ,
             and
             as
             intended
             ,
             and
             there
             is
             scarce
             any
             
               shadow
            
             of
             Opposition
             to
             them
             ,
             cast
             by
             M.
             B.
             passing
             by
             .
             My
             words
             are
             ,
             
               (
               It
               is
               not
               equivalent
               ,
               but
               only
               in
               the
               Gracious
               Acceptation
               of
               the
               Creditor
               :
               )
            
             Is
             not
             the
             plain
             meaning
             of
             these
             words
             ,
             That
             
               tantundem
            
             in
             Satisfaction
             ,
             is
             not
             equivalent
             to
             
               idem
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             but
             only
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ?
             what
             is
             Denied
             of
             it
             
               absolutly
               ,
            
             is
             Affirmed
             in
             
               some
               respect
               .
            
             He
             that
             sayes
             ,
             It
             is
             
               not
               equivalent
               ,
               but
               only
               in
               Gracious
               Acceptation
               ,
            
             in
             that
             sense
             Affirms
             it
             to
             be
             equivalent
             ;
             and
             that
             it
             is
             in
             respect
             of
             that
             sense
             ,
             That
             the
             things
             so
             called
             ,
             is
             said
             to
             be
             
               tantundem
               ,
            
             that
             is
             equivalent
             .
          
           
             Now
             what
             excepts
             M.
             B.
             hereunto
             ?
             Doth
             he
             assert
             
               tantundem
            
             to
             be
             in
             this
             matter
             equivalent
             unto
             
               idem
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ?
             It
             is
             the
             very
             thing
             he
             opposeth
             all
             along
             ,
             maintaining
             that
             
               solutio
               tantidem
            
             stands
             in
             need
             of
             Gracious
             Acceptance
             ,
             
               ejusdem
            
             of
             none
             :
             and
             therefore
             they
             are
             not
             as
             to
             their
             
               End
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             equivalent
             .
          
           
             Or
             will
             he
             deny
             it
             to
             be
             
               equivalent
               in
               Gods
               Gracious
               Acceptance
               ?
            
             this
             he
             also
             contendeth
             for
             himself
             .
             Though
             
               refusable
               ,
            
             yet
             
               equivalent
               .
            
          
           
             What
             then
             is
             my
             Crime
             ?
             I
             wrong
             
               Grotius
               !
            
             Wherein
             ?
             in
             imposing
             on
             him
             ,
             that
             he
             should
             say
             ,
             
               It
               was
               not
               of
               equal
               value
            
             to
             the
             
               Idem
               ▪
            
             that
             Christ
             paid
             .
             Not
             one
             such
             word
             ,
             in
             any
             of
             the
             places
             mentioned
             .
             I
             say
             ,
             
               Grotius
            
             maintains
             ,
             That
             the
             satisfaction
             of
             Christ
             ,
             was
             
               solutio
               tantidem
               .
            
             Will
             you
             deny
             it
             ?
             Is
             it
             not
             his
             main
             endeavour
             to
             prove
             it
             so
             ?
             Again
             ,
             
               tantundem
            
             I
             say
             is
             not
             in
             this
             case
             equivalent
             to
             
               Idem
               ,
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             but
             only
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             :
             doth
             not
             M.
             B.
             labour
             to
             prove
             the
             same
             ?
             Where
             then
             is
             the
             difference
             ?
             Were
             it
             not
             for
             
               Ignoratio
               Elenchi
            
             in
             the
             Bottom
             ,
             and
             
               Fallacia
               plurium
               interrogationum
            
             at
             the
             Top
             ,
             this
             Discourse
             would
             have
             been
             very
             empty
             .
          
           
             2
             ,
             But
             he
             casts
             my
             words
             into
             another
             Frame
             ,
             to
             give
             their
             sense
             another
             Appearance
             ;
             and
             saith
             ,
          
           
           
             
               If
               you
               mean
               That
               it
               is
               not
               equivalent
               in
               procuring
               it's
               End
               ,
               
                 ipso
                 facto
                 ,
              
               delivering
               the
               Debtor
               without
               the
               Intervention
               of
               a
               new
               concession
               or
               contract
               of
               the
               Creditor
               ,
               as
               
                 solutio
                 ejusdem
              
               doth
               ,
               then
               I
               confess
               
                 Grotius
              
               is
               against
               you
               ,
               and
               so
               am
               I
               .
            
          
           
             Of
             
               Grotius
            
             I
             shall
             speak
             afterwards
             :
             
             for
             the
             present
             I
             apply
             my self
             to
             M.
             B.
             and
             say
             ,
          
           
             1
             If
             he
             intend
             to
             oppose
             himself
             to
             any
             thing
             I
             handle
             and
             assert
             in
             the
             place
             he
             considereth
             ,
             he
             doth
             by
             this
             
               Quaerie-plainly
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             and
             that
             from
             a
             second
             
               inadvertency
            
             of
             the
             Argument
             in
             hand
             ;
             It
             is
             of
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             
               Penalty
            
             undergon
             ,
             and
             not
             of
             the
             
               Efficacy
            
             of
             the
             Satisfaction
             made
             thereby
             ,
             that
             I
             there
             Dispute
             .
          
           
             2
             I
             conceive
             that
             in
             this
             Interrogation
             and
             Answer
             ,
             he
             wholly
             
               gives
               up
               the
               Cause
               ,
            
             that
             he
             pretends
             to
             plead
             ,
             and
             joyns
             with
             me
             (
             as
             he
             conceives
             my
             sense
             to
             be
             )
             against
             
               Grotius
            
             and
             himself
             .
          
           
             
               ;
               If
               
                 (
                 saith
                 he
                 )
              
               he
               mean
               that
               it
               is
               not
               equivalent
               ,
               in
               procuring
               it's
               End
               
                 ipso
                 facto
                 ,
              
               without
               the
               Intervention
               of
               a
               new
               Concession
               or
               Contract
               as
               
                 solutio
                 ejusdem
              
               doth
               ,
               then
               I
               am
               against
               him
               .
            
          
           
             Well
             then
             :
             M.
             B.
             maintains
             
               that
               solutio
               tantidem
            
             is
             equivalent
             with
             
               solutio
               ejusdem
            
             in
             obtaining
             it's
             End
             
               ipso
               facto
               :
            
             for
             saith
             he
             ,
             If
             I
             say
             
               it
               is
               not
               equivalent
               ,
               he
               is
               against
               me
               .
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             But
             is
             this
             his
             mind
             indeed
             ?
             Will
             his
             words
             bear
             any
             other
             sense
             ?
          
           
             3
             Whether
             
               tantundem
            
             and
             
               idem
            
             in
             the
             way
             of
             Satisfaction
             be
             equivalent
             to
             the
             obtaining
             the
             End
             
               ipso
               facto
            
             aimed
             at
             ,
             (
             which
             he
             here
             asserts
             ,
             though
             elsewhere
             constantly
             denyes
             couching
             in
             this
             distinction
             the
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             of
             a
             great
             part
             of
             his
             Discourse
             )
             certainly
             is
             nothing
             at
             all
             to
             the
             Question
             I
             there
             agitated
             ;
             maintaining
             ,
             That
             it
             was
             
               idem
            
             and
             not
             
               tantundum
            
             that
             Christ
             paid
             ,
             and
             so
             the
             End
             of
             it
             obtained
             
               ipso
               facto
               ,
            
             answerable
             to
             the
             kind
             of
             the
             
               Efficacy
            
             and
             
               procurement
            
             thereof
             .
          
           
           
             But
             perhaps
             I
             do
             not
             conceive
             his
             mind
             aright
             :
             peradventure
             his
             mind
             is
             ,
             
               That
               if
               I
               do
               maintain
               the
            
             SATISFACTION
             OF
             CHRIST
             
               to
               procure
               the
               End
               aimed
               at
               ,
            
             ipso
             facto
             ,
             
               as
            
             solutio
             ejusdem
             
               would
               have
               done
               ,
               then
               to
               professe
               himself
               my
               Adversary
               .
            
             But
             ,
          
           
             
               1
               This
               is
               not
               here
               
                 expressed
                 ,
              
               nor
               intimated
               .
            
             
               2
               It
               is
               nothing
               at
               all
               to
               me
               ,
               who
               place
               the
               matter
               of
               the
               Satisfaction
               of
               Christ
               ,
               
                 in
                 solutione
                 ejusdem
                 .
              
            
             
               3
               About
               the
               
                 End
              
               of
               Satisfaction
               in
               the
               place
               opposed
               I
               speak
               not
               ,
               but
               only
               of
               the
               
                 Nature
              
               of
               the
               Penalty
               undergone
               whereby
               it
               was
               made
               .
            
             
               4
               To
               the
               thing
               it self
               ,
               I
               desire
               to
               enquire
               ;
            
          
           
             1
             What
             M.
             B.
             intends
             by
             
               solutio
               ejusdem
            
             in
             the
             businesse
             in
             hand
             ?
             Doth
             he
             not
             maintain
             it
             to
             be
             the
             
               Offendors
               own
               undergoing
               the
               Penalty
               of
               the
               Law
               ?
            
             What
             End
             I
             pray
             doth
             this
             obtain
             
               ipso
               facto
               ?
            
             Can
             it
             be
             any
             other
             but
             the
             
               Glory
               of
               Gods
               Justice
               in
               the
               everlasting
               destruction
               of
               the
               Creature
               ?
            
             How
             then
             can
             it
             possibly
             be
             supposed
             to
             attain
             the
             End
             spoken
             of
             
               ipso
               facto
               ?
            
             If
             this
             be
             the
             only
             meaning
             of
             
               solutio
               ejusdem
               ,
            
             in
             this
             sense
             ,
             the
             
               End
            
             of
             it
             is
             distant
             from
             the
             
               End
            
             of
             Satisfaction
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             By
             the
             laying
             the
             
               Penalty
            
             on
             Christ
             ,
             that
             God
             intended
             the
             
               freedom
            
             of
             those
             for
             whom
             he
             underwent
             that
             
               Penalty
               ,
            
             I
             suppose
             cannot
             be
             doubted
             :
             but
             in
             inflicting
             it
             on
             the
             
               Offendors
            
             themselves
             ,
             that
             he
             hath
             any
             such
             aim
             ,
             wants
             an
             
               Origen
            
             to
             assert
             .
          
           
             2
             Whether
             the
             Penalty
             due
             to
             
               One
               ,
            
             may
             not
             be
             undergon
             by
             
               Another
               ?
            
             and
             if
             
               so
               ,
            
             Whether
             it
             be
             not
             the
             same
             Penalty
             (
             the
             
               idem
               )
            
             or
             no
             ?
             In
             
               things
               Real
               ,
            
             I
             gave
             an
             Instance
             before
             :
             If
             a
             man
             pay
             
               twenty
               pounds
            
             for
             another
             who
             owed
             it
             ,
             doth
             not
             he
             pay
             the
             
               idem
            
             in
             the
             Obligation
             ?
             And
             may
             not
             this
             hold
             in
             
               things
               Personal
            
             also
             ?
          
           
             Of
             the
             Satisfaction
             of
             Christ
             procuring
             it's
             End
             
               ipso
               facto
               ,
            
             (
             I
             mean
             in
             it's
             own
             kind
             ,
             for
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             must
             be
             considered
             as
             
               Meritorious
               ,
            
             as
             well
             as
             
               Satisfactory
            
             if
             deliverance
             be
             attended
             as
             the
             End
             of
             it
             )
             I
             shall
             speak
             
             afterwards
             in
             it's
             proper
             place
             .
             The
             present
             Controversie
             is
             no
             more
             but
             this
             ;
          
           
             
               Whether
               Christ
               underwent
               the
               Penalty
               threatned
               unto
               us
               ,
               or
               some
               other
               thing
               accepted
               in
               stead
               thereof
               ,
               by
               a
               new
               Constitution
               ?
            
             Which
             is
             all
             one
             ,
             Whether
             
               in
               laying
               our
               iniquities
               upon
               Christ
               ,
               the
               Law
               of
               God
               was
               relaxed
               only
               as
               to
               the
               Persons
               suffering
               ,
               or
               also
               as
               to
               the
               Penalty
               suffered
               ?
            
             That
             is
             ,
             Whether
             Christ
             paid
             the
             
               idem
            
             in
             the
             Obligation
             ,
             or
             
               tantundum
               ?
            
             To
             suppose
             that
             the
             
               idem
            
             of
             the
             Obligation
             is
             not
             only
             the
             Penalty
             it self
             ,
             but
             also
             the
             
               Offendors
            
             own
             suffering
             that
             Penalty
             ,
             and
             then
             to
             enquire
             ,
             Whether
             Christ
             underwent
             the
             
               idem
               ,
            
             is
             to
             create
             an
             easie
             Enemy
             ,
             to
             triumph
             in
             his
             dejection
             .
          
           
             That
             the
             
               Law
            
             was
             relaxed
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             
               persons
               suffering
               ,
            
             I
             positively
             Assert
             ;
             but
             as
             to
             the
             
               Penalty
               it self
               ,
            
             that
             is
             not
             mentioned
             .
             Of
             these
             two
             things
             alone
             then
             must
             be
             our
             Enquiry
             .
          
           
             
               1
               Whether
               Christ
               in
               making
               satisfaction
               ,
               underwent
               that
               Penalty
               that
               was
               threatned
               to
               the
               Offendors
               themselves
               ?
            
             
               2
               Whether
               the
               Penalty
               though
               undergone
               by
               another
               ,
               be
               not
               the
               
                 idem
              
               of
               the
               Obligation
               ?
            
          
           
             Of
             both
             these
             after
             the
             cleering
             of
             the
             residue
             of
             Mr
             
               Baxters
            
             Exceptions
             .
          
           
             Nextly
             he
             requireth
             what
             I
             intend
             by
             
               Gracious
               Acceptance
               ,
            
             or
             rather
             giveth
             in
             his
             own
             sense
             of
             it
             ,
             in
             these
             words
             .
             
          
           
             
               So
               also
               (
               Gods
               Gracious
               Acceptance
               )
               is
               either
               his
               accepting
               lesse
               in
               value
               then
               was
               due
               ,
               and
               so
               remitting
               the
               rest
               without
               payment
               :
               this
               I
               plead
               not
               for
               :
               or
               else
               it
               is
               his
               accepting
               of
               a
               refuseable
               Payment
               ,
               which
               though
               equal
               in
               value
               ,
               yet
               he
               may
               chuse
               to
               accept
               according
               to
               the
               tenor
               of
               the
               Obligation
               .
               This
               is
               Gracious
               acceptance
               which
               
                 Grotius
              
               maintaineth
               :
               and
               so
               do
               I.
               
            
             
               Thus
               far
               ,
               he
               .
            
          
           
             Now
             neither
             is
             this
             
               any
               more
            
             to
             the
             business
             〈◊〉
             have
             in
             hand
             .
             For
             ,
          
           
           
             1
             The
             value
             of
             any
             Satisfaction
             in
             this
             Business
             ,
             ariseth
             not
             from
             the
             innate
             worth
             of
             the
             things
             whereby
             it
             is
             made
             ;
             but
             purely
             from
             Gods
             
               free
               Constitution
            
             of
             them
             to
             such
             an
             End
             .
             A
             distinction
             cānot
             be
             allowed
             of
             
               more
            
             or
             
               less
            
             value
             in
             the
             things
             appointed
             of
             God
             for
             the
             same
             End
             ;
             All
             their
             value
             ariseth
             meerly
             from
             that
             appointment
             :
             they
             have
             
               so
               much
            
             as
             he
             ascribeth
             to
             them
             ,
             and
             no
             more
             :
             Now
             neither
             
               idem
            
             nor
             
               tantundum
            
             are
             here
             satisfactory
             ,
             but
             by
             vertue
             of
             divine
             Constitution
             :
             only
             in
             
               tantundem
            
             I
             require
             a
             peculiar
             acceptance
             to
             make
             it
             equivalent
             to
             
               idem
            
             in
             this
             business
             ,
             that
             is
             as
             to
             satisfaction
             :
             or
             (
             if
             you
             please
             )
             an
             acceptance
             of
             
               that
            
             which
             is
             not
             
               idem
               ,
            
             to
             make
             it
             a
             
               tantundum
               .
            
             So
             that
             this
             
               Gracious
               Acceptance
               ,
            
             is
             not
             an
             accepting
             of
             that
             which
             is
             less
             in
             value
             then
             what
             is
             in
             the
             Obligation
             ,
             but
             a
             
               free
               Constitution
               appointing
               another
               thing
               to
               the
               End
               ,
               which
               before
               was
               not
               appointed
               .
            
          
           
             2
             He
             supposeth
             me
             ,
             (
             if
             in
             so
             many
             
               mistakes
            
             of
             his
             ,
             I
             
               mistake
            
             him
             not
             )
             to
             deny
             all
             
               Gracious
               Acceptance
            
             where
             the
             
               Idem
            
             is
             paid
             ,
             which
             (
             in
             the
             present
             case
             )
             is
             false
             :
             I
             assert
             it
             necessary
             ,
             because
             not
             paid
             
               per
               eundem
               :
            
             yea
             and
             that
             other
             person
             not
             procured
             by
             the
             Debtor
             ,
             but
             graciously
             assigned
             by
             the
             Creditor
             .
          
           
             3
             To
             make
             up
             his
             
               Gracious
               acceptance
            
             in
             his
             latter
             sense
             ,
             he
             distinguisheth
             of
             payments
             
               refusable
               ,
            
             and
             not
             
               refusable
               ;
            
             in
             the
             Application
             of
             which
             distinction
             unto
             the
             payment
             made
             by
             Christ
             ,
             I
             cannot
             close
             with
             him
             .
          
           
             For
             ,
          
           
             A
             Payment
             is
             
               refusable
            
             either
             
               absolutly
            
             and
             in
             it self
             ,
             or
             upon
             
               supposal
               :
            
             The
             Death
             of
             Christ
             considered
             
               absolutly
            
             and
             in
             it self
             ,
             may
             be
             said
             to
             be
             
               refusable
            
             as
             to
             be
             made
             a
             Payment
             ;
             not
             a
             
               refusable
               payment
               :
            
             and
             that
             ,
             not
             because
             not
             
               refusable
               ,
            
             but
             because
             
               not
               a
               payment
               .
            
             Nothing
             can
             possibly
             tend
             to
             the
             procurement
             and
             compassing
             of
             any
             End
             by
             the
             way
             of
             
               Payment
               ,
            
             with
             the
             Lord
             ,
             but
             what
             is
             built
             upon
             some
             free
             
               Compact
               ,
               Promise
               ,
               or
               Obligation
               of
               his
               Own
               .
            
             But
             now
             consider
             it
             as
             an
             Issue
             flowing
             from
             divine
             
             Constitution
             ,
             making
             it
             a
             
               payment
               ,
            
             and
             so
             it
             was
             no
             way
             refusable
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             compassing
             of
             the
             End
             appointed
             .
             Thus
             also
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             Obligation
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             for
             the
             fulfilling
             thereof
             ,
             it
             was
             refusable
             in
             respect
             of
             the
             
               person
               paying
               ,
            
             not
             in
             respect
             of
             the
             
               payment
               made
               :
            
             That
             former
             respect
             being
             also
             taken
             off
             by
             divine
             Constitution
             ,
             and
             Relaxation
             of
             the
             Law
             as
             to
             that
             ,
             it
             becometh
             
               wholly
               unrefusable
               :
            
             that
             is
             ,
             As
             it
             was
             paid
             it
             was
             so
             ;
             for
             satisfaction
             was
             made
             thereby
             upon
             the
             former
             supposals
             of
             Constitution
             and
             Relaxation
             .
          
           
             4
             Doth
             not
             Mr
             
               B.
            
             suppose
             ,
             That
             in
             the
             very
             Tenure
             of
             the
             Obligation
             there
             is
             required
             a
             
               solution
               ,
            
             tending
             to
             the
             same
             End
             as
             satisfaction
             doth
             ?
             Nay
             ,
             Is
             not
             that
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             the
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             of
             this
             Discourse
             ?
             Deliverance
             is
             the
             aim
             of
             Satisfaction
             ,
             which
             receives
             it's
             Spring
             and
             Being
             from
             the
             Constitution
             thereof
             .
             But
             is
             there
             any
             such
             thing
             as
             
               Deliverance
            
             once
             aimed
             at
             ,
             or
             intended
             in
             the
             tenor
             of
             the
             Obligation
             ?
             I
             suppose
             no
             .
          
           
             5
             Neither
             is
             the
             Distinction
             of
             
               solutio
            
             and
             
               satisfactio
            
             (
             which
             Mr
             
               B.
            
             closeth
             withal
             )
             of
             any
             weight
             in
             this
             Business
             ;
             unless
             it
             would
             hold
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             which
             it
             will
             not
             ,
             and
             so
             is
             of
             no
             use
             here
             .
          
           
             For
             ,
          
           
             
               1
               There
               is
               
                 solutio
                 tantidem
                 ,
              
               as
               well
               as
               
                 ejusdem
                 ,
              
               and
               therein
               consists
               satisfaction
               according
               to
               Mr
               
                 B.
                 
              
            
             
               2
               Whether
               Satisfaction
               be
               inconsistant
               with
               
                 solutio
                 ejusdem
                 ,
              
               but
               not
               
                 per
                 eundem
              
               is
               the
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               .
            
          
           
             After
             all
             this
             Mr
             
               B.
            
             ads
             ,
          
           
             Yet
             here
             Mr
             
               Owen
            
             enters
             the
             List
             with
             
               Grotius
               .
            
          
           
             Where
             I
             pray
             ?
             
             I
             might
             very
             justly
             make
             enquiry
             from
             the
             Beginning
             to
             the
             Ending
             of
             this
             Discourse
             ,
             to
             find
             out
             what
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             this
             word
             HERE
             ,
             particularly
             answereth
             unto
             .
             But
             to
             avoid
             as
             much
             as
             possible
             all
             
               strife
               of
               words
               ,
            
             I
             desire
             the
             Reader
             to
             view
             the
             Controversie
             agitated
             between
             
               Grotius
            
             and
             
               my self
               ,
            
             not
             as
             here
             represented
             by
             Mr
             
               Baxter
               ,
            
             so
             changed
             by
             a
             new
             dress
             ,
             That
             I
             
             might
             justly
             refuse
             to
             take
             any
             
               acquaintance
            
             with
             it
             ,
             but
             as
             by
             my self
             laid
             down
             in
             the
             places
             excepted
             against
             ;
             and
             he
             will
             quickly
             find
             it
             to
             be
             ,
          
           
             1
             Not
             whether
             the
             Law
             were
             at
             all
             Relaxed
             ,
             but
             
               whether
               it
               were
               relaxed
               as
               well
               in
               respect
               of
               the
               Penalty
               to
               be
               suffered
               ,
               as
               of
               the
               Person
               suffering
               ?
            
             That
             is
             ,
             
               Whether
               God
               be
               only
               a
               Rector
               ,
               or
               a
               Rector
               and
               Creditor
               also
               in
               this
               Businesse
               ?
            
             (
             which
             Controversie
             by
             the
             way
             ,
             is
             so
             confusedly
             Proposed
             ,
             or
             rather
             strangly
             handled
             by
             Mr
             
               B.
            
             page
             145
             ,
             where
             he
             adjudges
             me
             in
             a
             successeless
             assault
             of
             
               Grotius
               ,
            
             as
             makes
             it
             evident
             he
             never
             once
             perused
             it
             .
             )
          
           
             2
             Nor
             Secondly
             ,
             Whether
             there
             be
             any
             need
             of
             
               Gods
               Gracious
               Acceptance
            
             in
             this
             businesse
             ,
             or
             no
             ;
             for
             I
             Assert
             it
             necessary
             (
             as
             before
             described
             )
             in
             reference
             to
             
               solutio
               ejusdem
               ,
               sed
               non
               per
               eundem
               .
            
          
           
             3
             Neither
             Thirdly
             ,
             Whether
             the
             Satisfaction
             of
             Christ
             considered
             absolutly
             ,
             and
             in
             
               statu
               diviso
               ,
            
             and
             materially
             ,
             be
             
               refusable
               ,
            
             which
             I
             considered
             not
             ,
             or
             be
             
               unrefusable
               ,
            
             supposing
             the
             Divine
             Constitution
             ,
             which
             
               Grotius
            
             (
             as
             I
             take
             it
             )
             delivered
             not
             himself
             in
             .
             Nor
             ,
          
           
             4
             About
             the
             
               value
            
             of
             the
             Payment
             of
             Christ
             in
             reference
             to
             Acceptance
             ;
             but
             meerly
             (
             as
             I
             said
             before
             ,
             )
          
           
             
               Whether
               the
               Lord
               appointing
               an
               End
               of
               Deliverance
               ,
               neither
               intimated
               nor
               couched
               in
               the
               Obligation
               ,
               nor
               any
               of
               it's
               Attendencies
               ,
               constituting
               a
               way
               for
               the
               attainment
               of
               that
               End
               ,
               by
               receiving
               Satisfaction
               to
               the
               Obligation
               ,
               did
               appoint
               that
               the
               thing
               in
               the
               Obligation
               should
               be
               paid
               though
               by
               Another
               ,
               or
               else
               some
               new
               thing
               that
               (
               of
               it self
               ,
               and
               by
               it self
               )
               never
               was
               in
               the
               Obligation
               ,
               either
               before
               or
               after
               it's
               solution
               :
               As
               the
               Payment
               made
               by
               Christ
               must
               be
               granted
               such
               ,
               unlesse
               it
               were
               for
               substance
               the
               same
               which
               the
               LAW
               required
               .
            
          
           
             And
             here
             (
             with
             most
             Divines
             )
             I
             maintain
             the
             First
             ,
             
               viz.
            
             That
             the
             Law
             was
             Relaxed
             in
             respect
             of
             the
             Person
             suffering
             ,
             but
             Executed
             in
             respect
             of
             the
             Penalty
             suffered
             :
             
             Relaxation
             and
             Execution
             are
             not
             in
             this
             businesse
             opposed
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             but
             only
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             He
             that
             would
             see
             this
             further
             affirmed
             ,
             may
             consult
             what
             I
             
               wrote
               of
               it
            
             in
             the
             Place
             opposed
             ,
             which
             is
             not
             once
             moved
             by
             any
             thing
             here
             spoken
             to
             the
             contrary
             .
          
           
             By
             the
             way
             observe
             ,
             I
             speak
             only
             of
             the
             
               Penalty
            
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Passive
            
             Righteousness
             of
             Christ
             ,
             strictly
             so
             called
             :
             For
             his
             Active
             Righteousness
             or
             Obedience
             to
             the
             Law
             ,
             (
             though
             he
             did
             many
             things
             we
             were
             not
             oblieged
             unto
             ,
             for
             the
             manifestation
             of
             himself
             ,
             and
             Confirmation
             of
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Gospel
             )
             that
             it
             was
             the
             very
             
               idem
            
             of
             us
             required
             .
             I
             suppose
             none
             can
             doubt
             .
          
           
             What
             place
             that
             
               Active
            
             Righteousness
             of
             Christ
             hath
             ,
             or
             what
             is
             it's
             use
             in
             our
             
               Justification
               ,
            
             I
             do
             not
             now
             enquire
             ,
             being
             unwilling
             to
             immix
             my self
             unnecessarily
             in
             any
             Controversie
             ,
             though
             I
             cannot
             but
             suppose
             that
             M.
             
               B.
            
             his
             Discourse
             hereabouts
             gives
             Advantage
             enough
             ,
             even
             
               Minorum
               Gentium
               Theologis
               ,
            
             to
             
               ordinary
               Divines
            
             (
             as
             he
             calls
             them
             )
             to
             deal
             with
             him
             in
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             CAP.
             III.
             
          
           
             The
             Arguments
             of
             Grotius
             ,
             And
             their
             Defence
             by
             Mr.
             Baxter
             ,
             about
             the
             Penalty
             under-gone
             by
             CHRIST
             in
             making
             Satisfaction
             ,
             Considered
             .
          
           
             THE
             
               State
            
             of
             the
             Question
             in
             hand
             being
             as
             above
             laid
             down
             ,
             let
             us
             now
             see
             what
             Mr
             
               Baxter
            
             his
             Judgment
             is
             of
             
               my
               successe
            
             in
             that
             undertaking
             :
             Concerning
             which
             he
             thus
             delivereth
             himself
             ;
          
           
             Yet
             here
             Mr
             
               OWEN
            
             enters
             the
             List
             with
             
               GROTIUS
               ,
               And
               ,
            
          
           
           
             
               1
               He
               over-looketh
               his
               greatest
               Arguments
               .
            
             
               2
               He
               slightly
               Answereth
               only
               Two
               .
            
             
               3
               And
               when
               he
               hath
               done
               ,
               he
               saith
               as
               
                 Grotius
              
               doth
               ,
               and
               yeeldeth
               the
               whole
               Cause
               .
            
          
           
             These
             Three
             things
             I
             will
             make
             appear
             in
             Order
             .
             
               Append.
               pag.
            
             139.
             
          
           
             A
             most
             unhappy
             Issue
             as
             can
             possibly
             be
             imagined
             ,
             made
             up
             of
             
               Deceit
               ,
               Weakness
               .
            
             and
             
               self-Contradiction
               .
            
             But
             how
             is
             all
             this
             proved
             ?
          
           
             To
             make
             the
             First
             thing
             appear
             ,
             He
             produceth
             the
             Argument
             
               over-looked
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               chief
               Argument
               of
               
                 Grotius
              
               and
               
                 Vossius
              
               (
               saith
               he
               )
               is
               drawn
               from
               the
               Tenor
               of
               the
               Obligation
               ,
               and
               from
               the
               Event
               .
               The
               Obligation
               chargeth
               Punishment
               on
               the
               Offendor
               himself
               .
               It
               saith
               
                 [
                 In
                 the
                 day
                 thou
                 eatest
                 thou
                 shalt
                 die
                 ]
              
               And
               
                 [
                 Cursed
                 is
                 every
                 one
                 that
                 continueth
                 not
                 in
                 all
                 things
                 ,
                 &c.
                 ]
              
               Now
               if
               the
               same
               in
               the
               Obligation
               be
               paid
               ,
               then
               the
               Law
               is
               Executed
               ,
               and
               not
               Relaxed
               :
               and
               then
               every
               Sinner
               must
               die
               himself
               ;
               for
               that
               is
               the
               
                 idem
                 ,
              
               and
               very
               thing
               threatned
               :
               So
               that
               here
               ,
               
                 dum
                 alias
                 soluit
                 ,
                 simul
                 aliud
                 solvitur
                 .
              
               The
               Law
               threatned
               not
               Christ
               ,
               but
               us
               :
               (
               besides
               that
               ,
               Christ
               suffered
               not
               the
               loss
               of
               Gods
               Love
               ,
               nor
               his
               Image
               and
               Graces
               ,
               nor
               eternity
               of
               Torment
               ,
               of
               which
               I
               have
               spoken
               in
               the
               Treatise
               )
               What
               saith
               Mr
               
                 Owen
              
               to
               any
               of
               this
               ?
            
          
           
             Let
             the
             Reader
             observe
             
               what
               it
               is
            
             we
             have
             in
             hand
             .
             
             It
             is
             not
             the
             main
             of
             the
             Controversie
             Debated
             by
             
               Grotius
            
             wherein
             I
             do
             oppose
             him
             :
             Neither
             yet
             
               All
               in
               that
               particular
            
             whereabout
             the
             Opposition
             is
             .
             Now
             suppose
             (
             as
             he
             doth
             )
             That
             the
             punishing
             of
             the
             Person
             Offending
             is
             in
             the
             Obligation
             ,
             yet
             I
             cannot
             but
             conceive
             that
             there
             be
             Two
             distinct
             things
             here
             :
             1
             The
             
               Constitution
            
             of
             the
             Penalty
             it self
             to
             be
             undergone
             .
             2
             The
             
               Terminating
            
             of
             this
             Penalty
             upon
             the
             
               Person
            
             Offending
             .
             For
             this
             Latter
             ,
             I
             Assert
             a
             
               Relaxation
            
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             which
             might
             be
             done
             ,
             and
             yet
             the
             Penalty
             it self
             in
             Reference
             to
             it's
             Constitution
             be
             
             established
             .
             In
             those
             places
             then
             
               (
               In
               the
               day
               thou
               eatest
               ,
               &c.
               )
            
             there
             is
             Death
             and
             the
             Curse
             appointed
             for
             the
             
               Penalty
               ,
            
             and
             the
             Person
             Offending
             appointed
             for
             the
             sufferer
             .
             That
             the
             Law
             is
             Relaxed
             ,
             in
             the
             Latter
             I
             grant
             ,
             That
             the
             former
             was
             Executed
             on
             Christ
             I
             prove
             .
          
           
             Now
             what
             sayes
             this
             Argument
             to
             the
             Contrary
             ?
          
           
             If
             the
             same
             in
             the
             Obligation
             be
             paid
             ,
             then
             the
             Law
             is
             Executed
             ,
             not
             Relaxed
             .
             Then
             every
             Sinner
             must
             die
             himself
             ,
             for
             that
             is
             the
             
               idem
            
             and
             very
             thing
             threatned
             .
             So
             that
             here
             
               dum
               alias
               soluit
               aliud
               solvitur
               .
            
          
           
             Answer
             :
          
           
             
               1
               The
               
                 Matter
              
               of
               the
               Obligation
               having
               plainly
               a
               double
               Consideration
               ,
               as
               before
               ,
               it
               may
               be
               both
               
                 Executed
              
               and
               
                 Relaxed
              
               in
               sundry
               respects
               .
            
             
               2
               The
               
                 Idem
              
               and
               very
               thing
               threatned
               in
               the
               Constitution
               of
               the
               Law
               ,
               is
               death
               ;
               The
               
                 Terminating
              
               of
               that
               Penalty
               to
               the
               Person
               Offending
               ,
               was
               in
               the
               Commination
               ,
               and
               had
               it
               not
               been
               Released
               ,
               must
               have
               been
               in
               the
               Execution
               :
               but
               in
               the
               Constitution
               of
               the
               Obligation
               which
               respects
               purely
               the
               kind
               of
               Penalty
               ,
               primarily
               it
               was
               not
               .
               
                 Death
                 is
                 the
                 reward
                 of
                 Sin
                 ,
              
               is
               all
               that
               is
               there
               .
            
             
               3
               We
               Enquire
               not
               about
               
                 Payment
                 ,
              
               but
               
                 Suffering
                 .
              
               To
               make
               that
               suffering
               a
               Payment
               supposeth
               another
               Constitution
               :
               by
               vertue
               whereof
               Christ
               suffering
               the
               same
               that
               was
               threatned
               :
               it
               became
               another
               thing
               in
               Payment
               ,
               then
               it
               would
               have
               been
               ,
               if
               the
               Person
               Offending
               had
               suffered
               himself
               .
            
             
               4
               That
               the
               Law
               threatned
               not
               
                 Christ
              
               but
               
                 us
                 ,
              
               is
               most
               true
               :
               but
               the
               Question
               is
               ,
               Whether
               Christ
               
                 underwent
              
               not
               the
               threatning
               of
               the
               Law
               ,
               not
               we
               ?
               A
               Commutation
               of
               Persons
               is
               allowed
               ,
               Christ
               undergoing
               the
               Penalty
               of
               the
               Offence
               ,
               though
               he
               were
               not
               the
               Person
               Offending
               ,
               I
               cannot
               but
               still
               suppose
               that
               he
               paid
               the
               
                 Idem
              
               of
               the
               Obligation
               .
            
             
               5
               For
               the
               
                 Parenthesis
              
               about
               
                 Christ's
                 not
                 suffering
                 the
                 loss
                 of
                 Gods
                 love
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               and
               the
               like
               Objections
               ,
               they
               have
               been
               
               Answered
               neer
               a
               thousand
               times
               already
               ,
               and
               that
               by
               
                 no
                 ordinary
                 Divines
              
               neither
               ;
               so
               that
               I
               shall
               not
               further
               trouble
               any
               therewith
               .
            
          
           
             How
             this
             is
             the
             
               Argument
               ,
               the
               great
               chief
               Argument
               of
            
             Grotius
             
               and
            
             Vossius
             ,
             which
             Mr
             
               Baxter
            
             affirmes
             
               I
               overlooked
               .
            
          
           
             That
             I
             did
             not
             
               Express
            
             it
             ,
             I
             easily
             grant
             :
             neither
             will
             I
             so
             wrong
             the
             ingenious
             Reader
             as
             to
             make
             any
             long
             
               Apology
            
             for
             my
             Omission
             of
             it
             ,
             considering
             the
             state
             of
             the
             matter
             in
             difference
             as
             before
             proposed
             :
             When
             Mr
             
               B.
            
             or
             any
             man
             else
             ,
             shall
             be
             able
             to
             draw
             out
             any
             
               Conclusion
            
             from
             thence
             ,
             
               That
               granting
               the
               relaxation
               of
               the
               Law
               as
               to
               the
               Person
               suffering
               ,
               the
               Lord
               Christ
               did
               not
               undergo
               the
               Penalty
               constituted
               therein
               ,
            
             or
             that
             
               undergoing
               the
               very
               Penalty
               appointed
               ,
               he
               did
               not
               pay
               the
            
             idem
             
               in
               the
               Obligation
               ,
            
             (
             supposing
             a
             new
             Constitution
             for
             the
             converting
             of
             suffering
             into
             a
             satisfactory
             payment
             )
             I
             shall
             then
             give
             a
             Reason
             why
             I
             Considered
             it
             not
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             next
             place
             Mr
             
               B.
            
             giveth
             in
             the
             two
             Arguments
             wherewith
             I
             deal
             .
             And
             for
             the
             First
             ,
             about
             an
             Acquitment
             
               ipso
               facto
            
             upon
             the
             payment
             of
             the
             
               Idem
            
             in
             the
             Obligation
             ,
             with
             my
             Answer
             ,
             refers
             it
             to
             be
             considered
             in
             
               another
               place
               :
            
             Which
             though
             I
             receive
             no
             small
             Injury
             by
             ,
             as
             shall
             be
             there
             declared
             ,
             yet
             that
             I
             may
             not
             transgress
             the
             Order
             of
             Discourse
             set
             me
             ,
             I
             passe
             it
             by
             also
             until
             then
             .
          
           
             The
             Second
             Argument
             of
             
               Grotius
            
             with
             my
             Answer
             ,
             he
             thus
             expresseth
             :
          
           
             
               To
               the
               Second
               Argument
               that
               the
               payment
               of
               the
               same
               thing
               in
               the
               Obligation
               leaveth
               no
               room
               for
               Pardon
               ,
               he
               Answereth
               thus
               :
            
          
           
             1
             
               Gods
               Pardoning
               compriseth
               the
               whole
               Dispensation
               of
               Grace
               in
               Christ
               ;
               As
               1
               The
               laying
               of
               our
               Sin
               on
               Christ
               :
               2
               The
               imputation
               of
               his
               Righteousness
               to
               us
               ,
               which
               is
               no
               lesse
               of
               Grace
               and
               Mercy
               .
               However
               God
               pardoneth
               all
               to
               US
               ,
               but
               nothing
               to
               CHRIST
               :
               
               So
               that
               the
               Freedome
               of
               Pardon
               hath
               it's
               Foundation
               .
            
          
           
             
               
                 1
                 In
                 Gods
                 Will
                 freely
                 appointing
                 this
                 Satisfaction
                 of
                 Christ
                 .
              
               
                 2
                 In
                 a
                 Gracious
                 Acceptation
                 of
                 the
                 decreed
                 Satisfaction
                 in
                 our
                 stead
                 .
              
               
                 3
                 In
                 a
                 free
                 Application
                 of
                 the
                 Death
                 of
                 Christ
                 to
                 us
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               To
               which
               I
               Answer
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               So
               far
               he
               .
            
          
           
             Though
             this
             may
             appear
             to
             be
             a
             
               distinct
            
             Expression
             of
             my
             Answer
             ,
             yet
             because
             it
             seems
             to
             me
             ,
             That
             the
             very
             
               strength
            
             of
             it
             as
             laid
             down
             ,
             is
             omitted
             ;
             I
             shall
             desire
             the
             Reader
             to
             peruse
             it
             as
             it
             is
             there
             Proposed
             ,
             and
             it
             will
             give
             him
             
               some
               light
            
             into
             the
             thing
             in
             hand
             .
             I
             apply
             my self
             to
             what
             is
             here
             Expressed
             ,
             and
             Answer
             :
          
           
             1
             To
             the
             Objection
             proposed
             from
             
               Grotius
            
             as
             above
             ,
             I
             gave
             a
             Threefold
             Answer
             .
          
           
             1
             That
             
               Gracious
               Condonation
               of
               sin
               ,
            
             which
             I
             conceive
             to
             be
             the
             Sum
             of
             the
             
               glad
               tydings
               of
               the
               Gospel
               ,
            
             seemeth
             to
             comprize
             those
             Two
             Acts
             before
             recounted
             ;
             both
             which
             I
             there
             prove
             to
             be
             free
             ,
             because
             the
             very
             Merit
             and
             Satisfaction
             of
             Christ
             himself
             was
             founded
             on
             a
             
               free
               Compact
            
             and
             Covenant
             ,
             or
             Constitution
             .
          
           
             Now
             I
             had
             Three
             Reasons
             (
             among
             others
             )
             that
             prevailed
             with
             me
             to
             make
             
               Gracious
               Condonation
            
             of
             so
             large
             extent
             ,
             which
             I
             shall
             Expresse
             ,
             and
             leave
             them
             to
             the
             thoughts
             of
             every
             Judicious
             Reader
             ,
             whether
             they
             are
             enforcing
             thereunto
             ,
             or
             no
             ;
             being
             exceedingly
             indifferent
             what
             his
             Determination
             is
             :
             For
             the
             weight
             of
             my
             Answer
             depends
             not
             on
             it
             at
             all
             .
          
           
             And
             they
             are
             these
             :
          
           
             1
             ,
             Because
             that
             single
             Act
             of
             
               remission
               of
               sins
            
             to
             particular
             persons
             ,
             (
             which
             is
             nothing
             but
             a
             disolution
             of
             the
             Obligation
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             as
             unto
             them
             ,
             whereby
             they
             are
             bound
             over
             to
             Punishment
             )
             as
             it
             is
             commonly
             restrained
             ,
             is
             affirmed
             by
             them
             whom
             
               Grotius
            
             in
             that
             Book
             opposed
             (
             into
             
             whose
             Tents
             he
             was
             afterwards
             a
             Renegado
             )
             to
             be
             inconsistent
             with
             any
             Satisfaction
             at
             all
             ;
             yea
             ,
             that
             which
             
               Grotius
            
             maintains
             
               per
               tantundem
               .
            
             But
             now
             if
             you
             extend
             that
             
               Gospel
               phrase
            
             to
             the
             Compasse
             I
             have
             mentioned
             ,
             they
             have
             not
             the
             least
             Colour
             so
             to
             do
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             
               Whereas
               the
               Scripture
               mentioneth
               ,
               That
            
             through
             Christ
             is
             Preached
             the
             forgivenesse
             of
             Sin
             ,
             Act.
             13.
             38.
             
             
               I
               do
               suppose
            
             that
             phrase
             
               to
               be
               Comprehensive
               of
               the
            
             whole
             manifestation
             of
             God
             in
             the
             COVENANT
             of
             Grace
             .
          
           
             3
             ,
             
               God
               expresly
               saith
               ,
               That
               this
               is
            
             his
             Covenant
             ,
             That
             he
             will
             be
             merciful
             to
             our
             unrighteousness
             ,
             
               Heb.
            
             8.
             12.
             
          
           
             By
             the
             way
             I
             cannot
             close
             with
             Mr
             
               B.
            
             that
             this
             place
             to
             the
             
               Hebrews
               ,
            
             and
             the
             other
             of
             
               Jeremiah
               ,
            
             31.
             32
             ,
             33.
             do
             comprize
             but
             
               part
               of
               the
               Covenant
               ,
               not
               the
               whole
               .
            
             God
             saying
             expresly
             ,
             
               THIS
               IS
               MY
               COVENANT
               :
            
             To
             say
             it
             
               is
               not
               ,
            
             is
             not
             to
             Interpret
             the
             Word
             ,
             but
             to
             Deny
             it
             .
             It
             is
             true
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             said
             that
             is
             the
             
               whole
               Covenant
               ;
            
             no
             more
             is
             it
             that
             Christ
             is
             
               the
               Way
               ,
               the
               Truth
               ,
               and
               the
               Life
               only
               .
            
             As
             the
             want
             of
             that
             term
             of
             
               nestriction
               ,
            
             doth
             not
             
               enlarge
            
             in
             that
             ,
             no
             more
             doth
             the
             want
             of
             the
             note
             of
             
               Vniversality
            
             restrain
             in
             this
             .
             To
             say
             
               thus
               ,
            
             because
             here
             is
             no
             Condition
             expressed
             ,
             is
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             If
             you
             mean
             such
             a
             Condition
             as
             God
             
               requireth
            
             of
             us
             ,
             and
             yet
             worketh
             in
             us
             ,
             it
             is
             there
             punctually
             expressed
             ,
             with
             reference
             to
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             
               COVENANT
               ,
            
             whereof
             it
             is
             a
             Condition
             ,
             which
             is
             to
             effect
             all
             the
             Conditions
             thereof
             ,
             in
             the
             Covenanters
             .
             This
             by
             the
             way
             ,
             having
             resolvedly
             tied
             up
             my self
             from
             a
             Debate
             of
             those
             
               Positions
            
             which
             Mr
             
               B.
            
             dogmatizeth
             ;
             though
             a
             large
             field
             ,
             and
             easie
             to
             be
             walked
             in
             ,
             lies
             open
             on
             every
             hand
             ,
             for
             the
             scattering
             of
             many
             
               Magisterial
            
             Dictates
             ,
             which
             with
             confidence
             enough
             are
             crudily
             asserted
             .
          
           
             This
             is
             (
             to
             return
             )
             my
             First
             Answer
             ,
             to
             the
             forementioned
             Objection
             ,
             with
             the
             Reasons
             of
             it
             ,
             whereunto
             Mr
             
               B.
            
             excepteth
             ,
             as
             followeth
             .
          
           
             
               
                 1
                 Pardon
                 implyeth
                 Christs
                 Death
                 as
                 a
                 Cause
                 ;
                 but
                 
                 I
                 would
                 he
                 had
                 shewed
                 the
                 Scripture
                 that
                 makes
                 Pardon
                 so
                 large
                 a
                 thing
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 comprize
                 the
                 whole
                 Dispensation
                 of
                 Grace
                 ;
                 or
                 that
                 maketh
                 Christs
                 death
                 to
                 be
                 a
                 part
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 or
                 comprized
                 in
                 it
                 .
              
               
                 2
                 If
                 such
                 a
                 word
                 were
                 in
                 the
                 Scripture
                 ,
                 will
                 he
                 not
                 confesse
                 it
                 to
                 be
                 Figurative
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 proper
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 not
                 fit
                 for
                 this
                 Dispute
                 .
              
               
                 3
                 Else
                 when
                 he
                 saith
                 ,
                 That
                 Christs
                 Death
                 procured
                 our
                 Pardon
                 ,
                 he
                 meaneth
                 that
                 it
                 procured
                 it self
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               So
               he
               .
            
          
           
             To
             all
             which
             I
             say
             ,
          
           
             1
             The
             death
             of
             Christ
             ,
             
               as
               it
               is
               a
               Cause
               of
               Pardon
               ,
            
             is
             not
             once
             mentioned
             in
             any
             of
             my
             Answers
             :
             There
             is
             a
             wide
             Difference
             (
             in
             Consideration
             )
             between
             
               Gods
               imputation
               of
               Sin
               to
               Christ
               ,
            
             and
             the
             
               Death
               of
               Christ
               ,
               as
               the
               meritorious
               cause
               of
               Pardon
               .
            
             So
             that
             this
             is
             
               Pura
               Ignoratio
               Elenchi
               .
            
          
           
             2
             Take
             Pardon
             in
             the
             large
             sense
             I
             intimated
             ,
             and
             so
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             is
             not
             the
             meritorious
             cause
             of
             the
             
               whole
               ,
            
             but
             only
             of
             that
             
               particular
            
             in
             it
             ,
             wherein
             it
             is
             commonly
             supposed
             solely
             to
             Consist
             ,
             of
             which
             before
             :
             But
             ,
          
           
             In
             what
             sense
             ,
             and
             upon
             what
             grounds
             ,
             I
             extended
             
               gracious
               Condonation
            
             of
             sin
             ,
             unto
             that
             Compasse
             here
             mentioned
             ,
             I
             have
             now
             expressed
             .
             Let
             it
             stand
             or
             fall
             ,
             as
             it
             sutes
             the
             Judgement
             of
             the
             Reader
             :
             the
             weight
             of
             my
             Answer
             depends
             not
             on
             it
             ,
             at
             all
             .
          
           
             My
             Second
             Answer
             to
             that
             Objection
             I
             gave
             in
             these
             words
             .
          
           
             That
             Remission
             ,
             Grace
             ,
             and
             Pardon
             which
             is
             in
             God
             for
             Sinners
             ,
             is
             not
             oppossed
             to
             Christs
             Merits
             and
             Satisfaction
             ,
             but
             ours
             :
             He
             pardoneth
             all
             to
             us
             ,
             but
             he
             spared
             not
             his
             only
             Son
             ,
             he
             bated
             him
             not
             one
             farthing
             .
          
           
             
               To
               this
               Mr
            
             B
             ,
             
               thus
               expressing
               it
               ,
            
             (
             But
             it
             is
             of
             Grace
             to
             us
             ,
             though
             not
             to
             Christ
             )
             
               Answereth
               :
            
             Doth
             not
             that
             cleerly
             intimate
             ,
             That
             Christ
             was
             not
             in
             the
             Obligation
             ?
             That
             the
             
             Law
             doth
             threaten
             every
             man
             personally
             ,
             or
             else
             it
             had
             been
             no
             favour
             to
             accept
             it
             of
             another
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             marvelous
             to
             me
             ,
             
             That
             a
             
               Learned
               man
            
             should
             voluntarily
             chuse
             an
             Adversary
             to
             himself
             ,
             and
             yet
             Consider
             the
             very
             
               leaves
            
             which
             he
             undertakes
             to
             Confute
             ,
             with
             so
             much
             Contempt
             or
             Oscitancy
             ,
             as
             to
             labour
             to
             prove
             against
             him
             ,
             what
             he
             possitively
             Asserts
             
               terminis
               terminantibus
               .
            
             That
             Christ
             was
             not
             in
             the
             Obligation
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             put
             in
             as
             a
             Surety
             by
             his
             own
             Consent
             ,
             God
             by
             his
             
               Soveraignty
            
             dispensing
             with
             the
             Law
             as
             to
             that
             ,
             yet
             as
             a
             
               Creditor
            
             exacting
             of
             him
             the
             due
             Debt
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             is
             the
             maine
             Intendment
             of
             the
             place
             Mr
             
               Baxter
            
             here
             Considereth
             .
          
           
             2
             Grant
             
               All
            
             that
             here
             is
             said
             ,
             how
             doth
             it
             prove
             that
             Christ
             underwent
             not
             the
             
               very
               Penalty
            
             of
             the
             Law
             ?
             Is
             it
             because
             he
             was
             not
             
               Primarily
            
             in
             the
             Obligation
             ?
             He
             was
             put
             in
             as
             a
             Surety
             to
             be
             the
             Object
             of
             it's
             Execution
             .
             Is
             it
             because
             the
             Law
             doth
             threaten
             every
             man
             Personally
             ?
             Christ
             underwent
             
               Really
               ,
            
             what
             was
             threatned
             to
             others
             :
             as
             shall
             be
             proved
             :
             but
             ,
             
               it
               is
               not
               then
               of
               favour
               to
               accept
               it
               :
            
             but
             this
             is
             the
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             And
             thus
             to
             set
             it
             down
             ,
             is
             but
             a
             Petition
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             3
             How
             doth
             this
             Elude
             the
             force
             of
             my
             Answer
             ?
             I
             see
             it
             not
             at
             all
             .
          
           
             After
             this
             ,
             I
             give
             a
             Third
             Answer
             to
             the
             former
             Objection
             ,
             manifesting
             how
             the
             
               FREEDOM
            
             of
             Pardon
             ,
             may
             Consist
             with
             Christ
             Satisfaction
             ,
             in
             these
             words
             :
          
           
             
               The
               Freedom
               then
               of
               Pardon
               hath
               not
               its
               foundation
               in
               any
               defect
               of
               the
               Merit
               or
               Satisfaction
               of
               Christ
               ;
               but
               in
               Three
               other
               things
               :
            
             
               
                 1
                 The
                 Will
                 of
                 God
                 freely
                 appointing
                 the
                 Satisfaction
                 of
                 Christ
                 :
                 
                   Joh.
                   3.
                   16.
                   
                   Rom.
                   5.
                   8.
                   1
                   Joh.
                
                 4.
                 9.
                 
              
               
                 2
                 In
                 a
                 Gracious
                 Acceptation
                 of
                 that
                 decreed
                 Satisfaction
                 in
                 our
                 steads
                 ,
                 so
                 many
                 ,
                 no
                 more
                 .
              
               
                 3
                 In
                 a
                 free
                 Application
                 of
                 the
                 Death
                 of
                 Christ
                 unto
                 
                 us
                 .
                 Remission
                 then
                 excludes
                 not
                 a
                 full
                 Satisfaction
                 by
                 the
                 solution
                 of
                 the
                 very
                 thing
                 in
                 the
                 Obligation
                 ,
                 but
                 only
                 the
                 Solution
                 or
                 Satisfaction
                 of
                 him
                 to
                 whom
                 Pardon
                 and
                 Remission
                 is
                 granted
                 .
              
            
          
           
             It
             being
             the
             
               Freedom
               of
               Pardon
            
             that
             is
             denied
             .
             Upon
             the
             supposals
             of
             such
             a
             Satisfaction
             as
             I
             Assert
             ,
             I
             Demonstrate
             from
             whence
             that
             
               Freedom
            
             doth
             accrew
             unto
             it
             ,
             notwithstanding
             a
             supposal
             of
             such
             a
             Satisfaction
             :
             not
             that
             
               Pardon
               consisteth
            
             in
             the
             Three
             things
             there
             recounted
             ,
             but
             that
             it
             hath
             its
             
               Freedom
            
             from
             them
             :
             That
             is
             ,
             Supposing
             those
             Three
             things
             ,
             notwithstanding
             the
             Intervention
             of
             Payment
             made
             by
             Christ
             ,
             it
             cannot
             be
             ,
             but
             
               Remission
               of
               Sin
            
             unto
             us
             must
             be
             a
             
               free
               and
               gracious
               Act
               .
            
          
           
             To
             all
             this
             Mr
             
               B.
            
             opposeth
             divers
             things
             .
             For
             ,
          
           
             
               1
               Imputation
               of
               righteousness
               
                 (
                 saith
                 he
                 )
              
               is
               not
               any
               part
               of
               Pardon
               ,
               but
               a
               necessary
               Antecedent
               .
            
             
               2
               The
               same
               may
               be
               said
               of
               Gods
               Acceptation
               .
            
             
               3
               Its
               Application
               is
               a
               large
               Phrase
               ,
               and
               may
               be
               meant
               of
               several
               Acts
               ;
               but
               of
               which
               here
               I
               know
               not
               .
            
          
           
             In
             a
             word
             this
             
               mistake
            
             is
             very
             great
             .
             
             I
             affirm
             the
             
               Freedom
               of
               Pardon
            
             to
             depend
             on
             those
             things
             ;
             he
             Answereth
             ,
             That
             
               Pardon
               doth
               not
               consist
               in
               these
               things
               .
            
             It
             is
             the
             
               Freedom
               of
               Pardon
               ,
               whence
            
             it
             is
             ;
             not
             the
             
               Nature
               of
               Pardon
               ,
               wherein
            
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             we
             have
             under
             Consideration
             .
          
           
             But
             
               (
               saith
               he
               )
            
             how
             can
             he
             call
             it
             a
             gracious
             Acceptation
             ,
             a
             gracious
             Imputation
             ,
             a
             free
             Application
             ,
             if
             it
             were
             the
             same
             thing
             the
             Law
             requireth
             that
             was
             paid
             ?
          
           
             To
             pay
             all
             according
             to
             the
             full
             exaction
             of
             the
             Obligation
             ,
             needeth
             no
             favour
             to
             procure
             Acceptance
             ,
             Imputation
             ,
             or
             Application
             .
             Can
             Justice
             refuse
             to
             accept
             of
             such
             a
             payment
             ?
             or
             can
             it
             require
             any
             more
             ?
          
           
             Though
             I
             know
             not
             directly
             what
             it
             is
             he
             means
             by
             saying
             (
             I
             call
             it
             )
             yet
             I
             passe
             it
             over
             .
             
          
           
             2
             If
             all
             this
             were
             done
             by
             the
             
               Persons
               themselves
               ,
            
             or
             any
             one
             in
             their
             stead
             ,
             procured
             and
             appointed
             by
             
               themselves
               ,
            
             then
             were
             there
             some
             difficulty
             in
             these
             Questions
             ;
             
             but
             this
             being
             otherwise
             ,
             there
             is
             none
             at
             all
             ,
             as
             hath
             been
             declared
             .
          
           
             3
             How
             the
             Payment
             made
             by
             Christ
             was
             of
             
               Grace
               ,
            
             yet
             in
             respect
             of
             the
             Obligation
             of
             the
             Law
             needed
             
               no
               favour
               ,
            
             nor
             was
             refusable
             by
             Justice
             ,
             supposing
             its
             free
             Constitution
             ,
             shall
             be
             afterwards
             declared
             .
             To
             me
             the
             
               Author
            
             seems
             not
             to
             have
             his
             wonted
             cleerness
             in
             this
             whole
             
               Section
               ,
            
             which
             might
             administer
             occasion
             of
             further
             Enquiry
             and
             Exceptions
             ,
             but
             I
             forbear
             .
          
           
             And
             thus
             much
             be
             spoken
             ,
             for
             the
             cleering
             and
             vindicating
             my
             Answer
             to
             the
             Arguments
             of
             
               Grotius
            
             against
             Christs
             paying
             the
             
               Idem
            
             of
             the
             Obligation
             :
             The
             next
             shall
             further
             confirme
             the
             Truth
             .
          
        
         
           
             CAP.
             IV.
             
          
           
             Further
             of
             the
             matter
             of
             the
             Satisfaction
             of
             Christ
             ,
             wherein
             is
             proved
             ,
             That
             it
             was
             the
             same
             that
             was
             in
             the
             Obligation
             .
          
           
             IT
             being
             supposed
             not
             to
             be
             sufficient
             to
             have
             shewed
             the
             
               weakness
            
             of
             my
             Endeavour
             to
             Assert
             and
             Vindicate
             from
             Opposition
             ,
             what
             I
             had
             undertaken
             .
          
           
             
               Mr
            
             Baxter
             
               addeth
               ,
               That
            
             I
             give
             up
             the
             Cause
             about
             which
             I
             contend
             ,
             as
             having
             indeed
             not
             understood
             him
             ,
             whom
             I
             undertook
             to
             Oppose
             ,
             
               in
               these
               words
               :
            
          
           
             Mr
             
               Owen
            
             giveth
             up
             the
             Cause
             at
             last
             ,
             and
             saith
             as
             
               Grotius
               :
            
             (
             having
             not
             understood
             
               Grotius
            
             his
             meaning
             )
             as
             appeareth
             ,
             
               Pag.
            
             141
             ,
             142
             ,
             143.
             
          
           
             Whether
             I
             understand
             
               Grotius
            
             or
             no
             ,
             
             will
             by
             and
             by
             appear
             .
             Whether
             Mr
             
               B.
            
             understandeth
             
               Me
               ,
            
             or
             the
             
               Controversie
            
             by
             me
             handled
             ,
             you
             shall
             have
             now
             a
             TRYAL
             .
          
           
           
             The
             Assertion
             which
             alone
             I
             seek
             to
             Maintain
             ,
             is
             this
             ;
          
           
             That
             the
             Punishment
             which
             our
             Saviour
             under-went
             ,
             was
             the
             same
             that
             the
             Law
             required
             of
             us
             :
             God
             relaxing
             his
             Law
             as
             to
             the
             Person
             suffering
             ,
             but
             not
             as
             to
             the
             Penalty
             suffered
             .
          
           
             Now
             ,
             if
             from
             this
             I
             draw
             back
             in
             any
             of
             the
             Concessions
             following
             collected
             from
             
               pag.
            
             141
             ,
             142
             ,
             143.
             
             I
             depracate
             not
             the
             Censure
             of
             
               giving
               up
               the
               Cause
               I
               contended
               for
               .
            
             If
             otherwise
             ,
             there
             is
             a
             great
             mistake
             
               in
               some
               body
            
             of
             the
             whole
             businesse
             .
          
           
             Of
             the
             things
             then
             Observe
             according
             to
             Mr
             
               B.
            
             his
             Order
             ,
             I
             shall
             take
             a
             brief
             account
             .
          
           
             
               1
               He
               acknowledgeth
               
                 (
                 saith
                 he
                 )
              
               That
               the
               Payment
               is
               not
               made
               by
               the
               Party
               to
               whom
               Remission
               is
               granted
               ,
               (
               and
               so
               saith
               every
               man
               that
               is
               a
               Christian
               .
               )
            
          
           
             This
             is
             a
             part
             of
             the
             Position
             it self
             I
             maintain
             ,
             
             and
             so
             no
             going
             back
             from
             it
             :
             So
             that
             as
             to
             this
             ,
             I
             may
             passe
             
               as
               a
               Christian
               .
            
          
           
             
               2
               He
               saith
               
                 (
                 ads
                 he
                 )
              
               it
               was
               a
               full
               valuable
               Compensation
               (
               therefore
               not
               of
               the
               same
               .
            
          
           
             
               1
               This
               Inference
               would
               trouble
               Mr
               
                 B.
              
               to
               prove
               .
               
            
             
               2
               Therefore
               not
               made
               by
               the
               same
               ,
               nor
               by
               any
               of
               the
               Debtors
               appointment
               ,
               
                 will
                 follow
                 ,
                 (
                 perhaps
                 )
                 but
                 no
                 more
                 .
              
            
             
               3
               
                 That
                 by
                 Reason
                 of
                 the
                 Obligation
                 upon
                 us
                 ,
                 we
                 our selves
                 were
                 bound
                 to
                 undergo
                 the
                 punishment
                 .
                 Therefore
                 Christs
                 punishment
                 was
                 not
                 in
                 the
                 Obligation
                 ,
                 but
                 only
                 ours
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 the
                 Law
                 was
                 not
                 fully
                 Executed
                 ,
                 but
                 Relaxed
                 .
              
            
          
           
             1
             This
             is
             my
             
               Thesis
            
             fully
             ,
             
             the
             Law
             was
             
               Executed
            
             as
             to
             its
             Penalty
             ,
             
               relaxed
            
             as
             to
             the
             Person
             suffering
             .
          
           
             2
             The
             Punishment
             that
             Christ
             under-went
             ,
             was
             in
             the
             Obligation
             ,
             though
             threatned
             to
             us
             .
          
           
           
             4
             
               He
               saith
               ,
               he
               meaneth
               not
               that
               Christ
               bore
               the
               same
               punishment
               due
               to
               us
               in
               all
               Accidents
               of
               Duration
               and
               the
               like
               :
               but
               the
               same
               in
               weight
               and
               preasure
               (
               therfore
               not
               the
               same
               in
               the
               Obligation
               ,
               because
               not
               fully
               the
               same
               Act
               .
            
          
           
             The
             
               Accidents
            
             I
             mention
             ,
             
             follow
             and
             attend
             the
             Person
             suffering
             ,
             and
             not
             the
             Penalty
             it self
             .
             All
             
               Evils
            
             in
             any
             suffering
             as
             far
             as
             they
             are
             sinful
             ,
             attend
             the
             Condition
             of
             the
             Parties
             that
             Suffer
             :
             Every
             thing
             usually
             recounted
             by
             those
             who
             make
             this
             and
             the
             like
             Exceptions
             ,
             as
             far
             as
             they
             are
             purely
             penal
             ,
             were
             on
             Christ
             .
          
           
             5
             
               He
               saith
               God
               had
               power
               so
               far
               to
               relax
               his
               own
               LAW
               ,
               as
               to
               have
               the
               name
               of
               a
               Surety
               put
               into
               the
               Obligation
               ,
               which
               before
               was
               not
               there
               ,
               and
               then
               to
               require
               the
               whole
               debt
               of
               that
               Surety
               .
            
          
           
             
               And
               what
               saith
               
                 Grotius
              
               more
               then
               this
               ?
               If
               the
               same
               things
               in
               the
               Obligation
               be
               paid
               ,
               then
               the
               Law
               is
               Executed
               :
               and
               if
               Executed
               ,
               then
               not
               Relaxed
               .
               Here
               he
               confesseth
               .
               That
               the
               Sureties
               name
               was
               not
               in
               the
               Obligation
               ,
               and
               that
               God
               Relaxed
               the
               Law
               to
               put
               it
               in
               .
               Now
               the
               main
               businesse
               that
               
                 Grotius
              
               drives
               at
               there
               ,
               is
               to
               prove
               this
               Relaxation
               of
               the
               Law
               ,
               and
               the
               non-Execution
               of
               it
               on
               the
               Offenders
               threatned
               .
               
                 Thus
                 far
                 Mr
                 Baxter
                 .
              
            
          
           
             1
             All
             this
             proves
             not
             at
             all
             the
             things
             intended
             ,
             
             neither
             doth
             any
             Concession
             here
             mentioned
             ,
             in
             the
             least
             take
             off
             from
             the
             main
             Assertion
             I
             maintain
             ,
             as
             is
             apparent
             any
             at
             first
             view
             .
             2
             
               Grotius
            
             is
             so
             far
             from
             saying
             
               more
            
             then
             I
             do
             ,
             that
             he
             sayes
             not
             so
             much
             .
             3
             This
             
               Paralogisme
            
             if
             the
             Law
             be
             Executed
             ,
             then
             not
             Relaxed
             ;
             and
             on
             the
             contrary
             ,
             ariseth-meerly
             from
             a
             non-Consideration
             of
             the
             nature
             of
             Contradictories
             :
             The
             Opposition
             fancied
             here
             is
             not
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             as
             is
             required
             of
             Contradictions
             :
             4
             The
             Observation
             ,
             that
             
               Crown
               main
               business
               is
               other
               ,
            
             discovereth
             the
             Bottom
             of
             M.
             
               B.
            
             his
             mistake
             .
             Even
             a
             supposal
             that
             I
             should
             oppose
             
             
               Grotius
            
             in
             his
             main
             Intendment
             in
             the
             place
             Considered
             ,
             which
             was
             not
             once
             in
             my
             thoughts
             .
             It
             was
             meerly
             about
             the
             
               nature
               of
               the
               Penalty
               that
               Christ
               underwent
               ,
            
             that
             I
             Discoursed
             .
             How
             the
             Relaxation
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             Commutation
             of
             Persons
             may
             be
             Established
             ,
             whether
             we
             affirm
             ,
             Christ
             to
             have
             paid
             the
             
               Idem
            
             or
             
               Tantundem
               .
            
             And
             that
             Mr
             
               B.
            
             affirms
             the
             same
             with
             me
             ,
             I
             can
             prove
             by
             twenty
             Instances
             .
             The
             Reader
             (
             if
             he
             please
             )
             may
             consult
             Pag.
             18.
             
             &
             25.
             33
             ,
             34
             ,
             35.
             42.
             48.
             and
             in
             plain
             terms
             Pag.
             81.
             
             
               In
               respect
               of
               punishment
               abstracting
               from
               Persons
               ,
               the
               Law
               was
               not
               dispensed
               withal
               as
               to
               Christ
               ?
            
             And
             what
             said
             I
             more
             ?
          
           
             And
             
               so
               much
            
             (
             if
             not
             
               too
               much
               )
            
             to
             Mr
             
               Baxters
            
             Exceptions
             ,
             which
             of
             what
             weight
             and
             force
             they
             are
             ,
             I
             leave
             to
             others
             to
             judge
             .
          
           
             That
             which
             I
             maintain
             as
             to
             this
             Point
             in
             Difference
             ,
             I
             have
             also
             made
             apparent
             ;
             It
             is
             wholly
             comprized
             under
             these
             Two
             Heads
             :
          
           
             
               1
               Christ
               suffered
               the
               same
               Penalty
               which
               was
               in
               the
               Obligation
               .
            
             
               2
               To
               do
               so
               ,
               is
               to
               make
               Payment
               
                 ejusdem
                 ,
              
               and
               not
               
                 tantidem
                 .
              
            
          
           
             The
             REASONS
             of
             both
             ,
             I
             shall
             briefly
             subjoyne
             .
          
           
             And
             as
             to
             the
             FIRST
             ,
             they
             are
             these
             following
             :
          
           
             1
             The
             Scripture
             hath
             expresly
             revealed
             the
             Translation
             of
             Punishment
             in
             respect
             of
             the
             Subjects
             suffering
             it
             :
             but
             hath
             not
             spoken
             one
             word
             of
             the
             change
             of
             the
             kind
             of
             Punishment
             ,
             but
             rather
             the
             contrary
             is
             affirmed
             .
             
               Rom.
            
             8.
             32.
             
             
               He
               spared
               not
               his
               own
               SON
               ,
               but
               delivered
               him
               up
               for
               us
               all
               .
            
          
           
             2
             All
             the
             Punishment
             due
             to
             us
             ,
             was
             contained
             in
             the
             
               Curse
            
             and
             
               Sanction
            
             of
             the
             Law
             :
             That
             is
             the
             Penalty
             of
             the
             Obligation
             whereof
             we
             spake
             ;
             but
             this
             was
             undergon
             by
             the
             Lord
             Christ
             .
             
               For
               he
               hath
               REDEEMED
               us
               
               from
               the
               Curse
               of
               the
               LAW
               ,
               being
               made
               a
               Curse
               for
               us
               ,
            
             Gall
             .
             3.
             13.
             
          
           
             3
             Where
             God
             
               condemneth
               sin
               ,
            
             there
             he
             condems
             it
             ,
             in
             that
             very
             Punishment
             which
             is
             due
             unto
             it
             in
             the
             Sinner
             ,
             or
             rather
             to
             the
             Sinner
             for
             it
             .
             He
             hath
             revealed
             but
             one
             Rule
             of
             his
             proceeding
             in
             this
             case
             .
             How
             he
             
               condemned
               sin
            
             in
             the
             flesh
             of
             Christ
             :
             or
             in
             him
             ,
             sent
             in
             the
             likenesse
             of
             sinful
             flesh
             .
             Rom.
             8.
             30.
             
             
               God
               sending
               his
               own
               Son
               in
               the
               likenesse
               of
               sinful
               Flesh
               ,
               and
               for
               Sin
               condemned
               sin
               in
               the
               flesh
               .
            
             The
             condemning
             of
             Sin
             ,
             is
             the
             infliction
             of
             Punishment
             due
             to
             Sin
             .
          
           
             4
             The
             whole
             Penalty
             of
             Sin
             
               is
               Death
               ,
            
             Gen.
             2.
             11.
             
             This
             Christ
             underwent
             for
             us
             .
             
               Heb.
               2.
               14.
               
               He
               tasted
               Death
               .
            
             And
             to
             
               die
               for
               another
               ,
            
             is
             to
             undergo
             that
             Death
             which
             that
             other
             should
             have
             undergone
             ,
             2
             
               Sam.
            
             18.
             33.
             
             It
             is
             true
             ,
             this
             Death
             may
             be
             considered
             either
             in
             Respect
             of
             its
             Essence
             ,
             (
             if
             I
             may
             be
             allowed
             so
             to
             speak
             )
             which
             is
             called
             the
             pains
             of
             Hell
             which
             Christ
             underwent
             ,
             
               Psal.
            
             18.
             6.
             and
             22.
             1.
             
             
               Luke
            
             22.
             44.
             or
             of
             its
             Attendencies
             ,
             as
             Duration
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             which
             he
             could
             not
             undergo
             :
             
               Psal.
            
             16.
             20.
             
             
               Acts
            
             2.
             
             So
             that
             whereas
             Eternal
             Death
             may
             be
             considered
             Two
             wayes
             ,
             either
             as
             such
             
               in
               potentia
               ,
            
             and
             in
             its
             own
             nature
             ,
             or
             as
             
               actually
               :
            
             So
             ,
             our
             Saviour
             underwent
             it
             not
             in
             the
             
               latter
               ,
            
             but
             
               first
            
             sense
             ,
             
               Heb.
            
             2.
             9.
             14.
             which
             by
             the
             Dignity
             of
             his
             Person
             ,
             1
             
               Pet.
               3.
               18.
               
               Heb.
               9.
               26.
               28.
               
               Rom.
            
             5.
             9.
             which
             raises
             the
             Estimation
             of
             Punishment
             ,
             is
             
               aequipotent
            
             to
             the
             other
             .
             There
             is
             a
             
               sameness
            
             in
             Christs
             sufferings
             with
             that
             in
             the
             Obligation
             in
             respect
             of
             
               Essence
               ,
            
             and
             
               equivalency
            
             in
             respect
             of
             
               Attendencies
               .
            
          
           
             5
             The
             
               meeting
               of
               our
               Iniquities
               upon
               Christ
               ,
            
             Isa.
             53.
             6.
             and
             his
             being
             thereby
             
               made
               sin
               for
               us
               ,
            
             2
             Cor.
             5.
             21.
             lay
             the
             very
             Punishment
             of
             our
             Sin
             ,
             as
             to
             us
             threatned
             ,
             upon
             him
             .
          
           
             6
             Consider
             the
             Scriptural
             Descriptions
             you
             have
             of
             his
             Perpessions
             ,
             and
             see
             if
             they
             do
             not
             plainly
             hold
             out
             the
             utmost
             that
             ever
             was
             threatned
             to
             sin
             .
             There
             is
             the
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
             
               Isa.
            
             53.
             5.
             
             Peters
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             1
             
               Pet.
            
             2.
             24.
             the
             
               liver
               ,
               nibex
               ,
               wound
               ,
               stripe
               ,
            
             that
             in
             our
             stead
             was
             so
             on
             him
             ,
             that
             thereby
             we
             are
             healed
             .
             Those
             Expressions
             of
             the
             Condition
             of
             his
             Soul
             in
             his
             sufferings
             ,
             whereby
             he
             is
             said
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             
               Mat.
               26.
               34.
               
               Mark
            
             14.
             33.
             
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             
               Luke
            
             22.
             44.
             
             Sadness
             unto
             death
             ,
             
               Mat.
            
             26.
             38.
             
             That
             dreadful
             cry
             ,
             
               Why
               hast
               thou
               forsaken
               me
               ?
            
             Those
             
               cryes
               out
               of
               the
               deep
               ,
            
             and
             
               mighty
               supplications
               under
               his
               fear
               ,
            
             Heb.
             5.
             7.
             that
             were
             upon
             him
             do
             all
             make
             out
             ,
             That
             the
             
               bitterness
               of
               the
               Death
               due
               to
               Sin
               was
               fully
               upon
               his
               Soul
               .
            
             Sum
             all
             his
             outward
             appearing
             Preasures
             ,
             
               Mocks
               ,
               Scoffs
               ,
               Scorns
               ,
               Cross
               ,
               Wounds
               ,
               Death
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             And
             what
             do
             some
             of
             their
             afflictions
             ,
             who
             have
             suffered
             for
             his
             Name
             ,
             come
             short
             of
             it
             ?
             And
             yet
             how
             far
             were
             they
             above
             those
             
               dreadful
               expressions
               of
               anguish
               ,
            
             which
             we
             find
             upon
             the
             
               fellow
               of
               the
               Lord
               of
               Hosts
               ,
               the
               Lyon
               of
               the
               Tribe
               of
               Judah
               ,
               who
               received
               not
               the
               Spirit
               by
               measure
               ,
               but
               was
               anoynted
               with
               the
               Oyle
               of
               Gladness
               above
               his
               Fellows
               ?
            
             Certainly
             his
             un-conceivable
             sufferings
             were
             in
             an
             other
             kind
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             set
             no
             example
             to
             any
             of
             his
             ,
             to
             suffer
             in
             after
             him
             .
             It
             was
             no
             less
             then
             the
             weight
             of
             the
             wrath
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             whole
             punishment
             due
             to
             sin
             ,
             that
             he
             wrestled
             under
             .
          
           
             2
             The
             Second
             Part
             of
             my
             Position
             is
             to
             me
             confirmed
             by
             these
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             Arguments
             :
             That
             there
             is
             a
             
               Distinction
            
             to
             be
             allowed
             between
             the
             Penalty
             and
             the
             Person
             suffering
             ,
             is
             a
             common
             apprehension
             :
             especially
             when
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             Penalty
             is
             only
             enquired
             after
             .
             If
             a
             man
             that
             had
             but
             
               one
            
             Eye
             were
             Censured
             to
             have
             an
             Eye
             put
             out
             ,
             and
             a
             dear
             Friend
             pitying
             his
             deplorable
             Condition
             ,
             knowing
             ,
             that
             by
             undergoing
             the
             Punishment
             decreed
             ,
             he
             must
             be
             left
             to
             
               utter
               blindness
               ,
            
             should
             upon
             the
             allowance
             of
             Commutation
             (
             as
             in
             
               Zaleucus
            
             case
             )
             submit
             to
             have
             one
             of
             his
             
               own
            
             Eyes
             put
             out
             ,
             and
             so
             satisfie
             the
             Sentence
             given
             ,
             though
             by
             having
             
               two
            
             Eyes
             ,
             he
             avoid
             himself
             the
             misery
             that
             would
             have
             attended
             the
             others
             suffering
             ,
             who
             had
             but
             one
             .
             If
             (
             I
             say
             )
             in
             this
             Case
             ,
             any
             should
             ask
             ,
             
             Whether
             he
             underwent
             the
             
               idem
            
             the
             other
             should
             have
             done
             ,
             or
             
               tantundem
               ,
            
             I
             suppose
             the
             Answer
             would
             be
             easie
             .
             In
             things
             
               Real
            
             it
             is
             unquestionable
             ;
             and
             in
             things
             
               Personally
               ,
            
             I
             shall
             pursue
             it
             no
             further
             ,
             lest
             it
             should
             prove
             
               a
               strife
               of
               words
               .
            
             And
             thus
             far
             of
             the
             suffering
             of
             Christ
             in
             a
             way
             of
             Controversie
             :
             what
             follows
             will
             be
             more
             Positive
             .
          
        
         
           
             CAP.
             V.
             
          
           
             The
             Second
             Head
             about
             JVSTIFICATION
             before
             Believing
             .
          
           
             THE
             next
             thing
             I
             am
             called
             into
             Question
             about
             ,
             is
             Concerning
             actual
             ,
             and
             
               absolute
               Justification
               before
               Believing
               :
            
             this
             Mr
             
               Baxter
            
             speaks
             to
             page
             146
             ,
             and
             so
             forwards
             :
             and
             First
             Answers
             the
             Arguments
             of
             
               Maccovius
            
             for
             such
             Justification
             ,
             and
             then
             page
             151
             Applyes
             himself
             to
             remove
             such
             further
             Arguments
             ,
             and
             places
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             as
             are
             by
             me
             Produced
             for
             the
             Confirmation
             of
             that
             Assertion
             .
          
           
             Here
             perhaps
             I
             could
             have
             desired
             a
             little
             more
             Candor
             .
             To
             have
             an
             
               Opinionion
            
             fastened
             on
             me
             ,
             which
             I
             never
             once
             received
             ,
             nor
             intimated
             the
             least
             Thought
             of
             ,
             in
             that
             whole
             Treatise
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             of
             Mine
             ;
             and
             then
             my
             Arguments
             Answered
             as
             to
             such
             an
             end
             ,
             and
             purpose
             ,
             as
             I
             not
             once
             intended
             to
             promote
             by
             them
             ,
             is
             a
             little
             to
             harsh
             Dealing
             .
             It
             is
             a
             facile
             thing
             ,
             to
             Render
             any
             mans
             Reasonings
             exceedingly
             weak
             ,
             and
             rediculous
             ,
             if
             we
             may
             impose
             upon
             them
             such
             ,
             and
             such
             things
             to
             be
             proved
             by
             them
             ,
             which
             their
             Author
             never
             once
             intended
             .
          
           
             For
             
               Partional
               Justification
               ,
            
             Evangelical
             Justification
             ,
             
             whereby
             a
             Sinner
             is
             compleatly
             Justified
             ,
             that
             it
             should
             preceed
             Believing
             ,
             I
             have
             not
             only
             not
             Asserted
             ,
             but
             Positively
             Denyed
             ,
             and
             disproved
             by
             many
             Arguments
             :
             To
             be
             now
             traduced
             as
             a
             Patron
             of
             that
             
               Opinion
               ,
            
             and
             my
             Reasons
             for
             it
             ,
             Publickly
             Answered
             ,
             seems
             to
             me
             something
             Uncouth
             :
             However
             I
             am
             Resolved
             not
             to
             interpose
             in
             other
             mens
             Disputes
             ,
             and
             Differencies
             ,
             yet
             lest
             I
             should
             be
             again
             ,
             and
             further
             mistaken
             in
             this
             ,
             I
             shall
             briefly
             give
             in
             my
             Thoughts
             to
             the
             whole
             Difficulty
             :
             after
             I
             have
             discovered
             ,
             and
             discussed
             the
             Ground
             ,
             and
             Occasion
             of
             this
             mistake
             .
          
           
             In
             an
             Answer
             to
             an
             Argument
             of
             
               Grotius
            
             about
             the
             
               Satisfaction
               of
               Christ
               ,
            
             denying
             that
             by
             it
             we
             are
             
               ipso
               facto
            
             delivered
             from
             the
             
               Penalty
            
             due
             to
             Sin
             :
             I
             Affirmed
             that
             by
             his
             Death
             ,
             Christ
             did
             actually
             ,
             or
             
               ipso
               facto
            
             deliver
             us
             from
             the
             Curse
             ,
             by
             being
             
               made
               a
               Curse
               for
               us
               ;
            
             and
             this
             is
             that
             ,
             which
             gave
             occasion
             ,
             to
             that
             Imputation
             before
             mentioned
             .
          
           
             To
             cleer
             my
             mind
             in
             this
             ,
             I
             must
             desire
             the
             Reader
             to
             consider
             ,
             That
             my
             Answer
             is
             but
             a
             Denial
             of
             
               Grotius
            
             his
             Assertions
             :
             In
             what
             kind
             ,
             and
             respect
             
               Grotius
            
             doth
             there
             deny
             that
             we
             are
             
               ipso
               facto
            
             delivered
             by
             the
             Satisfaction
             of
             Christ
             ,
             in
             that
             sense
             ,
             and
             that
             only
             ,
             do
             I
             affirm
             that
             we
             are
             so
             :
             otherwise
             there
             were
             no
             Contradictions
             between
             his
             Assertion
             ,
             and
             mine
             ,
             not
             speaking
             
               ad
               idem
               ,
            
             and
             
               eodem
               respectu
               .
            
          
           
             The
             truth
             is
             ,
             
               Grotius
            
             doth
             not
             in
             that
             place
             whence
             this
             Argument
             is
             taken
             ,
             fully
             ,
             or
             cleerly
             manifest
             ,
             what
             he
             intends
             by
             a
             deliverance
             which
             is
             
               not
               actual
               ,
            
             or
             
               ipso
               facto
               :
            
             and
             therefore
             I
             made
             bold
             to
             Interpret
             his
             Mind
             ,
             by
             the
             
               Analogie
            
             of
             that
             Opinion
             wherewith
             he
             was
             throughly
             infected
             about
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             .
             According
             to
             that
             ,
             Christ
             delivering
             us
             by
             his
             Satisfaction
             ,
             
               not
               actually
               ,
            
             nor
             
               ipso
               facto
               ,
            
             is
             so
             to
             make
             Satisfaction
             for
             us
             ,
             as
             that
             we
             shal
             have
             no
             Benefit
             by
             his
             Death
             ,
             but
             upon
             the
             performance
             of
             a
             Condition
             ,
             which
             himself
             by
             that
             Death
             of
             his
             ,
             did
             
             not
             absolutely
             procure
             .
             This
             was
             that
             which
             I
             opposed
             and
             therefore
             affirmed
             ,
             That
             Christ
             by
             his
             Death
             did
             
               actually
               ,
            
             or
             
               ipso
               facto
               ,
            
             deliver
             us
             .
          
           
             Let
             the
             Reader
             then
             here
             Observe
             :
          
           
             1
             That
             our
             Deliverance
             is
             to
             be
             referred
             to
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             ,
             according
             to
             its
             own
             
               Causality
               ;
            
             that
             is
             ,
             as
             a
             Cause
             Meritorious
             :
             Now
             such
             Causes
             do
             
               actually
               ,
            
             and
             
               ipso
               facto
            
             produce
             all
             those
             Effects
             ,
             which
             immediatly
             slow
             from
             them
             ;
             not
             in
             an
             immediation
             of
             
               Time
               ,
            
             but
             
               Causality
               .
            
             Look
             then
             what
             Effects
             do
             follow
             ,
             or
             what
             things
             soever
             are
             procured
             by
             them
             ,
             without
             the
             interposition
             of
             any
             other
             Cause
             in
             the
             same
             kind
             ,
             they
             are
             said
             to
             be
             procured
             by
             them
             
               actually
               ,
            
             or
             
               ipso
               facto
               .
            
          
           
             2
             That
             I
             have
             abundantly
             proved
             in
             the
             
               Treatise
            
             mentioned
             ,
             That
             if
             the
             Fruits
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             ,
             be
             to
             be
             communicated
             unto
             us
             upon
             
               Condition
               ,
            
             and
             that
             Condition
             to
             be
             among
             those
             Fruits
             ,
             and
             be
             it self
             to
             be
             absolutely
             communicated
             upon
             no
             
               Condition
               ,
            
             then
             all
             the
             Fruits
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             ,
             are
             as
             absolutely
             procured
             for
             them
             ,
             for
             whom
             he
             Died
             ,
             as
             if
             
               no
               Condition
            
             had
             been
             prescribed
             ;
             for
             these
             things
             come
             all
             to
             one
             .
          
           
             3
             I
             have
             proved
             in
             the
             same
             Place
             ,
             That
             Faith
             ,
             which
             is
             this
             
               Condition
               ,
            
             is
             it self
             procured
             by
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             ,
             for
             them
             for
             whom
             he
             Died
             ,
             to
             be
             freely
             bestowed
             on
             them
             ,
             without
             the
             prescription
             of
             any
             such
             
               Condition
            
             as
             on
             whose
             fulfilling
             ,
             the
             Collation
             of
             it
             should
             depend
             .
          
           
             These
             things
             being
             considered
             (
             as
             I
             hoped
             they
             would
             have
             been
             by
             every
             one
             ,
             that
             should
             undertake
             to
             Censure
             any
             thing
             ,
             as
             to
             this
             Business
             in
             that
             Treatise
             (
             they
             being
             there
             all
             handled
             at
             large
             )
             it
             is
             apparent
             what
             I
             intended
             by
             this
             actual
             Deliverance
             :
             
               viz.
               That
               the
               Lord
               Jesus
               by
               the
               Satisfaction
               &
               Merit
               of
               his
               Death
               ,
               &
               Obligation
               made
               for
               all
               ,
               &
               only
               his
               Elect
               ,
               hath
               actually
               ,
               &
               absolutly
               purchased
               ,
               &
               procured
               for
               them
               all
               Spiritual
               Blessings
               of
               Grace
               ,
               &
               Glory
               to
               be
               made
               out
               unto
               them
               ,
               and
               bestowed
               upon
               them
               in
               Gods
               way
               ,
               
               and
               Time
               ,
               without
               dependance
               on
               any
               CONDITION
               to
               be
               by
               them
               performed
               ,
               not
               absolutly
               procured
               for
               them
               thereby
               :
            
             whereby
             they
             became
             to
             have
             a
             Right
             unto
             the
             GOOD
             THINGS
             by
             him
             Purchased
             ,
             to
             be
             in
             due
             time
             Possessed
             according
             to
             Gods
             Way
             ,
             Method
             ,
             and
             Appointment
             .
          
           
             From
             a
             faithful
             adherence
             unto
             this
             Perswasion
             ,
             I
             see
             nothing
             as
             yet
             of
             the
             least
             Efficacy
             ,
             or
             force
             to
             disswade
             me
             :
             and
             am
             bold
             to
             tell
             these
             concerned
             therein
             ,
             That
             their
             Conditional
             Satisfaction
             ,
             or
             their
             suspending
             the
             Fruits
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             upon
             
               Conditions
               ,
            
             as
             though
             the
             Lord
             should
             give
             him
             to
             die
             for
             us
             upon
             
               Condition
            
             of
             such
             ,
             and
             such
             things
             ,
             is
             a
             vain
             Figment
             ,
             contrary
             to
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             inconsistent
             in
             it self
             ,
             and
             destructive
             of
             the
             true
             value
             ,
             and
             vertue
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             ;
             which
             by
             the
             Lords
             Assistance
             ,
             I
             shall
             be
             ready
             at
             any
             time
             to
             Demonstrate
             .
          
           
             My
             Intention
             in
             the
             place
             Excepted
             against
             being
             cleered
             ,
             I
             shall
             now
             tender
             my
             Thoughts
             to
             these
             Two
             things
             :
             1
             The
             distinct
             Consideration
             of
             the
             Acts
             of
             the
             Will
             of
             God
             ,
             before
             ,
             and
             after
             the
             Satisfaction
             of
             Christ
             :
             as
             also
             before
             ,
             and
             after
             our
             Believing
             towards
             us
             ,
             as
             unto
             Justification
             .
             2
             The
             distinct
             Estate
             of
             the
             Sinner
             upon
             that
             Consideration
             :
             with
             what
             is
             the
             Right
             to
             the
             Fruits
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             which
             the
             Elect
             of
             God
             have
             before
             Believing
             .
          
        
         
           
             CAP.
             VI
             .
          
           
             Of
             the
             Acts
             of
             Gods
             Will
             towards
             Sinners
             ,
             Antecedent
             and
             Consequent
             to
             the
             Satisfaction
             of
             Christ
             :
             Of
             Grotius
             Judgment
             herein
             .
          
           
             THE
             distinct
             Consideration
             of
             the
             
               Acts
               of
               Gods
               Will
               ,
            
             in
             reference
             to
             the
             
               Satisfaction
            
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             our
             believing
             ,
             (
             according
             to
             the
             former
             Proposal
             )
             is
             the
             First
             thing
             to
             be
             Considered
             .
          
           
           
             
               Grotius
               ,
            
             who
             with
             many
             (
             and
             in
             an
             especial
             manner
             with
             Mr
             
               Baxter
               )
            
             is
             of
             very
             great
             account
             ,
             (
             and
             that
             in
             Theologie
             )
             distinguisheth
             (
             as
             himself
             calls
             them
             with
             a
             
               School
               term
               )
               3
               Moments
               ,
            
             or
             
               Instances
            
             of
             the
             Divine
             Will
             .
          
           
             
               a
            
             1
             Before
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             ,
             either
             actually
             accomplished
             ,
             or
             in
             the
             purpose
             ,
             and
             fore-knowledge
             of
             God
             ;
             in
             this
             
               instant
            
             (
             he
             saith
             )
             God
             is
             Angry
             with
             the
             Sinner
             ,
             but
             so
             ,
             as
             that
             he
             is
             not
             averse
             from
             all
             Wayes
             of
             laying
             down
             his
             Anger
             .
          
           
             
               b
            
             2
             Upon
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             ,
             or
             that
             being
             suppos'd
             ,
             wherein
             God
             not
             only
             Purposeth
             ,
             but
             also
             Promiseth
             to
             lay
             aside
             his
             Anger
             .
          
           
             
               c
            
             3
             When
             a
             man
             by
             true
             Faith
             believeth
             in
             Christ
             ,
             and
             Christ
             according
             to
             the
             Tenure
             of
             the
             Covenant
             commendeth
             him
             to
             God
             :
             here
             now
             God
             layes
             aside
             his
             Anger
             ,
             and
             receiveth
             man
             into
             Favour
             .
             
               Thus
               far
               he
               .
            
          
           
             Amongst
             all
             the
             attempts
             of
             distinguishing
             the
             Acts
             of
             Gods
             Will
             in
             reference
             unto
             Christ
             ,
             and
             Sinners
             ,
             what
             ever
             I
             considered
             ,
             I
             never
             found
             any
             more
             slight
             
               Atheological
               ,
            
             and
             discrepant
             from
             the
             Truth
             ,
             then
             this
             of
             
               Grotius
               .
            
          
           
             
               d
            
             To
             measure
             the
             Almighty
             by
             the
             Standard
             of
             a
             man
             ,
             and
             to
             frame
             in
             the
             mind
             a
             mutable
             Idol
             ,
             instead
             of
             the
             Eternal
             ,
             Unchangeable
             God
             ,
             is
             a
             Thing
             that
             the
             fleshly
             Reasonings
             of
             dark
             understandings
             are
             prone
             unto
             .
             Feigns
             the
             
               Lord
            
             in
             one
             
               Instant
            
             Angry
             ,
             afterwards
             promising
             to
             cease
             to
             be
             so
             ,
             then
             in
             another
             instant
             laying
             down
             his
             Anger
             ,
             and
             taking
             up
             a
             contrary
             affection
             ,
             and
             you
             seem
             to
             me
             ,
             to
             do
             no
             less
             .
          
           
             What
             it
             may
             be
             esteemed
             in
             
               Law
               ,
            
             which
             was
             that
             Authors
             faculty
             ,
             I
             know
             not
             :
             but
             suppose
             in
             Divinity
             ,
             that
             
             (
             notwithstanding
             the
             manifold
             Attempts
             of
             some
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             in
             most
             heads
             of
             Religion
             )
             
               e
            
             the
             ascribing
             unto
             the
             
               most
               holy
               ,
            
             things
             alien
             ,
             and
             opposite
             unto
             his
             glorious
             nature
             ,
             is
             by
             common
             consent
             ,
             accounted
             no
             less
             then
             
               f
            
             blasphemy
             :
             whither
             this
             be
             here
             don
             ,
             or
             no
             ,
             may
             easily
             appear
             .
             I
             hope
             then
             without
             the
             offence
             of
             any
             ,
             I
             may
             be
             allowed
             to
             call
             those
             Dictates
             of
             
               Grotius
            
             to
             the
             Rule
             ,
             and
             Measure
             of
             Truth
             .
          
           
             1
             Before
             the
             fore-sight
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             
               (
               saith
               he
               )
            
             God
             is
             angry
             with
             Sinners
             ,
             but
             not
             wholly
             averse
             from
             all
             wayes
             of
             laying
             aside
             that
             Anger
             .
          
           
             
               Answ.
            
             1
             That
             God
             should
             be
             conceived
             angry
             after
             the
             manner
             of
             men
             ,
             or
             with
             any
             such
             kind
             of
             Passion
             ,
             is
             grosse
             Anthropomorphisme
             ;
             as
             bad
             ,
             if
             not
             worse
             ,
             then
             the
             assigning
             of
             him
             a
             bodily
             shape
             .
             
               g
            
             The
             Anger
             of
             God
             is
             a
             pure
             Act
             of
             his
             Will
             ,
             whereby
             he
             will
             effect
             ▪
             and
             inflict
             the
             Effects
             of
             Anger
             .
             Now
             what
             is
             before
             the
             fore-sight
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             ,
             is
             certainly
             from
             Eternity
             .
             Gods
             Anger
             must
             respect
             either
             the
             purpose
             of
             God
             ,
             
             or
             the
             Effects
             of
             it
             .
             The
             latter
             it
             cannot
             be
             ,
             for
             they
             are
             undoubtedly
             all
             temporal
             .
             It
             must
             be
             then
             his
             purpose
             from
             Eternity
             to
             inflict
             punishment
             ,
             
             that
             is
             the
             Effect
             of
             Anger
             .
             This
             then
             is
             the
             First
             thing
             in
             the
             business
             of
             Redemption
             assigned
             by
             
               Grotius
               ,
            
             unto
             the
             Lord
             .
             
               viz.
            
             He
             purposed
             from
             Eternity
             ,
             to
             inflict
             punishment
             on
             Sinners
             :
             and
             on
             what
             sinners
             ?
             even
             those
             ,
             for
             whom
             he
             gives
             Christ
             to
             die
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             receives
             into
             favour
             ,
             as
             he
             expresseth
             himself
             .
             Behold
             here
             a
             Mystery
             of
             
               Vorstian
               Theology
               :
            
             God
             changing
             his
             eternal
             purposes
             .
             
               h
            
             This
             
               Arminius
            
             at
             first
             could
             not
             down
             withal
             ,
             inferring
             from
             hence
             ,
             
               That
               the
               Will
               of
               God
               differ'd
               not
               from
               his
               Essence
               ,
            
             
             that
             every
             act
             thereof
             ,
             is
             ,
             
             1
             Most
             Simple
             :
             2
             Infinite
             :
             3
             Eternal
             :
             4
             Immutable
             :
             5
             Holy
             .
             Reason
             it self
             would
             fain
             speak
             in
             this
             Cause
             ,
             but
             that
             the
             Scriptures
             do
             so
             abound
             ,
             many
             places
             are
             noted
             in
             the
             Margin
             .
             
               Ja.
               1.
               17.
               2
               Tim.
               2.
               19.
               
               Ps.
            
             33.
             9
             ,
             10
             ,
             11.
             
             
               Acts.
               15.
               18.
               
               &c.
            
             may
             be
             added
             .
             A
             mutable
             god
             ,
             is
             of
             the
             dunghil
             .
          
           
             2
             That
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             is
             not
             compriz'd
             in
             the
             first
             consideration
             of
             Gods
             Mind
             ,
             and
             act
             of
             his
             Will
             towards
             Sinners
             to
             be
             saved
             ,
             is
             assumed
             
               gratis
               .
            
          
           
             3
             
               He
               is
               not
            
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             
               averse
               from
               all
               wayes
               of
               laying
               down
               this
               Anger
               .
            
             This
             Schem
             
               Grotius
            
             placeth
             (
             as
             is
             evident
             )
             in
             God
             ,
             as
             the
             foundation
             ,
             and
             bottom
             of
             sending
             Christ
             for
             our
             Redemption
             .
             This
             he
             immediatly
             subjoyns
             without
             the
             least
             intimation
             of
             any
             further
             inclination
             in
             God
             towards
             Sinners
             ,
             for
             whom
             he
             gives
             his
             Son
             .
             But
             ,
          
           
             1
             This
             is
             a
             meer
             negation
             of
             inflicting
             Anger
             for
             the
             present
             :
             or
             a
             suspension
             of
             that
             affection
             from
             working
             according
             to
             its
             Qualitie
             ;
             which
             how
             it
             can
             be
             ascribed
             to
             the
             pure
             and
             active
             
               i
            
             Will
             of
             God
             ,
             I
             know
             not
             .
             Yea
             ,
             it
             is
             above
             disproved
             .
          
           
             2
             Such
             a
             kind
             of
             Frame
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             injurious
             to
             God
             ,
             so
             to
             be
             held
             out
             as
             the
             fountain
             of
             his
             sending
             Christ
             to
             die
             for
             us
             ,
             is
             (
             I
             am
             perswaded
             )
             an
             Abhorrency
             to
             Christians
             .
             And
             ,
          
           
             3
             Whether
             
               this
            
             Answer
             
               that
               ,
            
             which
             the
             Scripture
             holds
             out
             ,
             as
             the
             most
             intense
             distinguishing
             love
             .
             
               Joh.
            
             3.
             16.
             
             
               Rom.
               5.
               8.
               Chap.
               8.
               32.
               1
               Joh.
            
             4.
             9
             ,
             10.
             is
             easily
             discernable
             .
             A
             natural
             
               velleity
            
             to
             the
             good
             of
             the
             Creature
             ,
             is
             the
             thing
             here
             couched
             ,
             but
             was
             never
             proved
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             second
             Instance
             ,
             God
             
               (
               saith
               he
               )
            
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             being
             suppos'd
             ,
             not
             only
             determineth
             ,
             but
             also
             promiseth
             to
             lay
             aside
             his
             anger
             .
          
           
             1
             What
             terms
             can
             be
             invented
             to
             hold
             out
             more
             expresly
             a
             Change
             ,
             
             and
             Alteration
             in
             the
             Unchangable
             God
             ,
             then
             these
             here
             used
             ,
             I
             know
             not
             .
             2
             That
             the
             Will
             or
             
             Mind
             of
             God
             ,
             is
             altered
             from
             one
             
               respect
            
             towards
             us
             ,
             to
             another
             ,
             by
             the
             Consideration
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             ,
             is
             a
             low
             ,
             carnal
             Conception
             .
             The
             
               Will
            
             of
             God
             is
             not
             moved
             by
             any
             thing
             without
             it self
             .
             
               k
            
             Alterations
             are
             in
             the
             things
             altered
             ,
             not
             in
             the
             
               Will
            
             of
             God
             concerning
             them
             .
             3
             To
             make
             this
             the
             whole
             Effect
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             ,
             
               (
               that
               God
               should
               determine
               ,
               and
               promise
               to
               lay
               aside
               his
               wrath
               )
            
             is
             
               l
            
             no
             Scripture
             discovery
             ,
             either
             as
             to
             Name
             ,
             or
             Thing
             .
             4
             The
             
               Purposes
            
             of
             God
             ,
             which
             are
             all
             Eternal
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Promises
            
             of
             God
             ,
             which
             are
             all
             made
             in
             time
             ,
             are
             very
             inconveniently
             ranged
             in
             the
             same
             
               Series
               .
            
             5
             That
             by
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             ,
             
               Attonement
            
             is
             made
             ,
             everlasting
             
               Redemption
            
             purchased
             ,
             that
             God
             is
             
               Reconciled
               ,
            
             a
             
               Right
            
             unto
             Freedom
             obtained
             ,
             for
             those
             for
             whom
             he
             died
             ,
             shall
             be
             afterwards
             declared
             .
             6
             If
             God
             doth
             only
             Purpose
             ,
             and
             Promise
             to
             lay
             aside
             his
             Anger
             upon
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             ,
             
             but
             doth
             it
             not
             until
             our
             actual
             believing
             ;
             then
             ,
             1
             our
             Faith
             is
             the
             proper
             procuring
             cause
             of
             Reconciliation
             ;
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             ,
             but
             a
             Requisite
             Antecedent
             ,
             which
             is
             not
             the
             Scripture
             Phrase
             .
             Rom.
             5.
             10.
             2
             Cor.
             5.
             18.
             
             Eph.
             2.
             16.
             
             Col.
             1.
             20
             ,
             21.
             
             Dan.
             9.
             24.
             
             Heb.
             2.
             17.
             
             Eph.
             1.
             7.
             
             
             Heb.
             9.
             12.
             2
             
             How
             comes
             the
             Sinner
             by
             Faith
             ,
             if
             it
             is
             the
             
               Gift
               of
               God
               ?
            
             
             It
             must
             be
             an
             Issue
             of
             Anger
             ,
             and
             Enmity
             ,
             for
             that
             
               Schem
            
             only
             ,
             is
             actually
             ascribed
             to
             him
             ,
             before
             our
             enjoyment
             of
             it
             ;
             Strange
             !
             that
             God
             should
             be
             so
             far
             
               reconciled
               ,
            
             as
             to
             give
             us
             Faith
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             be
             
               reconciled
            
             to
             him
             ,
             that
             thereupon
             he
             may
             be
             
               reconciled
            
             to
             us
             .
          
           
             3
             For
             the
             Third
             Instance
             ,
             
               of
               Gods
               receiving
               the
               sinner
               into
               love
               ,
               and
               favour
               upon
               his
               beleeving
               ,
               quite
               laying
               aside
               his
               anger
               .
            
             I
             Answer
             :
             To
             wave
             the
             
               Anthropomorphisme
               ,
            
             wherwith
             this
             Assertion
             is
             tainted
             as
             the
             former
             :
             If
             by
             
               receiving
               into
               favour
               ,
            
             he
             intend
             absolute
             ,
             compleat
             pactional
             Justification
             ,
             being
             an
             
               Act
               of
               favour
               ,
               quitting
               the
               sinner
               from
               the
               guilt
               of
               sin
               ,
               charged
               by
               the
               Accusation
               of
               the
               Law
               ,
               terminated
               on
               the
               Conscience
               of
               a
               sinner
               :
            
             I
             confess
             it
             ,
             in
             order
             of
             nature
             ,
             to
             follow
             our
             beleiving
             .
          
           
           
             I
             might
             Consider
             further
             the
             Attempts
             of
             others
             for
             the
             right
             sttating
             of
             this
             business
             ,
             but
             it
             would
             draw
             me
             beyond
             my
             Intention
             .
             
               His
            
             failings
             herein
             ,
             who
             is
             so
             often
             mentioned
             ,
             and
             so
             much
             used
             ,
             by
             him
             ,
             who
             gives
             occasion
             to
             this
             rescript
             ,
             I
             could
             not
             but
             remark
             .
             What
             are
             my
             own
             Thoughts
             and
             Apprehensions
             of
             the
             whole
             ,
             I
             shall
             in
             the
             next
             place
             briefly
             impart
             .
          
           
             Now
             to
             make
             way
             hereunto
             ,
             some
             things
             I
             must
             suppose
             :
             which
             though
             some
             of
             them
             otherwhere
             controverted
             ,
             yet
             not
             at
             all
             in
             reference
             to
             the
             present
             business
             :
             and
             they
             are
             these
             .
          
           
             1
             That
             
               Christ
               died
               only
               for
               the
               Elect
               :
            
             or
             God
             gave
             his
             Son
             to
             die
             only
             for
             those
             ,
             whom
             he
             chuseth
             to
             life
             ,
             and
             salvation
             for
             the
             praise
             of
             his
             glorious
             Grace
             .
          
           
             This
             is
             granted
             by
             Mr
             
               Baxter
               ,
            
             where
             he
             affirms
             ,
             
               That
               Christ
               bare
               not
               punishment
               for
               them
               ,
               who
               must
               bear
               punishment
               themselves
               in
               eternal
               fire
               .
            
             Thes.
             33.
             p.
             162.
             
             And
             again
             ,
             
               Christ
               died
               not
               for
               final
               Vnbelief
               .
            
             Thes.
             32.
             p.
             159.
             therefore
             not
             for
             them
             who
             are
             finally
             Unbelievers
             ,
             as
             all
             non-Elected
             are
             ,
             and
             shall
             be
             .
             For
             what
             Sinners
             he
             died
             ,
             he
             died
             for
             all
             their
             sins
             ,
             Rom.
             5.
             6
             ,
             7
             ,
             8.
             2
             Cor.
             5.
             21.
             1
             Joh.
             1.
             7.
             
          
           
             If
             any
             shall
             say
             ,
             That
             as
             he
             died
             not
             for
             the
             final
             Unbelief
             of
             others
             ,
             so
             not
             for
             the
             final
             Unbelief
             of
             the
             Elect
             ,
             and
             so
             not
             for
             final
             Unbelief
             at
             all
             .
          
           
             I
             Answer
             ,
          
           
             First
             ,
             If
             by
             final
             Unbelief
             ,
             you
             mean
             that
             which
             is
             actually
             so
             ,
             Christ
             satisfied
             not
             for
             it
             .
             His
             satisfaction
             cannot
             be
             extended
             to
             those
             things
             ,
             whose
             Existence
             is
             prevented
             by
             his
             Merit
             .
             The
             Omission
             of
             this
             in
             the
             consideration
             of
             the
             Death
             Christ
             ,
             
             lies
             at
             the
             bottom
             of
             many
             mistakes
             .
             Merit
             ,
             and
             Satisfaction
             ,
             are
             of
             equal
             Extent
             as
             to
             their
             Objects
             :
             both
             also
             tend
             to
             the
             same
             End
             ,
             but
             in
             sundry
             respects
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             
               If
               by
               final
               Vnbelief
               ,
            
             you
             understand
             that
             which
             
               would
            
             be
             so
             ,
             notwithstanding
             all
             means
             ,
             and
             remedies
             ,
             
             were
             it
             not
             for
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             ,
             so
             he
             did
             satisfie
             for
             it
             .
             It's
             Existens
             being
             prevented
             by
             his
             Merit
             .
             So
             then
             ,
             if
             Christ
             died
             not
             for
             final
             Unbelief
             ,
             he
             died
             not
             for
             the
             finally
             Unbeleeving
             :
             Though
             the
             
               Satisfaction
            
             of
             his
             Death
             hath
             not
             
               paid
            
             for
             it
             ,
             the
             
               Merit
            
             of
             his
             Death
             would
             
               remove
            
             it
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             I
             Suppose
             ,
             That
             the
             
               Means
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               the
               Ends
               ,
               Grace
               ,
               as
               Glory
               ,
               are
               the
               Purchase
               ,
               and
               procurement
               of
               Jesus
               Christ
               :
            
             See
             this
             proved
             in
             my
             Treatise
             of
             Redemption
             .
             Lib.
             3.
             Cap.
             4.
             &c.
             
          
           
             Fourthly
             ,
             That
             
               God
               is
               absolutely
               immutable
               ,
               &
               unchangable
               in
               all
               his
               Attributes
               :
            
             Neither
             doth
             his
             Will
             admit
             of
             any
             alteration
             .
             This
             proved
             above
             .
          
           
             
               Fifthly
               ,
               That
            
             the
             Will
             of
             God
             is
             not
             moved
             properly
             by
             any
             external
             Cause
             whatsoever
             ,
             unto
             any
             of
             its
             Acts
             ,
             whether
             imminent
             ,
             or
             transient
             .
             
               For
               ,
            
          
           
             1
             
               m
            
             By
             a
             moving
             Cause
             ,
             we
             understand
             a
             Cause
             Morally
             Efficient
             ;
             and
             if
             any
             thing
             were
             so
             properly
             in
             respect
             of
             any
             Act
             of
             Gods
             Will
             ,
             then
             the
             Act
             (
             which
             is
             the
             Will
             of
             God
             Acting
             )
             must
             in
             some
             respect
             ,
             
               (
               viz.
            
             As
             it
             is
             an
             Effect
             )
             be
             less
             worthy
             ,
             and
             inferiour
             to
             the
             Cause
             ;
             for
             so
             is
             every
             Effect
             ,
             in
             respect
             of
             it's
             Cause
             .
             And
             ,
          
           
             2
             Every
             Effect
             produced
             ,
             proceedeth
             from
             a
             Passive
             possibility
             unto
             the
             Effect
             ,
             which
             can
             no
             way
             be
             assigned
             unto
             God
             ,
             besides
             it
             must
             be
             temporarie
             ;
             for
             nothing
             that
             is
             Eternal
             ,
             can
             have
             dependance
             upon
             that
             ,
             whose
             Rise
             is
             in
             Time
             :
             and
             such
             are
             all
             things
             external
             to
             the
             Will
             of
             God
             ,
             even
             the
             Merit
             of
             Christ
             himself
             .
          
           
             3
             I
             cannot
             imagine
             how
             there
             can
             be
             any
             other
             Cause
             ,
             why
             God
             Willeth
             any
             thing
             ,
             then
             why
             he
             not
             Willeth
             ,
             or
             Willeth
             not
             other
             things
             ,
             which
             for
             any
             to
             Assign
             ,
             will
             be
             found
             Difficult
             :
             
               Mat.
               11.
               25.
               Chap.
            
             20.
             15.
             
             So
             then
             when
             God
             Willeth
             one
             thing
             for
             another
             ,
             as
             our
             Salvation
             for
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             ,
             the
             one
             is
             the
             Cause
             of
             the
             other
             ;
             neither
             moveth
             the
             Will
             of
             God
             .
             Hence
             ,
          
           
           
             
               Sixthly
               ,
            
             All
             Alterations
             are
             in
             the
             things
             ,
             concerning
             which
             the
             Acts
             of
             the
             Will
             of
             God
             are
             ,
             none
             in
             the
             Will
             of
             God
             its
             self
             .
          
           
             These
             things
             being
             premised
             ,
             what
             was
             before
             proposed
             ,
             I
             shall
             now
             in
             order
             make
             out
             ;
             beginning
             with
             the
             Eternal
             Acts
             of
             the
             Will
             of
             God
             towards
             us
             ,
             antecedent
             to
             all
             ,
             or
             any
             Consideration
             of
             the
             DEATH
             of
             CHRIST
             .
          
        
         
           
             CAP.
             VII
             .
          
           
             In
             particular
             of
             the
             Will
             of
             God
             towards
             them
             for
             whom
             Christ
             died
             ,
             and
             their
             state
             ,
             and
             Condition
             as
             Considered
             Antecedanous
             to
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             all
             Efficiency
             thereof
             .
          
           
             FIRST
             then
             ,
             the
             Habitude
             of
             God
             towards
             man
             ,
             Antecedent
             to
             all
             fore-sight
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             ,
             is
             an
             Act
             of
             
               Supream
               Soveraignty
               ,
            
             and
             Dominion
             ,
             appointing
             them
             ,
             by
             means
             suited
             to
             the
             manifestation
             of
             his
             Glorious
             Properties
             ,
             according
             to
             his
             Infinitely
             Wise
             ,
             and
             Free
             Disposal
             ,
             to
             Eternal
             Life
             ,
             and
             Salvation
             ,
             for
             the
             praise
             of
             his
             glorious
             Grace
             .
          
           
             That
             this
             
               Salvation
            
             was
             never
             but
             
               one
               ,
            
             or
             of
             
               one
               kind
               ,
            
             consisting
             in
             the
             same
             kind
             of
             Happiness
             ,
             in
             reference
             unto
             Gods
             appointment
             ,
             needs
             not
             much
             proving
             .
             To
             think
             that
             God
             appointed
             one
             kind
             of
             Condition
             for
             man
             if
             he
             had
             continued
             in
             Innocency
             ,
             and
             another
             upon
             his
             Recovery
             from
             the
             Fall
             ;
             is
             to
             think
             ,
             That
             his
             Praescience
             is
             but
             Conjectural
             ,
             and
             his
             Will
             alterable
             .
          
           
             In
             this
             Instant
             then
             ,
             we
             suppose
             no
             kind
             of
             
               Affection
               in
               
               God
               ,
            
             properly
             so
             called
             :
             No
             
               Changable
               Resolution
               ,
            
             no
             
               Inclinableness
               ,
            
             and
             Propensity
             of
             Nature
             ,
             to
             the
             good
             of
             the
             Creature
             in
             General
             ,
             no
             
               Frame
               of
               being
               angry
               ,
            
             with
             only
             a
             not-averseness
             to
             the
             laying
             down
             of
             his
             
               anger
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             All
             which
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             are
             derogatory
             to
             the
             Infinite
             Perfection
             of
             God
             .
          
           
             Nor
             yet
             any
             Act
             of
             pitying
             ,
             and
             pardoning
             Mercy
             ,
             much
             less
             any
             quiting
             ,
             or
             cleering
             of
             Sinners
             ,
             whereby
             they
             should
             be
             justified
             from
             Eternity
             ;
             the
             Permission
             of
             sin
             it self
             in
             the
             purpose
             of
             it
             ,
             being
             not
             presuppos'd
             ,
             but
             included
             in
             this
             Habitude
             of
             Gods
             Will
             towards
             man
             ,
             to
             make
             it
             compleat
             .
          
           
             Neither
             any
             Absolute
             intention
             of
             doing
             good
             unto
             man
             ,
             without
             respect
             unto
             Christ
             ,
             and
             his
             Merits
             ,
             they
             refering
             to
             the
             good
             to
             be
             done
             ,
             not
             to
             his
             appointment
             ;
             for
             by
             
               them
            
             is
             this
             Purpose
             of
             his
             to
             be
             accomplished
             .
          
           
             Nor
             Lastly
             ,
             doth
             it
             contain
             any
             actual
             
               Relaxation
               ,
            
             Suspension
             ,
             or
             Abrogation
             of
             that
             
               Law
            
             and
             it
             's
             Penalties
             ,
             by
             which
             it
             is
             his
             Will
             the
             Creature
             shall
             be
             Regulated
             ,
             in
             reference
             to
             the
             Persons
             concerning
             whom
             this
             Act
             of
             his
             Will
             is
             :
             They
             standing
             indeed
             ,
             in
             that
             Relation
             thereunto
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             season
             of
             their
             Existence
             ,
             their
             several
             Conditions
             expose
             them
             to
             ,
             by
             vertue
             of
             the
             first
             Constitution
             of
             that
             Law
             .
          
           
             But
             it
             is
             such
             an
             Act
             of
             his
             Will
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             Scripture
             is
             termed
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             Acts
             2.
             23.
             
             Rom.
             8.
             29.
             1
             Pet.
             1.
             20.
             
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             Rom.
             8.
             28.
             9.
             11.
             
             Eph.
             3.
             11.
             
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             Mat.
             11.
             26.
             
             Eph.
             1.
             5.
             2
             Thess.
             1.
             11.
             
             Luke
             12.
             32.
             
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             Eph.
             1.
             11.
             
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             2
             Tim.
             2
             19.
             
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             Eph.
             1.
             5.
             11.
             
             Rom.
             8.
             29.
             
             Ordination
             ,
             or
             Appointment
             unto
             life
             ,
             Act.
             13.
             48.
             1
             Thess.
             5.
             5.
             9.
             
             All
             which
             ,
             and
             divers
             other
             expressions
             ,
             point
             at
             the
             same
             thing
             .
          
           
             Divines
             commonly
             in
             one
             word
             call
             it
             his
             
               Decree
               of
               Election
               ,
            
             and
             sometimes
             according
             to
             Scripture
             ,
             
               Election
            
             it self
             ,
             Eph.
             1.
             4.
             
             Neither
             doth
             the
             
               Word
            
             hold
             out
             any
             
               Habitude
            
             
             of
             God
             towards
             man
             .
             Antecedaneous
             to
             all
             Efficiency
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             ,
             but
             only
             this
             :
             I
             speak
             of
             them
             only
             in
             this
             whole
             DISCOURSE
             for
             whom
             he
             died
             .
          
           
             That
             this
             is
             an
             Act
             of
             
               Sovereignty
               ,
               or
               Supream
               Dominion
               ,
            
             and
             not
             of
             
               Mercy
            
             (
             properly
             so
             called
             )
             hath
             been
             by
             others
             abundantly
             proved
             .
             And
             this
             I
             place
             as
             the
             
               Causa
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             of
             the
             Satisfaction
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             the
             whole
             dispensation
             of
             making
             out
             Love
             unto
             us
             ,
             through
             various
             Acts
             of
             Mercy
             .
          
           
             This
             in
             the
             Scripture
             is
             called
             the
             
               Love
            
             of
             God
             .
             Rom.
             9.
             13.
             and
             is
             set
             out
             as
             the
             most
             intense
             
               Love
               ,
            
             that
             ever
             he
             beareth
             to
             any
             of
             his
             Creatures
             :
             Joh.
             3.
             16.
             
             Rom.
             5.
             8.
             1
             Joh.
             4.
             9.
             
             Being
             indeed
             as
             properly
             
               Love
               ,
            
             as
             
               love
            
             can
             be
             assigned
             unto
             God
             .
             His
             
               Love
            
             is
             but
             an
             act
             of
             his
             Will
             ,
             whereby
             ,
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             And
             in
             respect
             of
             
               Effects
               ,
            
             (
             in
             which
             respect
             ,
             chiefly
             Affections
             are
             ascribed
             unto
             God
             )
             it
             hath
             the
             most
             eminent
             possible
             .
             Now
             this
             being
             discriminating
             ,
             can
             no
             way
             be
             reconciled
             with
             the
             common
             affection
             before
             disprov'd
             .
          
           
             For
             the
             Order
             ,
             and
             Series
             of
             the
             Purposes
             of
             God
             ,
             as
             most
             natural
             for
             our
             apprehension
             ,
             and
             agreeable
             to
             his
             own
             infinite
             Wisdome
             ,
             tending
             to
             the
             compleating
             of
             this
             
               Love
               ,
            
             in
             all
             its
             Issues
             ,
             and
             Fruits
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             more
             curious
             (
             perhaps
             )
             in
             the
             framing
             ,
             then
             necessary
             to
             be
             known
             ,
             so
             certainly
             ,
             it
             would
             be
             too
             long
             and
             intricate
             a
             work
             for
             me
             to
             discuss
             at
             present
             ,
             in
             reference
             to
             this
             Intendment
             .
             Only
             in
             general
             ,
             this
             must
             be
             granted
             ,
             that
             all
             the
             Thoughts
             of
             God
             ,
             concerning
             the
             way
             of
             accomplishing
             this
             Act
             of
             his
             Will
             ,
             must
             be
             
               subordinate
            
             hereunto
             ,
             as
             comprizing
             the
             
               End
               ,
            
             and
             
               Co-ordinate
            
             among
             themselves
             ,
             as
             being
             concerning
             the
             
               Means
               .
            
          
           
             In
             Particular
             ,
             the
             Constitution
             ,
             or
             appointment
             of
             the
             Covenant
             of
             free-Grace
             ,
             for
             the
             Recovery
             ,
             and
             bringing
             home
             unto
             God
             of
             fallen
             man
             ,
             hath
             immediate
             dependance
             thereon
             ,
             I
             mean
             in
             that
             way
             of
             Dependance
             ,
             which
             
             their
             order
             gives
             unto
             them
             .
             I
             cannot
             assent
             to
             what
             Mr
             
               Baxter
            
             hath
             asserted
             in
             this
             matter
             ;
             Thess.
             14.
             
             Expl.
             p.
             90.
             
             
               The
               Satisfaction
               of
               Christ
            
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             
               to
               the
               Law
               ,
               goes
               before
               the
               new
               Covenant
               ,
               though
               not
               in
               regard
               of
               its
               payment
               (
               which
               was
               in
               the
               fulness
               of
               time
               )
               yet
               in
               undertaking
               ,
               acceptance
               ,
               and
               efficacy
               ;
               there
               could
               be
               no
               treating
               on
               new
               terms
               ,
               until
               the
               old
               Obligation
               was
               satisfied
               ,
               and
               suspended
               .
            
          
           
             Had
             he
             attempted
             the
             proof
             of
             this
             Assertion
             ,
             perhaps
             he
             would
             have
             found
             it
             a
             more
             difficult
             Undertaking
             ,
             then
             barely
             to
             Affirme
             it
             .
             Some
             few
             REASONS
             to
             the
             contrary
             ,
             that
             present
             themselves
             ,
             I
             shall
             briefly
             set
             down
             .
          
           
             1
             Christ
             himself
             with
             his
             whole
             Satisfaction
             ,
             and
             Merit
             ,
             is
             included
             in
             the
             Covenant
             :
             therefore
             his
             Satisfaction
             is
             not
             antecedent
             to
             the
             
               COVENANT
               .
            
             The
             First
             appeareth
             ,
             in
             that
             all
             Promises
             of
             Pardoning
             Mercy
             are
             in
             ,
             and
             of
             this
             
               new
               Covenant
               .
            
             Heb.
             8.
             10.
             12.
             but
             now
             ,
             in
             them
             ,
             as
             the
             foundation
             of
             that
             Mercy
             ,
             is
             Christ
             himself
             with
             his
             
               SATISFACTION
            
             comprised
             ,
             Gen.
             3.
             15.
             
             Esa.
             9.
             6
             ,
             7.
             
          
           
             2
             He
             ,
             who
             in
             all
             that
             he
             is
             ,
             as
             
               made
               unto
               us
               ,
            
             was
             the
             Mediator
             of
             the
             new
             
               Covanant
               ,
            
             and
             whose
             Merit
             ,
             and
             Satisfaction
             in
             all
             that
             they
             are
             ,
             are
             appointed
             for
             the
             procuring
             the
             Mercies
             of
             the
             
               NEW
               COVENANT
               ,
            
             his
             Satisfaction
             is
             not
             antecedent
             to
             the
             
               Covenant
               ,
            
             Heb.
             7.
             22.
             Chap.
             8.
             6.
             &c.
             
          
           
             3
             The
             Constitution
             of
             the
             
               New
               Covenant
               ,
            
             as
             it
             is
             in
             the
             Purpose
             of
             God
             ,
             is
             the
             Rise
             ,
             and
             Fountain
             of
             giving
             Christ
             with
             his
             Satisfaction
             for
             us
             .
             It
             is
             in
             the
             Purpose
             of
             God
             to
             save
             us
             through
             Faith
             by
             pardoning
             mercy
             :
             in
             the
             pursute
             of
             that
             Design
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             praise
             of
             that
             glorious
             Grace
             ,
             is
             Christ
             given
             .
             Joh.
             3.
             16.
             
             Rom.
             8.
             32.
             
             Or
             thus
             :
          
           
             4
             If
             the
             designation
             of
             that
             way
             of
             life
             ,
             and
             salvation
             ,
             which
             is
             administred
             by
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             be
             antecedent
             to
             the
             satisfaction
             of
             Christ
             ,
             then
             the
             satisfaction
             of
             Christ
             is
             
             not
             antecedent
             to
             the
             New
             Covenant
             :
             for
             nothing
             can
             be
             before
             ,
             and
             after
             the
             same
             thing
             :
             Understand
             the
             designation
             of
             the
             way
             of
             life
             ,
             and
             the
             satisfaction
             of
             Christ
             ,
             in
             the
             same
             order
             of
             Decree
             ,
             or
             Execution
             .
             Now
             the
             supposal
             is
             manifest
             :
             The
             satisfaction
             of
             Christ
             being
             appointed
             as
             the
             means
             of
             accomplishing
             that
             way
             of
             life
             .
          
           
             If
             Mr
             
               Baxter
            
             intendeth
             those
             latter
             words
             
               (
               There
               could
               be
               no
               treating
               on
               new
               terms
               ,
               before
               the
               OLD
               OBLIGATION
               was
               satisfied
               ,
               or
               suspended
               )
            
             as
             a
             proof
             of
             his
             former
             Assertion
             ,
             he
             will
             fail
             in
             his
             intendment
             ,
             as
             I
             supose
             .
             For
             ,
          
           
             1
             
               Treating
               on
               new
               terms
               ,
            
             denoteth
             either
             
               consilium
               in
               eundi
               foederis
               ,
            
             or
             
               exequendi
               :
            
             If
             the
             
               First
               ,
            
             it
             is
             nothing
             but
             the
             Purpose
             of
             God
             to
             save
             his
             Elect
             by
             pardoning
             Mercy
             ,
             for
             the
             praise
             of
             his
             glorious
             Grace
             :
             This
             is
             wholly
             Antecedent
             to
             any
             Efficiency
             of
             the
             death
             ,
             and
             Satisfaction
             of
             Christ
             ,
             as
             being
             of
             meer
             ,
             and
             absolute
             Grace
             ,
             Jer.
             31.
             3.
             Hab.
             8.
             7
             ,
             8.
             
          
           
             If
             the
             
               Latter
            
             be
             intended
             ,
             or
             the
             actual
             taking
             of
             Sinners
             into
             Covenant
             ,
             by
             working
             an
             acceptance
             of
             it
             upon
             their
             Spirits
             ,
             and
             obedience
             to
             the
             Condition
             of
             it
             ,
             in
             their
             hearts
             ,
             then
             though
             the
             satisfaction
             of
             Christ
             be
             antecedent
             here
             unto
             ,
             yet
             it
             is
             not
             
               thence
               ,
            
             antecedent
             to
             the
             
               new
               Covenant
               :
            
             For
             the
             
               new
               Covenant
               ,
            
             and
             
               taking
               into
               Covenant
               ,
            
             are
             distinct
             .
          
           
             This
             then
             being
             assigned
             unto
             God
             after
             our
             manner
             of
             Apprehension
             ,
             the
             next
             Enquiry
             is
             into
             the
             
               State
               ,
               and
               Condition
            
             of
             those
             Persons
             ,
             who
             are
             the
             peculiar
             Object
             of
             the
             
               act
               of
               Gods
               Will
            
             before
             described
             ,
             in
             reference
             thereunto
             ,
             antecedaneous
             to
             all
             Consideration
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             all
             Efficacy
             thereof
             .
          
           
             The
             Scripture
             speaking
             of
             them
             in
             this
             
               Condition
               ,
            
             saith
             ,
             That
             they
             are
             
               beloved
               :
            
             Rom.
             9.
             13.
             
             Rom.
             11.
             28.
             
             
               Elected
               :
            
             Eph.
             14.
             
             
               Ordained
               unto
               eternal
               life
               :
            
             Acts
             13.
             48.
             2
             Thess.
             2
             13.
             
             Whether
             only
             the
             Eternal
             Actings
             of
             the
             Will
             of
             
             God
             towards
             them
             ,
             or
             also
             their
             own
             change
             ,
             either
             Actual
             in
             respect
             of
             real
             State
             ,
             and
             Condition
             ;
             or
             Relative
             in
             reference
             to
             the
             Purpose
             of
             GOD
             ,
             is
             not
             certainly
             evident
             .
             Hereunto
             then
             ,
             I
             Propose
             these
             Two
             Things
             :
          
           
             1
             By
             the
             Eternal
             Love
             ,
             Purpose
             ,
             and
             Act
             of
             Gods
             Will
             towards
             them
             that
             shall
             be
             saved
             ,
             (
             who
             are
             so
             from
             thence
             )
             they
             are
             not
             actually
             changed
             from
             that
             Condition
             ▪
             which
             is
             common
             to
             them
             ,
             with
             all
             the
             Sons
             of
             men
             after
             the
             fall
             .
          
           
             2
             By
             vertue
             of
             that
             Love
             alone
             ,
             they
             have
             not
             so
             much
             as
             Personal
             Right
             unto
             any
             of
             those
             things
             which
             are
             the
             proper
             Effects
             of
             that
             LOVE
             ,
             and
             which
             it
             produceth
             in
             due
             season
             ,
             beseemingly
             to
             the
             Wisdome
             ,
             and
             Justice
             of
             God
             .
          
           
             Either
             of
             these
             ASSERTIONS
             shall
             be
             briefly
             proved
             .
          
           
             For
             the
             First
             ,
             it
             is
             manifest
             :
          
           
             1
             From
             that
             Act
             of
             Gods
             Will
             ,
             which
             to
             this
             Love
             is
             Contradistinct
             :
             What
             change
             is
             wrought
             in
             the
             Loved
             ,
             or
             Elected
             ,
             by
             the
             
               Purpose
               of
               God
               according
               to
               Election
               ;
            
             an
             answerable
             Change
             must
             be
             wrought
             in
             the
             
               hated
               ,
               and
               appointed
               to
               condemnation
               ,
            
             by
             the
             Decree
             of
             Reprobation
             :
             Now
             that
             this
             should
             really
             alter
             the
             Condition
             of
             men
             ,
             and
             actually
             dispose
             them
             under
             the
             Consequences
             of
             that
             Purpose
             ,
             cannot
             be
             granted
             .
          
           
             2
             
               Anallogie
            
             from
             other
             Eternal
             Purposes
             of
             God
             ,
             gives
             a
             Demonstration
             hereof
             .
             The
             Eternal
             Purposes
             of
             the
             divine
             Will
             ,
             for
             the
             Creation
             of
             the
             World
             out
             of
             
               Nothing
               ;
            
             left
             that
             
               Nothing
               ,
            
             as
             very
             
               nothing
            
             as
             ever
             ,
             until
             an
             Act
             of
             Almighty
             Power
             gave
             (
             in
             the
             beginning
             )
             Existence
             ,
             and
             Being
             to
             the
             things
             ,
             that
             are
             seen
             .
             Things
             have
             their
             certain
             
               Fructurition
               ,
            
             not
             instant
             actual
             Existence
             from
             the
             Eternal
             Purposes
             of
             God
             ,
             concerning
             them
             .
          
           
             3
             The
             Scripture
             plainly
             placeth
             all
             men
             in
             the
             same
             
             State
             and
             Condition
             before
             Conversion
             ,
             and
             Reconciliation
             .
             
               We
               have
               proved
               ,
               That
               Jews
               ,
               and
               Gentiles
               are
               all
               under
               sin
               ,
            
             Rom.
             3.
             9
             ,
             10.
             
             So
             
               every
               mouth
               is
               stopped
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               World
               is
               become
               guilty
               before
               God
               .
            
             verse
             19.
             
             All
             being
             by
             nature
             ,
             Children
             of
             wrath
             :
             Eph.
             2.
             3.
             
             The
             Condition
             of
             all
             in
             
               Vnregeneracy
               ,
            
             is
             
               really
            
             one
             ,
             and
             the
             same
             .
             Those
             who
             think
             it
             is
             a
             mistaken
             Apprehension
             in
             the
             Elect
             to
             think
             so
             ,
             are
             certainly
             too
             much
             mistaken
             in
             that
             Apprehension
             .
             
               He
               that
               believeth
               not
               the
               Son
               ,
               the
               wrath
               of
               God
               abideth
               on
               him
               ,
            
             Joh.
             3.
             36.
             
             If
             the
             mis-apprehension
             be
             ,
             as
             as
             they
             say
             it
             is
             ,
             Unbelief
             ,
             it
             leaves
             them
             ,
             in
             whom
             it
             is
             ,
             under
             the
             wrath
             of
             God
             .
          
           
             He
             that
             would
             see
             this
             further
             cleered
             ,
             and
             confirmed
             ,
             may
             consult
             my
             Treatise
             of
             REDEMPTION
             ,
             Lib.
             3.
             Cap.
             8.
             where
             it
             is
             purposely
             ,
             and
             expresly
             handled
             at
             large
             .
          
           
             Hence
             Mr
             
               Baxter
            
             may
             have
             some
             directions
             how
             to
             dispose
             of
             that
             Censure
             concerning
             me
             ,
             which
             yet
             he
             is
             pleased
             to
             say
             ,
             That
             he
             suspendeth
             ,
             page
             158.
             
               viz.
            
             That
             I
             should
             affirm
             Justification
             to
             be
             nothing
             but
             the
             manifestation
             of
             Eternal
             Love
             ,
             which
             I
             have
             more
             ,
             then
             in
             one
             place
             ,
             or
             two
             ,
             Expresly
             opposed
             .
             That
             any
             one
             should
             but
             here
             ,
             and
             there
             consult
             a
             few
             Lines
             ,
             or
             Leaves
             of
             my
             Treatise
             ,
             I
             no
             way
             blame
             :
             In
             such
             things
             we
             all
             use
             our
             Liberty
             :
             but
             that
             upon
             so
             
               sleight
               a
               view
               ,
            
             as
             cannot
             possibly
             represent
             the
             Frame
             ,
             Structure
             ,
             and
             Coherence
             of
             my
             Judgment
             in
             any
             particular
             ,
             to
             undertake
             a
             Confutation
             ,
             and
             
               Censure
            
             of
             it
             ,
             cannot
             well
             be
             done
             without
             some
             regreet
             to
             candid
             Ingenuity
             .
          
           
             For
             the
             Second
             Assertion
             laid
             down
             ,
             which
             goeth
             somthing
             farther
             ,
             then
             the
             former
             ,
             it
             is
             easily
             deduced
             from
             the
             same
             Principles
             therewithal
             :
             I
             shall
             therefore
             adde
             only
             one
             ARGUMENT
             for
             the
             Confirmation
             thereof
             .
          
           
             God
             having
             appointed
             that
             his
             Eternal
             Love
             in
             the
             
               Fruits
            
             thereof
             ,
             should
             be
             no
             otherwayes
             Communicated
             
             but
             only
             in
             ,
             and
             by
             Christ
             ,
             all
             
               right
            
             thereunto
             ,
             must
             of
             necessity
             be
             of
             his
             procurement
             ,
             and
             Purchasing
             .
             Yea
             ,
             the
             End
             of
             the
             Mediation
             of
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             ,
             is
             ,
             To
             give
             Right
             ,
             Title
             ,
             and
             Possession
             in
             their
             several
             Order
             ,
             and
             seasons
             unto
             ,
             and
             in
             all
             the
             Fruits
             ,
             Issues
             ,
             and
             Tendency's
             of
             that
             Love
             ,
             unto
             them
             whose
             Mediator
             he
             is
             appointed
             to
             be
             .
          
           
             Thus
             far
             then
             ,
             all
             is
             seated
             in
             the
             bosome
             of
             the
             Almighty
             .
             All
             
               differencing
               Acts
            
             of
             Grace
             flowing
             from
             hence
             ,
             being
             to
             be
             made
             out
             as
             seems
             Good
             unto
             him
             in
             his
             Infinite
             wise
             Sovereignty
             ;
             from
             whence
             alone
             is
             the
             disposal
             of
             all
             these
             things
             ,
             as
             to
             that
             Order
             which
             may
             most
             conduce
             to
             his
             Glory
             :
             And
             this
             also
             writes
             vanity
             upon
             the
             Objection
             (
             insisted
             on
             by
             Mr
             
               Baxter
               ,
            
             page
             157.
             )
             that
             when
             we
             have
             
               a
               Right
               ,
            
             we
             must
             presently
             have
             
               a
               Possession
               :
            
             All
             these
             things
             being
             to
             be
             moderated
             according
             to
             his
             free
             Sovereign
             disposal
             .
          
           
             And
             this
             concerneth
             the
             FIRST
             INSTANT
             proposed
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             CAP.
             VIII
             .
          
           
             Of
             the
             Will
             of
             God
             in
             Reference
             to
             them
             for
             whom
             Christ
             died
             immediately
             upon
             the
             Consideration
             of
             his
             Death
             ;
             and
             their
             State
             ,
             and
             Condition
             before
             actual
             Believing
             in
             Relation
             thereunto
             .
          
           
             THE
             Second
             Instant
             Proposed
             to
             be
             Considered
             ,
             is
             ,
             In
             the
             
               immediate
               Issue
               of
               the
               Death
               of
               Christ
               ,
            
             as
             Purposed
             ,
             and
             accomplished
             .
             Purpose
             ,
             and
             Accomplishment
             are
             indeed
             different
             ;
             but
             their
             Effects
             in
             respect
             of
             God
             ,
             are
             the
             same
             .
             In
             reference
             to
             us
             also
             ▪
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             hath
             the
             same
             Efficacy
             as
             promised
             ,
             and
             as
             performed
             .
             What
             Acts
             the
             Scripture
             ascribes
             unto
             God
             ,
             antecedent
             unto
             any
             Consideration
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             (
             or
             at
             least
             such
             as
             are
             absolutely
             free
             ,
             and
             of
             Sovereignty
             ,
             without
             any
             influence
             of
             causality
             from
             thence
             )
             we
             saw
             before
             :
             (
             for
             as
             for
             the
             order
             of
             Gods
             Decrees
             compared
             among
             themselves
             ,
             I
             will
             not
             with
             any
             one
             Contend
             )
             Here
             we
             enquire
             what
             it
             holdeth
             out
             of
             him
             ,
             
               that
            
             being
             in
             all
             its
             Efficacy
             supposed
             .
          
           
             And
             we
             Affirme
             ,
          
           
             1
             That
             the
             
               Will
               of
               God
            
             is
             not
             moved
             to
             any
             thing
             thereby
             ,
             nor
             changed
             into
             any
             other
             Respect
             towards
             those
             for
             whom
             Christ
             died
             ,
             then
             what
             it
             had
             before
             ;
             This
             was
             
               formerly
            
             proved
             ,
             and
             must
             
               again
            
             be
             touched
             on
             .
             But
             ,
          
           
             2
             The
             Death
             of
             Christ
             purposed
             ,
             and
             accounted
             effectual
             (
             as
             before
             )
             God
             
               can
            
             agreeable
             to
             his
             infinite
             Justice
             ,
             Wisdome
             ,
             Truth
             ,
             and
             appointment
             ,
             
               make
               out
            
             unto
             sinners
             
             for
             whom
             Christ
             died
             ,
             or
             was
             to
             die
             ,
             all
             those
             good
             things
             ,
             which
             he
             before
             purposed
             ,
             and
             
               Willed
            
             by
             such
             means
             to
             them
             :
             those
             things
             being
             purchased
             ,
             and
             procured
             ,
             and
             all
             hinderances
             of
             bestowing
             them
             ,
             being
             removed
             ,
             by
             that
             Satisfaction
             ,
             and
             Merit
             ,
             which
             by
             free
             
               Compact
               ,
            
             he
             Agreed
             ,
             and
             Consented
             should
             be
             in
             that
             Death
             of
             Christ
             .
          
           
             3
             That
             as
             the
             making
             out
             of
             
               all
               spiritual
               blessings
               ,
            
             first
             purposed
             by
             the
             Father
             ,
             then
             purchased
             by
             the
             Son
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             be
             bestowed
             
               Condecently
            
             to
             divine
             Justice
             ;
             God
             hath
             reserved
             it
             to
             his
             own
             Sovereign
             disposal
             .
             
               That
               it
               be
               done
               ,
            
             so
             that
             they
             for
             whom
             this
             whole
             Dispensation
             is
             appointed
             ,
             may
             really
             enjoy
             the
             Fruits
             of
             it
             ,
             is
             all
             ,
             that
             necessarily
             is
             included
             ,
             either
             in
             the
             Purpose
             ,
             or
             Purchase
             .
          
           
             Hence
             it
             is
             that
             the
             discharge
             of
             the
             Debtor
             ,
             doth
             not
             immediately
             follow
             the
             Payment
             of
             the
             Debt
             by
             Christ
             ,
             not
             because
             that
             Payment
             is
             
               refusable
               ;
            
             but
             because
             in
             that
             very
             
               Covenant
               ,
               and
               Compact
               ,
            
             from
             whence
             it
             is
             that
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             ,
             is
             a
             
               Payment
               ;
            
             God
             reserveth
             to
             himself
             this
             
               Right
               ,
            
             and
             Liberty
             ,
             to
             discharge
             the
             Debtor
             ,
             when
             ,
             and
             how
             he
             pleaseth
             .
             I
             mean
             as
             to
             Times
             and
             Seasons
             ;
             for
             otherwise
             ,
             the
             means
             of
             actual
             freedom
             ,
             is
             procured
             by
             that
             
               Payment
               ,
            
             though
             not
             considered
             meerly
             as
             a
             
               Payment
               ,
            
             which
             denotes
             only
             
               Satisfaction
               ,
            
             but
             as
             it
             had
             adjoyned
             
               Merit
            
             also
             .
          
           
             Therefore
             that
             Principle
             much
             used
             ,
             and
             rested
             on
             by
             Mr
             
               Baxter
            
             in
             the
             Business
             of
             Satisfaction
             ,
             to
             obviate
             this
             very
             difficulty
             ,
             of
             a
             not
             immediate
             discharge
             ,
             if
             Christ
             paid
             the
             Debt
             ,
             
               viz.
            
             That
             the
             Satisfaction
             of
             Christ
             is
             a
             refusable
             Payment
             ;
             which
             he
             presseth
             Page
             149
             ,
             150.
             is
             neither
             true
             in
             it self
             ,
             nor
             accommodate
             to
             this
             difficulty
             ▪
          
           
             1
             Not
             True
             :
             For
             ,
          
           
             The
             Suffering
             of
             CHRIST
             may
             be
             Considered
             ,
             either
             ,
          
           
             1
             ,
             Absolutely
             ,
             as
             in
             it self
             ,
             abstracting
             from
             the
             Consideration
             of
             any
             
               Covenant
               ,
               or
               Compact
            
             thereabout
             ;
             and
             
             so
             it
             cannot
             be
             said
             to
             be
             a
             
               refusable
            
             Payment
             :
             not
             because
             
               not
               refusable
               ,
            
             but
             because
             
               no
               Payment
               .
            
             That
             any
             thing
             should
             have
             any
             such
             reference
             unto
             God
             as
             a
             Payment
             ,
             or
             Satisfaction
             ,
             whether
             refusable
             or
             otherwise
             ,
             is
             not
             from
             its
             self
             ,
             and
             its
             own
             nature
             ,
             but
             from
             the
             Constitution
             of
             God
             alone
             .
             Between
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             Creature
             there
             is
             no
             
               Equality
               ,
            
             not
             so
             much
             as
             of
             Proportion
             .
             Christ
             in
             Respect
             of
             his
             Humane
             Nature
             ,
             though
             United
             to
             the
             Deity
             ,
             is
             a
             Creature
             ,
             and
             so
             could
             not
             absolutly
             satisfie
             ,
             or
             merit
             any
             thing
             at
             the
             hand
             of
             God
             :
             I
             mean
             with
             that
             kind
             of
             merit
             ,
             which
             ariseth
             from
             an
             
               absolute
               Proportion
            
             of
             things
             .
             This
             Merit
             ,
             can
             be
             found
             only
             among
             Creatures
             :
             and
             the
             Advancement
             of
             
               Christs
               Humanity
            
             takes
             it
             not
             out
             of
             that
             Number
             .
             Neither
             in
             this
             sense
             can
             any
             
               Satisfaction
            
             be
             made
             to
             God
             for
             sin
             .
             The
             Sinners
             own
             undergoing
             the
             Penalty
             neither
             is
             Satisfaction
             in
             the
             sense
             whereof
             we
             speak
             ,
             neither
             can
             it
             properly
             be
             said
             to
             be
             so
             at
             all
             ;
             no
             more
             then
             a
             thing
             to
             be
             
               done
               ,
            
             which
             is
             Endlessly
             in
             
               doing
               .
            
          
           
             2
             It
             may
             be
             Considered
             with
             Reference
             unto
             Gods
             Constitution
             ,
             and
             Determinatiou
             ,
             Predestmating
             Christ
             unto
             that
             Work
             ,
             and
             appointing
             the
             Work
             by
             him
             to
             be
             accomplished
             ,
             to
             be
             satisfactory
             ,
             equaling
             (
             by
             that
             Constitution
             )
             the
             End
             ,
             and
             the
             Means
             .
             And
             thus
             the
             Satisfaction
             of
             Christ
             in
             the
             Justice
             of
             God
             was
             not
             
               refusable
               ;
            
             the
             Wisdom
             ,
             Truth
             ,
             Justice
             ,
             and
             suitable
             Purpose
             of
             God
             ,
             being
             engaged
             to
             the
             Contrary
             .
          
           
             2
             ,
             This
             distinction
             is
             not
             accommodate
             to
             this
             difficulty
             ;
             the
             sole
             Reason
             thereof
             being
             what
             was
             held
             out
             .
             before
             ,
             of
             the
             Interest
             of
             Gods
             Sovereign
             Right
             to
             the
             bestowing
             of
             Purposed
             ,
             Purchased
             ,
             Promised
             Blessings
             ,
             as
             to
             Times
             ,
             and
             Seasons
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             free
             Councel
             of
             his
             own
             Will
             .
          
           
             3
             ,
             Hence
             then
             it
             is
             ,
             That
             God
             in
             the
             Scripture
             upon
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             is
             said
             to
             be
             
               reconciled
               ,
            
             to
             be
             returned
             unto
             
               Peace
            
             with
             them
             for
             whom
             he
             so
             died
             ,
             the
             
               Enmity
               being
               
               slain
               ,
            
             and
             
               peace
               actually
            
             made
             ,
             Ephes.
             2.
             14
             ,
             15
             ,
             16.
             
             Collos.
             1.
             20.
             because
             he
             now
             will
             ,
             and
             may
             ,
             suitablely
             to
             his
             Justice
             ▪
             Wisdome
             ,
             and
             Appointment
             ,
             make
             out
             unto
             them
             ?
             for
             whom
             the
             Atonement
             was
             made
             ,
             all
             fruits
             of
             
               Love
               ,
               Peace
               ,
            
             and
             
               Amity
               .
            
             Heb.
             2.
             17.
             
             Rom.
             5.
             10
             ,
             11.
             2
             Cor.
             5.
             19.
             
          
           
             The
             OBJECTION
             unto
             this
             ,
             How
             then
             can
             God
             deny
             us
             the
             present
             Possession
             of
             Heaven
             ;
             used
             by
             Mr
             
               Baxter
               ,
            
             Page
             157.
             is
             not
             of
             any
             force
             ,
             the
             whole
             disposal
             of
             these
             Things
             ,
             being
             left
             to
             his
             own
             pleasure
             .
          
           
             And
             this
             is
             the
             
               SCHEME
               ,
            
             which
             upon
             the
             Death
             of
             CHRIST
             ,
             we
             assigne
             unto
             God
             :
             He
             is
             
               atoned
               ,
               appeased
               ,
               actually
               reconciled
               ,
            
             at
             peace
             with
             those
             for
             whom
             Christ
             died
             ,
             and
             in
             due
             time
             for
             his
             sake
             will
             bestow
             upon
             them
             all
             the
             Fruits
             ,
             and
             Issues
             of
             Love
             ,
             and
             renewed
             Friendship
             .
          
           
             This
             possibly
             may
             give
             some
             light
             into
             the
             immediate
             Effect
             of
             the
             DEATH
             of
             CHRIST
             ;
             which
             though
             I
             shall
             not
             purposely
             now
             handle
             ,
             yet
             Mr
             
               Baxter
            
             with
             much
             diligence
             having
             employed
             himself
             in
             the
             Investigation
             thereof
             ,
             I
             shall
             turn
             aside
             a
             little
             to
             Consider
             his
             ASSERTIONS
             ,
             in
             this
             Particular
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             CAP.
             IX
             .
          
           
             A
             Degression
             concerning
             the
             Immediate
             Effect
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             .
          
           
             
               IT
               is
               one
               of
               the
               greatest
               and
               noblest
               Questions
               in
               our
               Controverted
               Divinity
               ,
               What
               are
               the
               immediate
               Effects
               of
               Christs
               Death
               ?
               He
               that
               can
               rightly
               Answer
               this
               ,
               is
               a
               Divine
               indeed
               ;
               and
               by
               help
               of
               this
               ,
               may
               expedite
               most
               other
               Controversies
               about
               Redemption
               ,
               and
               Justification
               .
               In
               a
               word
               ;
               The
               Effects
               of
               Redemption
               undertaken
               ,
               could
               not
               be
               upon
               a
               Subject
               not
               yet
               existent
               ,
               and
               so
               no
               Subject
               ,
               though
               it
               might
               be
               for
               them
               .
               None
               but
               
                 Adam
              
               and
               
                 Eve
              
               were
               then
               Existent
               :
               Yet
               as
               soon
               as
               we
               do
               Exist
               ,
               we
               receive
               benefit
               from
               it
               .
               The
               suspending
               of
               the
               rigorous
               execution
               of
               the
               Sentence
               of
               the
               Law
               ,
               is
               the
               most
               observable
               immediate
               Effect
               of
               the
               Death
               of
               Christ
               ;
               which
               suspension
               is
               some
               kind
               of
               Deliverance
               from
               it
               .
            
             
               Thus
               far
               Mr
               Baxter
               .
            
             Thess.
             9.
             
             Explicat
             .
             pag.
             67.
             
          
           
             There
             are
             scarce
             more
             
               lines
               ,
            
             
             then
             
               mistakes
            
             in
             this
             Discourse
             :
             Some
             of
             them
             may
             be
             touched
             on
             .
          
           
             1
             
               Effects
            
             are
             to
             be
             Considered
             with
             Respect
             to
             their
             
               Causes
               .
               Causes
            
             are
             Real
             ,
             or
             Moral
             .
             Real
             ,
             or
             
               Physical
            
             Causes
             ,
             produce
             their
             Effects
             immediately
             ,
             either
             
               Immediatione
               suppositi
               ,
            
             or
             
               Virtutis
               :
            
             Unto
             them
             the
             subject
             must
             be
             Existent
             .
             I
             speak
             not
             of
             creating
             power
             ,
             where
             the
             Act
             produceth
             its
             
               Object
               .
            
          
           
             
               Moral
               Causes
            
             do
             never
             immediately
             acting
             their
             own
             
             
               Effects
               ,
            
             nor
             have
             any
             immediate
             influence
             into
             them
             :
             There
             is
             between
             such
             Causes
             ,
             and
             their
             Effects
             ,
             the
             intervention
             of
             some
             
               3d
            
             Thing
             ,
             previous
             to
             them
             both
             ,
             
               viz.
               Proportion
               ,
               Constitution
               ,
               Law
               ,
               Covenant
               ,
            
             which
             takes
             in
             the
             Cause
             ,
             and
             lets
             out
             the
             Effect
             :
             And
             this
             for
             all
             Circumstances
             of
             
               where
               ,
               how
               ,
               when
               ,
            
             suitable
             to
             the
             limitations
             in
             them
             expressed
             ,
             or
             implyed
             :
             with
             the
             Nature
             of
             the
             things
             themselves
             .
          
           
             The
             Death
             of
             Christ
             is
             a
             
               Moral
               Cause
               ,
            
             in
             respect
             of
             all
             its
             Effects
             :
             Whether
             those
             subjects
             on
             which
             it
             is
             to
             have
             its
             Effects
             ,
             be
             Existent
             ,
             or
             not
             Existent
             ,
             at
             the
             time
             of
             its
             performance
             ,
             is
             nothing
             at
             all
             considerable
             :
             If
             it
             wrought
             
               Physically
               ,
            
             and
             Efficiently
             ,
             the
             
               Existence
            
             of
             the
             
               Subjects
            
             on
             which
             it
             were
             to
             work
             ,
             were
             requisite
             .
             It
             is
             altogether
             in
             vain
             to
             enquire
             of
             the
             immediate
             Effects
             of
             Christs
             Death
             upon
             an
             Existent
             subject
             :
             By
             the
             way
             :
             That
             
               Adam
            
             and
             
               Eve
            
             only
             were
             Existent
             ,
             when
             Christ
             undertook
             the
             work
             of
             Redemption
             ,
             to
             me
             is
             not
             cleer
             :
             no
             ,
             nor
             yet
             the
             following
             Assertion
             ,
             That
             as
             soon
             as
             we
             do
             Exist
             ,
             we
             receive
             Benefit
             by
             it
             :
             taking
             benefit
             ,
             for
             a
             benefit
             actually
             collated
             (
             as
             Mr
             
               Baxter
            
             doth
             )
             not
             for
             a
             right
             to
             a
             benefit
             ,
             or
             the
             purpose
             of
             bestowing
             one
             ,
             which
             will
             Operate
             in
             its
             due
             time
             :
             This
             is
             easily
             Affirmed
             ;
             and
             therefore
             
               Eadem
               Facilitate
            
             is
             Denyed
             .
          
           
             I
             have
             no
             fancy
             to
             strive
             to
             carry
             the
             Bell
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             accounted
             a
             Divine
             indeed
             ,
             by
             attempting
             at
             this
             time
             ,
             a
             right
             Stating
             of
             ,
             and
             
               Answer
            
             to
             this
             
               Question
            
             Proposed
             :
             I
             am
             not
             altogether
             ignorant
             of
             the
             endeavour
             of
             others
             ,
             even
             as
             to
             this
             Particular
             ,
             and
             have
             formerly
             spoken
             somthing
             that
             way
             my self
             .
          
           
             Mr
             
               Baxter
            
             seems
             here
             to
             understand
             by
             this
             Question
             ,
             
               (
               viz.
               What
               is
               the
               immediate
               Effect
               of
               the
               Death
               of
               Christ
               )
            
             what
             is
             the
             first
             benefit
             ,
             which
             from
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             ,
             accreweth
             unto
             them
             for
             whom
             he
             died
             :
             Not
             what
             is
             the
             
               first
               thing
               ,
            
             that
             every
             particular
             person
             is
             
               actually
            
             in
             his
             
             own
             Person
             ,
             in
             his
             own
             time
             made
             partaker
             of
             :
             but
             a
             
               Benefit
            
             Generally
             established
             ,
             and
             in
             being
             ,
             upon
             the
             designment
             of
             the
             work
             of
             Redemption
             ,
             which
             every
             one
             for
             whom
             Christ
             died
             hath
             a
             share
             of
             :
             And
             of
             
               this
            
             he
             Positively
             Affirms
             ,
             That
             
               the
               suspending
               of
               the
               rigorous
               execution
               of
               the
               Sentence
               of
               the
               Law
               ,
               is
               the
               most
               observable
               ,
               immediate
               Effect
               of
               the
               Death
               of
               Christ
               :
            
             and
             so
             deserves
             the
             Title
             of
             a
             Divine
             indeed
             .
          
           
             Now
             truly
             (
             though
             not
             to
             contend
             for
             the
             Bell
             with
             Mr
             
               Baxter
               ,
            
             whereof
             I
             confess
             my self
             utterly
             unworthy
             ,
             and
             willingly
             for
             many
             commendable
             Parts
             ascribe
             it
             unto
             him
             )
             I
             cannot
             close
             with
             him
             ,
             nor
             Assent
             unto
             that
             Assertion
             :
             Very
             gladly
             would
             I
             see
             Mr
             
               Baxters
            
             Arguments
             for
             this
             ;
             but
             those
             ,
             (
             as
             in
             most
             other
             Controverted
             things
             in
             this
             Book
             )
             he
             is
             pleased
             to
             Conceal
             :
             and
             therefore
             though
             it
             might
             suffice
             me
             ,
             to
             give
             in
             my
             Dissent
             ,
             and
             so
             wait
             for
             further
             Proof
             ;
             yet
             that
             it
             may
             be
             apparent
             ,
             That
             I
             do
             not
             Deny
             this
             meerly
             
               because
               its
               said
               ,
            
             not
             Proved
             ,
             (
             which
             in
             things
             not
             cleer
             in
             themselves
             is
             a
             Provocation
             so
             to
             do
             )
             I
             shall
             oppose
             One
             or
             Two
             
               ARGVMENTS
            
             unto
             it
             .
          
           
             All
             the
             
               Effects
            
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             are
             peculiar
             only
             to
             the
             
               Elect
               ,
            
             to
             some
             :
             the
             
               suspension
               of
               the
               rigorous
               execution
               of
               the
               Law
               ,
            
             is
             not
             so
             .
             
               Ergo
               .
            
          
           
             The
             
               Minor
            
             is
             apparent
             :
             The
             
               Major
            
             proved
             by
             all
             the
             Arguments
             against
             
               Vniversal
               Redemption
            
             used
             in
             my
             former
             Treatise
             .
          
           
             2
             All
             the
             
               Effects
            
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             are
             
               Spiritual
               ,
               distinguishing
               ,
            
             and
             
               saving
               ,
            
             to
             the
             praise
             of
             Gods
             free
             Grace
             .
          
           
             
               The
            
             suspending
             of
             the
             vigorous
             Execution
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             
               is
               not
               so
               .
            
             Ergo
             ,
          
           
             The
             
               Assumption
            
             is
             manifest
             :
             't
             is
             only
             a
             not
             immediate
             casting
             into
             Hell
             ,
             which
             is
             not
             a
             spiritual
             distinguishing
             Mercy
             :
             but
             in
             respect
             to
             many
             ,
             tends
             to
             the
             manifestation
             of
             Gods
             Justice
             .
             Rom.
             9.
             22.
             
          
           
           
             The
             
               Proposition
            
             is
             evident
             .
             The
             Promises
             made
             unto
             Christ
             upon
             his
             undertaking
             this
             Work
             ,
             doubtless
             do
             hold
             out
             all
             that
             he
             Effected
             by
             his
             Death
             .
             Of
             what
             Nature
             they
             are
             ,
             and
             what
             is
             the
             main
             tendance
             of
             them
             I
             have
             elsewhere
             discovered
             ,
             from
             the
             first
             to
             the
             last
             ,
             they
             are
             restrained
             to
             distinguishing
             Mercies
             :
             see
             Isa.
             49.
             6
             ,
             7
             ,
             8
             ,
             9
             ,
             10.
             Chap.
             53.
             10
             ,
             11
             ,
             12.
             
             Isa.
             61.
             1
             ,
             2.
             and
             no
             less
             is
             positively
             affirmed
             ,
             Eph.
             1.
             4.
             Rev.
             1.
             5
             ,
             6.
             
          
           
             If
             Mr
             
               Baxter
            
             say
             ,
             that
             his
             meaning
             in
             this
             is
             ,
             That
             if
             Christ
             had
             not
             undertaken
             the
             Work
             of
             Redemption
             ,
             and
             Satisfaction
             ,
             then
             the
             Law
             must
             have
             had
             rigorous
             Execution
             upon
             all
             ,
             and
             therefore
             this
             being
             suspended
             upon
             his
             undertaking
             of
             it
             ,
             is
             the
             first
             
               fruit
            
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             .
          
           
             Notwithstanding
             
               this
               ,
            
             
             yet
             that
             suspension
             (
             which
             in
             respect
             of
             the
             different
             Persons
             towards
             whom
             it
             is
             actually
             exercised
             ,
             hath
             different
             ends
             )
             is
             not
             a
             Fruit
             ,
             nor
             Effect
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             ,
             but
             a
             free
             
               Issue
               ,
            
             of
             the
             same
             eternally
             wise
             
               Providence
               ,
               Sovereignty
               ,
            
             and
             
               Grace
               ,
            
             as
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             himself
             is
             :
             If
             then
             by
             the
             rigorous
             Execution
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             you
             intend
             the
             
               immediate
               Execution
            
             of
             the
             Law
             in
             all
             its
             rigour
             ,
             and
             punishments
             ,
             this
             if
             it
             had
             been
             effected
             ,
             could
             in
             your
             own
             Judgment
             have
             reached
             
               Adam
               ,
            
             and
             
               Eve
               ,
            
             and
             no
             more
             ;
             and
             would
             have
             so
             reached
             them
             ,
             as
             to
             cut
             off
             the
             Generation
             of
             Mankind
             in
             that
             Root
             :
             If
             so
             ,
             and
             this
             be
             the
             Fruit
             of
             Christs
             Death
             ,
             Why
             do
             you
             not
             reckon
             the
             
               Procreation
               of
               humane
               race
               ,
            
             among
             those
             Fruits
             also
             ?
             for
             had
             it
             not
             been
             for
             this
             suspension
             ,
             that
             also
             had
             failed
             :
             which
             is
             as
             good
             a
             
               Causative
               Connection
               ,
            
             as
             that
             between
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             this
             Suspension
             :
             had
             not
             he
             undertaken
             the
             Work
             of
             Redemption
             ,
             it
             had
             not
             been
             .
          
           
             If
             by
             a
             
               rigorous
               Execution
               ,
            
             you
             intend
             the
             
               Penalty
            
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             inflicted
             in
             that
             way
             ,
             which
             hath
             pleased
             the
             Will
             of
             the
             Law-giver
             by
             several
             parts
             ,
             and
             degrees
             ,
             from
             conception
             through
             
               birth
               ,
               life
               ,
               death
               ,
            
             to
             Eternity
             ;
             the
             Curse
             
             of
             it
             being
             wholly
             incumbent
             in
             respect
             of
             desert
             ,
             and
             making
             out
             it self
             ,
             according
             to
             Gods
             appointment
             ,
             then
             the
             suspension
             thereof
             is
             not
             the
             immediate
             Effect
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             ;
             which
             (
             opposing
             the
             first
             Arguments
             to
             the
             former
             acceptation
             )
             I
             further
             prove
             :
             If
             those
             for
             whom
             Christ
             died
             do
             lie
             under
             this
             rigorous
             Execution
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             that
             is
             the
             Curse
             of
             it
             ,
             until
             some
             other
             Effect
             of
             Christs
             Death
             be
             wrought
             upon
             them
             ,
             then
             that
             is
             not
             the
             first
             Effect
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             :
             but
             that
             supposal
             is
             true
             :
             Joh.
             3.
             36.
             
             Ephes.
             2.
             3.
             therefore
             so
             also
             the
             Inference
             .
          
           
             2
             In
             a
             word
             :
             
               Take
            
             the
             
               suspending
               of
               the
               rigorous
               execution
               of
               the
               Law
               ,
            
             for
             the
             Purpose
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             his
             acting
             accordingly
             ,
             not
             to
             leave
             his
             
               Elect
            
             under
             the
             actual
             Curse
             of
             it
             ;
             so
             it
             is
             no
             Fruit
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             ,
             but
             an
             Issue
             of
             the
             same
             Grace
             ;
             from
             whence
             also
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             proceeds
             .
          
           
             
               Take
               it
            
             for
             an
             actual
             freeing
             of
             their
             Persons
             from
             the
             Breach
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             its
             Curse
             ,
             and
             so
             it
             differs
             not
             from
             Justification
             ,
             and
             is
             not
             the
             immediate
             effect
             of
             Christs
             Death
             in
             Mr
             
               Baxters
            
             Judgment
             .
          
           
             
               Take
               it
            
             for
             the
             not
             immediately
             executing
             of
             the
             Law
             upon
             the
             first
             offence
             ,
             and
             I
             can
             as
             well
             say
             ,
             Christ
             died
             because
             the
             Law
             was
             suspended
             ;
             as
             you
             ,
             that
             the
             Law
             was
             suspended
             because
             Christ
             died
             :
             had
             not
             either
             been
             ,
             the
             other
             had
             not
             been
             .
          
           
             
               Take
               it
            
             for
             the
             actual
             forbearance
             of
             God
             towards
             all
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             so
             it
             falls
             under
             my
             Two
             first
             Arguments
             .
          
           
             
               Take
               it
            
             thus
             ,
             that
             God
             for
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             ,
             will
             deal
             with
             all
             men
             upon
             a
             
               new
               Law
               ,
            
             freeing
             all
             from
             the
             Guilt
             of
             the
             first
             broken
             Law
             ,
             and
             Covenant
             :
             So
             it
             is
             
               non
               Ens.
               
            
          
           
             
               If
               you
               mean
            
             by
             it
             Gods
             entring
             into
             a
             New
             way
             of
             Salvation
             with
             those
             for
             whom
             Christ
             died
             :
             this
             on
             the
             part
             of
             God
             is
             antecedaneous
             to
             the
             Consideration
             of
             the
             
             Death
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             same
             free
             Grace
             with
             it self
             .
          
           
             For
             the
             
               Question
            
             it self
             (
             as
             I
             said
             before
             )
             I
             shall
             not
             here
             in
             
               Terms
            
             take
             it
             up
             ,
             the
             following
             Discourse
             will
             give
             Light
             into
             it
             :
             I
             have
             also
             spoken
             largely
             to
             it
             in
             another
             place
             ;
             and
             that
             distinctly
             .
          
           
             The
             Sum
             is
             :
             I
             conceive
             that
             all
             the
             
               intermediate
               Effects
            
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             ,
             tending
             to
             its
             ultimate
             Procurement
             of
             the
             Glory
             of
             God
             ,
             are
             all
             in
             respect
             of
             his
             death
             immediate
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             with
             such
             an
             
               immediation
            
             as
             attends
             Moral
             Causes
             :
             Now
             these
             concerning
             them
             for
             whom
             he
             died
             ,
             as
             they
             are
             not
             immediatly
             bestowed
             on
             them
             (
             the
             ultimate
             
               Attingency
            
             of
             the
             
               Cause
               ,
            
             and
             the
             first
             Rise
             of
             the
             
               Effect
               ,
            
             lying
             in
             an
             intervening
             Compact
             )
             so
             not
             
               simul
               ,
            
             at
             once
             neither
             :
             though
             
               simul
               ,
            
             and
             a
             like
             procured
             :
             the
             Cause
             of
             this
             ,
             being
             that
             Relation
             ,
             Coherence
             ,
             and
             Causality
             ,
             which
             the
             Lord
             hath
             appointed
             between
             the
             several
             Effects
             (
             or
             rather
             parts
             of
             the
             same
             Effect
             )
             of
             the
             death
             of
             Christ
             ,
             in
             reference
             to
             the
             main
             ,
             and
             ultimate
             End
             to
             be
             thereby
             attained
             :
             as
             at
             large
             I
             have
             discused
             :
             Lib.
             2.
             Cap.
             1.
             p.
             52
             ,
             53
             ,
             &c.
             
             In
             one
             word
             ,
             The
             first
             
               Effect
            
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             in
             this
             sense
             ,
             is
             the
             first
             Fruit
             of
             Election
             :
             For
             ,
             for
             the
             Procuring
             ▪
             and
             Purchasing
             of
             the
             Fruits
             thereof
             ,
             and
             them
             alone
             ,
             did
             Christ
             die
             .
          
           
             If
             I
             mistake
             not
             ,
             Mr
             
               Baxter
            
             himself
             is
             not
             setled
             fully
             in
             this
             
               Perswasion
               ,
            
             that
             the
             suspension
             of
             the
             Rigorous
             Execution
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             is
             the
             most
             immediate
             Effect
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             :
             for
             pag.
             52.
             these
             words
             which
             he
             useth
             
               [
               God
               the
               Father
               doth
               accept
               the
               Sufferings
               and
               Merits
               of
               his
               Son
               ,
               as
               a
               full
               satisfaction
               to
               his
               violated
               Law
               ,
               and
               as
               a
               valuable
               Consideration
               upon
               which
               he
               will
               wholly
               acquit
               and
               forgive
               the
               Offendors
               themselves
               ,
               and
               receive
               them
               again
               into
               favour
               ,
               so
               that
               they
               will
               but
               receive
               his
               Son
               upon
               the
               terms
               expressed
               in
               the
               Gospel
               ]
            
             seems
             to
             place
             the
             ultimate
             Efficacy
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             in
             Gods
             acceptation
             of
             it
             ,
             as
             to
             our
             good
             ,
             on
             the
             Condition
             of
             Faith
             ,
             and
             Obedience
             .
          
           
           
             Which
             ,
             first
             makes
             the
             suspension
             of
             the
             Law
             to
             be
             so
             far
             from
             being
             the
             first
             effect
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             :
             that
             the
             last
             reacheth
             not
             so
             far
             :
             And
             
               2dly
               ,
            
             the
             fond
             absurdity
             of
             this
             Conditional
             Acceptation
             I
             have
             before
             declared
             .
          
           
             Neither
             am
             I
             clear
             to
             which
             of
             those
             Assertions
             ,
             that
             of
             Page
             92
             ,
             (
             where
             he
             affirms
             ,
             That
             
               some
               benefit
               by
               Christ
               the
               Condemned
               did
               receive
               )
            
             is
             most
             accommodate
             :
             neither
             can
             I
             easily
             receive
             what
             is
             here
             Asserted
             ;
             if
             by
             Benefit
             you
             understand
             that
             which
             in
             respect
             of
             them
             is
             intentionally
             so
             .
          
           
             For
             ,
             First
             ,
             Condemned
             Persons
             ,
             as
             condemned
             Persons
             surely
             receive
             no
             Benefit
             by
             Christ
             ,
             for
             they
             are
             Condemned
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             The
             delay
             of
             the
             Condemnation
             of
             Reprobates
             ,
             is
             no
             part
             of
             the
             Purchase
             of
             Christ
             :
             The
             Scripture
             sayes
             ,
             Nor
             more
             ,
             nor
             less
             of
             any
             such
             thing
             :
             but
             peculiarly
             assigns
             it
             to
             another
             Cause
             .
             Rom.
             9.
             
          
        
         
         
           
             CAP.
             X.
             
          
           
             Of
             the
             Merit
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             its
             immediate
             Efficacy
             ,
             what
             it
             effecteth
             in
             what
             it
             resteth
             ,
             with
             the
             state
             of
             those
             for
             whom
             Christ
             died
             in
             reference
             to
             his
             Death
             ,
             &
             of
             their
             Right
             to
             the
             Fruits
             of
             his
             Death
             before
             Beleeving
             .
          
           
             THAT
             they
             for
             whom
             Christ
             died
             ,
             have
             a
             
               right
            
             to
             the
             things
             which
             he
             Purchased
             thereby
             ,
             (
             that
             is
             an
             actual
             Right
             ,
             for
             so
             men
             may
             have
             ,
             to
             what
             they
             have
             not
             in
             actual
             Possession
             )
             is
             no
             singular
             Conception
             of
             mineOur
             Divines
             freely
             express
             themselves
             to
             this
             Purpose
             .
          
           
             Even
             the
             Commender
             ,
             and
             Publisher
             of
             
               Grotius
            
             his
             Book
             of
             
               Satisfaction
               ,
            
             learned
             
               Vossius
            
             himself
             ,
             Affirmeth
             ,
             That
             Christ
             by
             his
             Death
             Purchased
             for
             us
             a
             
               double
               Right
               :
            
             First
             ,
             
               a
               Right
               of
               escaping
               punishment
               ,
               and
               then
               a
               Right
               of
               obtaining
               the
               Reward
               .
            
          
           
             By
             the
             way
             ,
             I
             cannot
             close
             with
             his
             Distinction
             in
             that
             place
             ,
             of
             some
             things
             ,
             That
             
               Christ
               by
               his
               Life
               ,
               and
               Death
               ,
               purchased
               for
               us
               ,
               and
               other
               ,
               that
               he
               daily
               bestoweth
               :
            
             for
             the
             things
             he
             daily
             bestoweth
             ,
             are
             of
             them
             ,
             which
             by
             his
             Death
             he
             purchased
             .
          
           
             My
             
               Expressions
            
             then
             alone
             are
             not
             subject
             to
             the
             
               Consequences
            
             charged
             on
             them
             ,
             for
             Asserting
             a
             
               right
            
             to
             Life
             ,
             and
             Salvation
             in
             them
             for
             whom
             Christ
             Died
             ,
             even
             before
             beleeving
             .
          
           
           
             Yea
             ,
             
             some
             have
             gone
             
               farther
               ,
            
             and
             Affirmed
             ,
             That
             those
             for
             whom
             Christ
             died
             ,
             are
             in
             some
             manner
             restored
             into
             saving
             favour
             .
          
           
             Not
             to
             mention
             some
             of
             them
             ,
             to
             whose
             Judgment
             Mr
             
               Baxter
            
             seems
             to
             accede
             ,
             who
             assert
             
               Vniversal
               Justification
               ,
               and
               Restauration
               into
               Grace
               upon
               the
               Death
               of
               Christ
               :
            
             but
             I
             lay
             no
             weight
             on
             these
             things
             .
          
           
             To
             cleer
             my
             Thoughts
             in
             this
             Particular
             ,
             Two
             things
             must
             necessarily
             be
             enquired
             into
             ,
             and
             made
             out
             .
          
           
             1
             Seeing
             the
             Satisfaction
             ,
             and
             Merit
             of
             Christ
             ,
             do
             tend
             directly
             for
             the
             Good
             of
             them
             for
             whom
             he
             died
             ,
             and
             that
             there
             is
             a
             distance
             ,
             and
             space
             of
             Time
             ,
             between
             that
             Death
             ,
             and
             their
             Participation
             of
             the
             good
             things
             purchased
             therby
             ,
             
             
               wherein
               lyeth
               ,
               or
               in
               what
               resteth
               the
               Efficacy
               of
               that
               his
               Death
               ,
               with
               the
               Principle
               of
               the
               certain
               Futurition
               ,
               of
               the
               spiritual
               things
               so
               procured
               ,
               which
               those
               for
               whom
               he
               died
               ,
               shall
               assuredly
               in
               due
               time
               enjoy
               .
            
          
           
             2
             Wherin
             lies
             the
             Obligation
             unto
             Death
             ,
             Hel
             ,
             &
             Wrath
             ,
             which
             
               before
               beleeving
            
             the
             Scripture
             Affirms
             to
             be
             upon
             the
             Elect
             ,
             seeing
             Christ
             hath
             actually
             purchased
             for
             them
             freedom
             from
             these
             things
             :
             and
             this
             ,
             without
             more
             a-do
             ,
             will
             be
             cleered
             in
             the
             former
             .
          
           
             1
             For
             the
             
               first
            
             then
             ,
             upon
             the
             Issue
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             ,
             something
             being
             
               supposed
            
             in
             God
             beyond
             his
             meer
             Purpose
             ,
             of
             which
             before
             ,
             somethings
             being
             
               actually
               procured
               ,
            
             and
             purchased
             by
             it
             ,
             which
             yet
             they
             for
             whom
             they
             are
             so
             purchased
             ,
             neither
             do
             ,
             nor
             possibly
             can
             upon
             the
             Purchase
             immediately
             possess
             ,
             and
             enjoy
             :
             It
             is
             enquired
             ,
             
               Wherein
               resteth
               the
               Efficacy
               of
               his
               Death
               ,
               which
               in
               due
               Time
               causeth
               the
               making
               out
               of
               all
               those
               spiritual
               Blessings
               ,
               which
               by
               it
               are
               so
               procured
               .
            
          
           
             Now
             this
             must
             be
             either
             in
             
               those
               for
               whom
               he
               Died
               ,
            
             or
             in
             
               Himself
            
             as
             Mediator
             ,
             or
             in
             his
             
               Father
            
             who
             sent
             him
             .
          
           
             1
             That
             it
             is
             not
             in
             
               them
               for
               whom
               he
               Died
               ,
            
             is
             apparent
             :
             Upon
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             ,
             in
             Purpose
             ,
             and
             Promise
             ,
             
             when
             first
             its
             Efficacy
             took
             place
             .
             they
             were
             not
             :
             I
             mean
             actually
             Existent
             :
             True
             !
             They
             were
             Potentially
             in
             the
             Purpose
             of
             God
             :
             but
             will
             that
             make
             them
             a
             meet
             subject
             for
             the
             Residence
             of
             this
             Right
             ,
             and
             Merit
             whereof
             we
             speak
             ?
             as
             is
             the
             Thing
             ,
             such
             are
             all
             its
             Affections
             ,
             and
             Adjuncts
             :
             but
             
               possible
               ,
            
             if
             
               it
            
             be
             no
             more
             .
             This
             is
             something
             actual
             whereof
             we
             speak
             .
          
           
             2
             That
             it
             is
             not
             in
             
               Christ
               as
               Mediator
               ,
            
             is
             no
             less
             evident
             .
             He
             that
             
               makes
            
             Satisfaction
             ,
             and
             he
             to
             whom
             it
             is
             
               made
               ,
            
             he
             who
             
               Meriteth
            
             any
             thing
             ,
             and
             he
             at
             whose
             hands
             he
             
               Meriteth
            
             it
             ,
             must
             be
             distinguished
             .
             The
             second
             Person
             under
             the
             Notion
             of
             performing
             the
             work
             of
             
               Mediation
               ,
            
             receiveth
             not
             Satisfaction
             .
          
           
             The
             Power
             Christ
             receiveth
             of
             the
             Father
             ,
             because
             he
             is
             the
             Son
             of
             Man
             ,
             to
             give
             eternal
             Life
             to
             those
             given
             him
             of
             his
             Father
             ,
             is
             of
             latter
             Consideration
             to
             that
             we
             have
             in
             hand
             ,
             being
             a
             Result
             ,
             and
             Consequence
             thereof
             .
          
           
             3
             It
             must
             therefore
             be
             in
             the
             Father
             ,
             or
             God
             ,
             as
             receiving
             Satisfaction
             .
          
           
             Of
             all
             the
             
               Attributes
            
             of
             God
             where
             this
             may
             be
             placed
             (
             to
             speak
             after
             the
             manner
             of
             men
             )
             one
             of
             these
             Four
             must
             needs
             be
             the
             proper
             seat
             of
             it
             :
             
               
                 1
                 
                   His
                
                 Power
                 .
              
               
                 2
                 
                   His
                
                 Will
                 .
              
               
                 3
                 
                   His
                
                 Justice
                 .
              
               
                 4
                 
                   His
                
                 Truth
                 .
              
            
          
           
             1
             ,
             His
             
               Power
               ,
            
             and
             then
             it
             must
             be
             ,
             not
             that
             God
             hath
             any
             addition
             of
             Power
             ,
             for
             that
             cannot
             be
             to
             him
             who
             is
             
               Omnipotent
               ;
            
             but
             that
             a
             
               Way
            
             is
             made
             for
             the
             Exercise
             of
             his
             Power
             ,
             which
             before
             by
             somewhat
             from
             himself
             was
             shut
             up
             .
          
           
             And
             as
             some
             suppose
             it
             is
             no
             otherwise
             .
             That
             whereas
             the
             Lord
             could
             not
             make
             out
             Grace
             ,
             and
             Favour
             unto
             
             Sinners
             because
             of
             his
             Justice
             necessarily
             enclining
             him
             to
             their
             punishment
             ,
             and
             destruction
             .
             Now
             that
             
               Justice
            
             being
             satisfied
             in
             Christ
             ,
             he
             can
             collate
             any
             spiritual
             Blessings
             upon
             them
             ,
             as
             he
             seeth
             good
             .
          
           
             But
             this
             I
             have
             Disproved
             elsewhere
             ,
             and
             Manifested
             .
          
           
             
               1
               That
               the
               foundation
               of
               this
               Apprehension
               ,
               (
               being
               an
               impossibility
               in
               God
               to
               forgive
               sin
               ,
               without
               Satisfaction
               ,
               because
               of
               the
               contrariety
               of
               it
               to
               the
               Properties
               of
               his
               nature
               )
               is
               a
               groundless
               Assertion
               .
               And
               ,
            
             
               2
               The
               foundation
               of
               God
               ,
               in
               sending
               his
               Son
               to
               die
               for
               his
               Elect
               is
               oppugned
               hereby
               .
               And
               it
               ,
            
             
               3
               Is
               destructive
               to
               all
               the
               proper
               Fruits
               ,
               and
               Effects
               of
               the
               Death
               of
               Christ
               ,
               &c.
               
               Lib.
               2.
               Cap.
               2.
               
            
          
           
             2
             ,
             In
             the
             
               Will
            
             of
             God
             ,
             it
             seems
             that
             the
             Merit
             and
             Fruits
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             ,
             whereof
             we
             treat
             seem
             better
             to
             be
             treasured
             :
             and
             from
             hence
             it
             is
             ,
             That
             he
             can
             Will
             ,
             or
             Willeth
             to
             us
             the
             Good
             things
             purchased
             by
             it
             .
             But
             ,
          
           
             1
             That
             the
             
               Will
            
             of
             God
             should
             by
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             be
             changed
             into
             any
             other
             
               Habitude
            
             then
             what
             it
             was
             in
             before
             ,
             was
             before
             disproved
             .
          
           
             2
             That
             now
             God
             
               can
               Will
            
             Good
             things
             to
             us
             ,
             holds
             out
             the
             
               enlargement
               of
               his
               Power
            
             as
             to
             the
             acting
             thereof
             ,
             mentioned
             above
             ,
             rather
             then
             any
             thing
             properly
             belonging
             to
             the
             Will
             of
             God
             .
          
           
             3
             Gods
             
               Willing
               Good
               things
               to
               us
               ,
            
             it
             cannot
             consist
             in
             :
             his
             willing
             of
             a
             thing
             is
             operative
             of
             it
             :
             it
             is
             his
             Efficacious
             
               Energetical
            
             Will
             whereof
             we
             speak
             .
             When
             he
             actually
             
               willeth
            
             Grace
             ,
             we
             have
             Grace
             :
             and
             when
             he
             
               Willeth
            
             Glory
             ,
             we
             have
             Glory
             :
             but
             that
             concerning
             which
             we
             speak
             ,
             is
             Antecedent
             to
             the
             actual
             making
             out
             of
             Grace
             ,
             and
             Glory
             to
             us
             ,
             being
             the
             
               procuring
            
             cause
             of
             them
             ;
             though
             not
             of
             that
             Act
             of
             the
             Will
             of
             God
             ,
             whereby
             they
             are
             bestowed
             .
          
           
           
             His
             
               Justice
               ,
            
             and
             
               Truth
            
             only
             remain
             .
             For
             
               Justice
               ,
            
             that
             which
             is
             
               Commutative
            
             properly
             ,
             with
             one
             Consent
             is
             removed
             from
             God
             .
             
               Who
               hath
               given
               first
               unto
               him
               ,
               and
               it
               shall
               be
               rendered
               unto
               him
               again
               .
            
             
             Neither
             is
             
               distributive
            
             Justice
             to
             be
             supposed
             in
             him
             ,
             antecedent
             to
             some
             free
             engagement
             of
             his
             own
             .
             Where
             no
             Obligation
             is
             ,
             there
             cannot
             be
             so
             much
             as
             
               distributive
            
             Justice
             properly
             .
             All
             Obligation
             from
             God
             to
             the
             Creature
             ,
             is
             from
             his
             own
             free
             engagement
             :
             otherwise
             he
             stands
             in
             no
             Relation
             to
             it
             ,
             but
             of
             
               absolute
            
             Dominion
             ,
             and
             Sovereignty
             .
             All
             the
             Justice
             of
             God
             then
             (
             we
             consider
             not
             the
             universal
             Rectitude
             of
             his
             nature
             ,
             but
             )
             in
             reference
             to
             the
             Creature
             ,
             is
             
               Justitia
               regiminis
               .
            
             Psal.
             33.
             4
             ,
             5.
             1
             Joh.
             
             1.
             5.
             and
             therefore
             must
             suppose
             some
             free
             Constitution
             of
             his
             Will
             .
          
           
             This
             then
             rightly
             considered
             ,
             do
             I
             Affirm
             to
             be
             
               affected
            
             with
             the
             Merit
             of
             Christ
             :
             There
             I
             place
             the
             procuring
             Efficacy
             thereof
             ,
             whence
             it
             is
             ,
             That
             all
             the
             Fruits
             of
             it
             are
             made
             out
             unto
             us
             .
             But
             this
             in
             due
             order
             .
          
           
             The
             first
             Thing
             of
             
               immediate
               Concernment
            
             hereunto
             ,
             is
             the
             
               Covenant
               of
               the
               Father
               with
               the
               Son
               :
            
             the
             free
             engagement
             of
             God
             ,
             to
             do
             such
             and
             such
             things
             for
             Christ
             ,
             upon
             the
             performance
             of
             such
             other
             things
             to
             him
             appointed
             .
             This
             is
             the
             foundation
             of
             the
             Merit
             of
             Christ
             as
             was
             before
             declared
             .
             Hence
             is
             
               distributive
               Justice
            
             ascribed
             to
             God
             ,
             as
             to
             this
             thing
             .
             It
             is
             
               righteous
               with
               him
            
             being
             engaged
             by
             his
             own
             free
             Purpose
             and
             Promise
             ,
             to
             make
             out
             those
             things
             ,
             which
             he
             appointed
             to
             be
             the
             Fruit
             and
             Procurement
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             .
             And
             from
             thence
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             all
             the
             things
             purchased
             by
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             ,
             become
             due
             to
             those
             for
             whom
             he
             died
             :
             even
             from
             the
             Equity
             attending
             this
             Justice
             of
             God
             .
          
           
           
             Herein
             also
             his
             
               Truth
            
             hath
             a
             share
             :
             By
             his
             Truth
             ,
             I
             understand
             his
             Fidelity
             and
             
               Veracity
            
             in
             the
             performance
             of
             all
             his
             engagements
             .
             This
             immediately
             attends
             every
             Obligation
             that
             by
             any
             free
             Act
             of
             his
             Will
             ,
             God
             is
             pleased
             in
             his
             Wisdom
             to
             put
             upon
             himself
             :
             and
             is
             naturally
             under
             Consideration
             before
             that
             
               distributive
               Justice
            
             whereby
             he
             is
             inclined
             to
             the
             Performance
             it self
             of
             them
             .
          
           
             This
             then
             is
             that
             I
             say
             ;
          
           
             
               God
               by
               free
               Purpose
               and
               Compact
               ,
               making
               way
               for
               the
               Merit
               of
               Christ
               ,
               which
               
                 absolutely
              
               could
               be
               none
               ,
               is
               obliged
               from
               the
               Veracity
               and
               Justice
               ,
               which
               attends
               all
               his
               Engagements
               ,
               to
               make
               out
               as
               in
               his
               infinite
               Wisdom
               shall
               seem
               meet
               ;
               all
               those
               things
               which
               he
               hath
               set
               ,
               appointed
               ,
               and
               proposed
               as
               the
               Fruit
               and
               Purchase
               of
               his
               Death
               ,
               unto
               all
               them
               for
               whom
               he
               died
            
             .
             And
             in
             This
             ,
             rests
             the
             Merit
             of
             Christ
             .
          
           
             Here
             Two
             things
             may
             be
             observed
             ;
          
           
             1
             What
             we
             ascribe
             to
             the
             
               Merit
            
             of
             Christ
             :
             viz.
             The
             Accomplishment
             of
             that
             Condition
             ,
             which
             God
             required
             to
             make
             way
             ,
             that
             the
             Obligation
             which
             he
             had
             freely
             put
             upon
             himself
             ,
             might
             be
             in
             actual
             force
             .
             And
             so
             much
             ,
             (
             how
             rightly
             ,
             I
             leave
             to
             himself
             to
             Consider
             )
             doth
             Mr
             
               Baxter
            
             assign
             to
             our
             own
             works
             :
             Thes.
             26.
             p.
             140.
             
          
           
             2
             The
             mistake
             of
             those
             who
             wind
             up
             the
             
               MERIT
            
             of
             Christ
             ,
             as
             affecting
             God
             (
             if
             I
             may
             so
             speak
             )
             unto
             a
             
               Conditional
               Engagement
               ,
            
             viz.
             That
             we
             shall
             be
             made
             Partakers
             of
             the
             Fruits
             of
             it
             ,
             
               upon
               such
               and
               such
               Conditions
               ,
            
             to
             be
             by
             us
             fulfilled
             .
             For
             ,
          
           
             1
             All
             such
             
               Conditions
            
             (
             if
             spiritual
             Blessings
             )
             are
             part
             of
             the
             Purchase
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             :
             and
             if
             
               not
               ,
            
             are
             no
             way
             fit
             to
             be
             
               Conditions
            
             of
             such
             an
             Attainment
             .
          
           
             2
             It
             cannot
             be
             made
             apparent
             how
             any
             such
             
               Conditional
               stipulation
            
             can
             be
             ascribed
             unto
             God
             .
             That
             God
             should
             engage
             upon
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             ,
             to
             make
             out
             Grace
             and
             Glory
             ,
             Liberty
             and
             Beauty
             ,
             unto
             those
             for
             whom
             he
             
             died
             ,
             upon
             
               CONDITION
            
             they
             do
             so
             ,
             or
             so
             .
          
           
             1
             Leaves
             no
             proper
             
               place
            
             for
             the
             Merit
             of
             Christ
             .
          
           
             2
             Is
             very
             improperly
             ascribed
             unto
             God
             .
             
               Lawyers
            
             tell
             us
             ,
             That
             all
             stipulations
             about
             things
             future
             ,
             are
             either
             
               sub
               Conditione
               ,
            
             or
             
               sub
               Termino
               .
            
             Stipulations
             or
             Engagements
             upon
             
               CONDITION
               .
            
             that
             are
             properly
             so
             ,
             do
             suppose
             him
             that
             makes
             the
             Engagement
             to
             be
             altogether
             uncertain
             of
             the
             Event
             thereof
             .
          
           
             Stipulations
             
               sub
               Termino
               ,
            
             are
             absolute
             to
             make
             out
             the
             things
             engaged
             about
             ,
             at
             such
             a
             Season
             .
             Upon
             the
             very
             
               Instant
            
             of
             such
             a
             Stipulation
             as
             this
             ,
             an
             Obligation
             follows
             as
             to
             the
             thing
             ,
             though
             no
             
               Action
            
             be
             allowed
             to
             him
             to
             whom
             it
             is
             made
             ,
             until
             the
             
               Term
            
             and
             Time
             appointed
             be
             come
             .
          
           
             In
             those
             Stipulations
             that
             are
             under
             
               CONDITION
               ,
            
             no
             Obligation
             ariseth
             at
             all
             from
             them
             ,
             it
             being
             wholly
             uncertain
             whether
             the
             Condition
             will
             be
             fulfilled
             or
             no
             .
             Only
             in
             Two
             
               Cases
            
             doth
             such
             an
             Engagement
             bring
             on
             an
             immediate
             Obligation
             .
          
           
             1
             If
             the
             
               Condition
            
             required
             be
             in
             things
             
               necessary
            
             and
             unalterable
             :
             As
             if
             
               Cajus
            
             should
             engage
             himself
             into
             
               Tilius
            
             to
             give
             him
             an
             100.
             
               l.
            
             for
             his
             House
             on
             the
             morrow
             
               if
               the
               Sun
               shine
               :
            
             here
             ariseth
             an
             
               immediate
               Obligation
               ▪
            
             and
             it
             is
             the
             same
             as
             if
             it
             had
             been
             conceived
             only
             
               sub
               Termino
               ,
            
             without
             Condition
             at
             all
             .
          
           
             2
             If
             by
             any
             means
             ,
             he
             that
             makes
             the
             Stipulation
             ,
             
               knows
               infallibly
               ,
               that
               the
               Condition
               will
               be
               fulfilled
               ,
            
             though
             he
             to
             whom
             it
             is
             made
             ,
             knows
             it
             not
             .
             In
             this
             Respect
             also
             ,
             the
             Stipulation
             
               sub
               Conditione
               ,
            
             introduceth
             an
             immediate
             Obligation
             ,
             and
             in
             that
             regard
             ,
             is
             co-incident
             with
             that
             which
             is
             only
             
               sub
               Termino
               .
            
          
           
             Wheither
             an
             Engagement
             upon
             
               Condition
            
             properly
             ,
             without
             the
             former
             Respects
             ,
             that
             is
             a
             Stipulation
             to
             an
             Event
             
               dubious
            
             and
             uncertain
             ,
             can
             be
             ascribed
             unto
             God
             ,
             is
             easie
             to
             determine
             .
             To
             Assert
             it
             ,
             oppugnes
             the
             whole
             
               nature
            
             of
             the
             Deity
             ,
             and
             over-throws
             the
             Properties
             thereof
             ,
             
             immediatly
             and
             directly
             .
             All
             other
             Stipulations
             under
             
               Condition
            
             are
             co-incident
             (
             as
             I
             said
             before
             )
             with
             that
             which
             is
             
               sub
               Termino
            
             only
             ,
             from
             whence
             ariseth
             an
             immediate
             
               Obligation
            
             for
             the
             performance
             of
             the
             thing
             stipulated
             about
             ;
             though
             there
             be
             not
             an
             immediate
             
               Action
            
             granted
             him
             unto
             whom
             it
             is
             made
             .
          
           
             Surely
             they
             are
             wide
             ,
             (
             if
             not
             very
             wild
             )
             who
             Affirm
             ,
             That
             all
             the
             Stipulations
             on
             the
             part
             of
             God
             upon
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             are
             upon
             a
             
               Condition
               ,
            
             which
             himself
             knows
             to
             be
             impossible
             for
             them
             to
             perform
             to
             whom
             they
             are
             made
             ,
             which
             amongst
             wise
             men
             are
             alwayes
             accounted
             
               Nugatory
               and
               Null
               .
            
          
           
             This
             being
             then
             so
             vain
             ,
             I
             say
             that
             the
             
               Merit
            
             of
             Christ
             flowing
             from
             the
             free
             purpose
             and
             
               Compact
            
             of
             God
             ,
             resteth
             on
             his
             
               Justice
            
             thence
             also
             arising
             ,
             fixing
             thereon
             an
             Obligation
             to
             make
             out
             all
             the
             Fruits
             of
             it
             ,
             unto
             them
             for
             whom
             he
             died
             ,
             
               sub
               Termino
            
             only
             ;
             whereby
             a
             present
             
               right
            
             is
             granted
             them
             thereunto
             ,
             though
             they
             cannot
             plead
             for
             present
             Enjoyment
             .
          
        
         
           
             CAP.
             XI
             .
          
           
             More
             particularly
             of
             the
             State
             and
             Right
             of
             them
             for
             whom
             Christ
             died
             ,
             before
             Beleeving
             .
          
           
             THE
             former
             Assertions
             about
             the
             Merit
             of
             Christ
             ,
             being
             in
             some
             measure
             cleered
             ,
             we
             may
             hence
             have
             
               light
            
             into
             the
             State
             and
             Condition
             of
             those
             for
             whom
             Christ
             died
             in
             their
             several
             Generations
             before
             Beleeving
             .
          
           
             To
             make
             this
             the
             more
             fully
             appear
             ,
             we
             must
             distinguish
             
             between
             their
             present
             
               State
            
             or
             Possession
             ,
             and
             their
             present
             
               right
               .
            
             Their
             State
             is
             not
             changed
             ,
             because
             all
             the
             procurements
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             ,
             are
             to
             be
             made
             out
             unto
             them
             by
             vertue
             of
             a
             Stipulation
             
               sub
               Termino
               ,
            
             that
             Term
             or
             Season
             being
             not
             come
             .
             So
             that
             still
             in
             present
             
               actual
               state
               ,
            
             I
             leave
             them
             as
             before
             ,
             
               not
               Justified
               ,
               not
               Sanctified
               ,
            
             not
             entred
             into
             Covenant
             .
          
           
             Right
             also
             is
             twofold
             :
             
               
                 1
                 
                   In
                   re
                   ,
                
                 as
                 the
                 
                   Father
                
                 hath
                 a
                 
                   right
                
                 to
                 his
                 Estate
                 .
                 And
                 this
                 
                   Jus
                   in
                   re
                   ,
                
                 holds
                 ,
                 though
                 the
                 Estate
                 be
                 unjustly
                 ,
                 or
                 forcibly
                 detained
                 from
                 him
                 .
              
               
                 2
                 
                   Ad
                   rem
                   ,
                
                 so
                 the
                 
                   Son
                
                 hath
                 a
                 Right
                 to
                 the
                 Estate
                 of
                 his
                 Father
                 ,
                 being
                 to
                 enjoy
                 it
                 at
                 his
                 Death
                 .
              
            
          
           
             The
             
               first
               right
            
             is
             presently
             
               actionable
            
             upon
             any
             detainment
             :
             the
             
               latter
            
             not
             so
             .
             The
             
               first
               ,
            
             we
             do
             not
             ascribe
             to
             the
             
               Elect
            
             in
             this
             Condition
             ,
             viz.
             That
             which
             is
             
               in
               re
               ,
            
             and
             instantly
             actionable
             ;
             but
             that
             which
             is
             
               ad
               rem
               ,
            
             and
             
               sub
               termino
               .
            
          
           
             This
             being
             
               That
            
             which
             I
             Aimed
             at
             ,
             and
             being
             by
             Mr
             
               Baxter
            
             Opposed
             ,
             I
             will
             further
             Consider
             it
             ,
             that
             it
             may
             appear
             whether
             any
             thing
             in
             this
             Assertion
             be
             
               justly
            
             blamable
             .
          
           
             I
             said
             ,
             That
             
               by
               the
               Death
               of
               Christ
               ,
               we
               have
               actual
            
             Right
             
               to
               the
               good
               things
               purchased
               by
               that
               Death
               :
            
             That
             Right
             which
             is
             not
             
               actual
            
             (
             to
             speak
             a
             word
             to
             that
             Term
             )
             is
             not
             .
             The
             Contradistinct
             Affection
             hereunto
             ,
             is
             
               Potential
               .
            
             And
             this
             is
             totally
             destructive
             to
             the
             Nature
             of
             a
             Right
             .
             All
             Right
             is
             
               actual
               ,
            
             or
             not
             at
             all
             .
          
           
             To
             evince
             the
             main
             Assertion
             ;
             I
             shall
             ,
             
               
                 1
                 ,
                 Shew
                 the
                 
                   Nature
                
                 and
                 Quality
                 of
                 this
                 Right
                 .
              
               
                 2
                 ,
                 The
                 
                   Bottome
                
                 or
                 Foundation
                 of
                 it
                 ;
                 And
              
               
                 3
                 ,
                 Prove
                 the
                 
                   Thesis
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             1
             By
             Right
             I
             understand
             ,
             
               Jus
            
             in
             general
             ,
             now
             
               jus
               est
               ,
               quod
               justum
               est
               :
            
             Aug.
             in
             
               Psal.
               144.
               sub
               .
               Fon.
               That
               is
               right
               ,
               which
               it
               is
               just
               should
               be
               .
            
             And
             
               Quiquid
               rectum
               est
               ,
               justum
               est
               :
            
             A●sel
             .
             de
             verit
             .
             Cap.
             13.
             it
             is
             just
             ,
             all
             that
             should
             be
             ,
             
             which
             hath
             a
             Rectitude
             in
             it self
             .
             Farther
             ;
             What
             this
             
               justum
            
             is
             ,
             
               Aquinas
            
             tells
             you
             ,
             22.
             ae
             .
             q.
             57.
             a.
             1.
             c.
             
               justum
               est
               quod
               respondet
               secundum
               aliquam
               aequalitatem
               alteri
               .
            
             Then
             a
             thing
             is
             just
             when
             it
             stands
             in
             some
             
               aequality
            
             unto
             those
             things
             whereunto
             it
             relates
             .
             And
             this
             
               Aequality
            
             or
             Adaequation
             of
             things
             is
             Twofold
             .
          
           
             
               1
               That
               which
               ariseth
               from
               the
               
                 Nature
              
               of
               the
               Things
               themselves
               :
               As
               an
               Eye
               for
               an
               Eye
               ,
               a
               Tooth
               for
               a
               Tooth
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               2
               That
               which
               ariseth
               from
               a
               
                 Proportion
              
               condescended
               unto
               ,
               by
               
                 Condict
                 ,
              
               Agreement
               ,
               Covenant
               ,
               or
               Common
               Consent
               .
               
                 Dupliciter
                 est
                 aliquid
                 adaequatum
                 :
                 uno
                 modo
                 ex
                 natura
                 ipsius
                 rei
                 :
                 alio
                 modo
                 cum
                 est
                 Commensuratum
                 ex
                 condicto
                 sive
                 ex
                 commune
                 placito
                 :
              
               Aqui.
               
            
          
           
             In
             the
             first
             Sense
             ,
             as
             to
             a
             Right
             that
             should
             accrew
             unto
             the
             Creatures
             in
             respect
             of
             God
             ,
             from
             the
             
               Commensuration
            
             of
             the
             things
             themselves
             ,
             we
             shewed
             before
             that
             it
             cannot
             be
             .
             It
             must
             be
             from
             some
             grant
             ,
             Compact
             ,
             Covenant
             ,
             or
             the
             like
             ,
             from
             whence
             a
             
               Right
            
             in
             Reference
             to
             the
             Faithfulnesse
             or
             Righteousnesse
             of
             God
             ,
             may
             arise
             .
          
           
             The
             Right
             then
             whereof
             we
             speak
             ,
             which
             they
             for
             whom
             Christ
             died
             ,
             have
             to
             the
             things
             which
             by
             his
             Death
             are
             procured
             ,
             consists
             in
             that
             
               Equity
               ,
               Proportion
               ,
               and
               Equality
               ,
            
             which
             upon
             the
             free
             Compact
             ,
             Constitution
             ,
             and
             Consent
             of
             God
             the
             Father
             ,
             is
             ,
             between
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             and
             their
             Enjoyment
             of
             the
             Fruits
             of
             that
             Death
             .
             It
             is
             
               just
               and
               equal
               ,
               that
               they
               should
               enjoy
               the
               Fruits
               of
               his
               Death
            
             in
             due
             time
             .
             Neither
             is
             the
             Right
             of
             any
             Man
             ,
             to
             any
             Thing
             ,
             any
             more
             ,
             but
             
               such
               a
               Frame
               and
               Order
               of
               things
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               just
               either
               from
               the
               Nature
               of
               the
               Things
               themselves
               ,
               or
               from
               common
               Consent
               and
               Agreement
               ,
               That
               he
               should
               enjoy
               that
               thing
               .
            
             This
             is
             the
             Right
             whereof
             we
             speak
             :
             which
             in
             their
             sense
             the
             very
             
               Socinians
               grant
               .
               Christus
               Jus
               quoddam
               ad
               obtinendam
               remissionem
               peccatorum
               &
               salutem
               (
               morte
               sua
               )
               nobis
               dedit
               .
            
             Crellius
             ,
             adu
             .
             Groti
             .
             Cap.
             1.
             
          
           
           
             2
             :
             For
             the
             Foundation
             of
             this
             Right
             :
             Seeing
             that
             before
             the
             Consideration
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             (
             as
             was
             declared
             )
             
               it
               is
               not
               ,
            
             from
             thence
             it
             must
             needs
             be
             ,
             nothing
             of
             any
             likelihood
             to
             be
             such
             a
             Foundation
             being
             co-incident
             therewithal
             .
          
           
             Now
             whereas
             in
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             Two
             things
             are
             Considered
             :
             1
             The
             Satisfaction
             ;
             And
             
               2dly
            
             the
             Merit
             thereof
             ;
             it
             may
             be
             enquired
             after
             ,
             under
             whether
             Respect
             this
             
               right
            
             relates
             thereunto
             .
          
           
             1
             The
             Satisfaction
             of
             Christ
             tends
             in
             all
             that
             it
             is
             ,
             to
             the
             Honor
             and
             Reparation
             of
             the
             Justice
             of
             God
             .
             This
             then
             in
             its
             utmost
             extent
             and
             Efficacy
             ,
             cannot
             give
             ground
             to
             build
             such
             a
             Right
             upon
             .
             The
             
               ultimate
            
             Effect
             of
             Satisfaction
             ,
             may
             be
             accomplished
             ,
             and
             yet
             not
             the
             least
             
               right
            
             to
             any
             good
             thing
             Communicated
             to
             them
             for
             whom
             this
             Satisfaction
             is
             made
             .
             The
             good
             things
             attending
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             may
             be
             referred
             unto
             two
             heads
             :
             The
             
               Amotion
            
             of
             Evil
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Collation
            
             of
             Good
             .
             For
             the
             First
             ,
             The
             Amotion
             of
             Evil
             ,
             the
             taking
             that
             from
             us
             ,
             
               that
               it
               may
               not
               grieve
               us
               ,
            
             and
             subducting
             us
             from
             the
             Power
             and
             Presence
             thereof
             ,
             it
             is
             immediatly
             aimed
             at
             by
             Satisfaction
             .
             That
             the
             
               Curse
               of
               the
               Law
            
             be
             not
             executed
             ,
             That
             the
             
               Wrath
               to
               come
            
             be
             not
             powred
             out
             ,
             is
             the
             utmost
             reach
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             considered
             as
             Satisfactory
             .
             Yea
             in
             it self
             ,
             as
             only
             such
             ,
             it
             proceedeth
             not
             so
             far
             ,
             as
             to
             give
             us
             a
             Right
             to
             escape
             these
             things
             ,
             but
             only
             presents
             that
             to
             the
             
               Justice
            
             of
             God
             ,
             whereby
             it
             may
             be
             preserved
             in
             all
             its
             Glory
             ,
             Severity
             ,
             and
             exact
             Purity
             ,
             though
             these
             things
             be
             not
             inflicted
             on
             us
             .
             This
             I
             say
             I
             conceive
             to
             be
             the
             utmost
             Tendency
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             as
             Satisfactory
             .
             That
             Condemnation
             cannot
             possibly
             
               de
               facto
            
             follow
             where
             such
             Satisfaction
             hath
             been
             made
             ,
             is
             immediatly
             from
             the
             Equity
             of
             Justice
             so
             repaired
             as
             above
             .
             For
             
               Positive
            
             good
             things
             ,
             in
             Grace
             and
             Glory
             by
             Satisfaction
             alone
             ,
             they
             are
             not
             at
             all
             respected
             .
          
           
             2
             ,
             There
             is
             the
             
               Merit
            
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             that
             
             Principally
             intendeth
             the
             Glory
             of
             God
             in
             our
             enjoying
             those
             good
             things
             whereof
             it
             is
             the
             Merit
             or
             desert
             .
             And
             this
             is
             the
             Foundation
             of
             that
             Right
             whereof
             we
             treat
             .
             What
             Christ
             hath
             Merited
             for
             us
             ,
             it
             is
             
               just
               and
               equal
            
             we
             should
             have
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             We
             have
             Right
             unto
             it
             :
             and
             this
             before
             Beleeving
             .
             Faith
             gives
             us
             
               actual
               Possession
            
             as
             to
             some
             Part
             ,
             and
             a
             new
             
               Pactional
               right
               ,
            
             as
             to
             the
             whole
             ;
             but
             this
             Right
             ,
             or
             that
             equalling
             of
             things
             upon
             divine
             Constitution
             
               (
               Jus
               est
               operatio
               illa
               qua
               sit
               aequalitas
               :
               Pesant
               .
            
             in
             Tom.
             22.
             ae
             .
             q.
             57.
             )
             whereby
             it
             becomes
             Just
             and
             Right
             that
             we
             should
             obtain
             the
             things
             Purchased
             by
             it
             ,
             is
             from
             the
             Merit
             of
             Christ
             alone
             .
             What
             Christ
             hath
             
               Merited
            
             is
             so
             far
             
               granted
               ,
            
             as
             that
             they
             for
             whom
             it
             is
             so
             Merited
             have
             a
             Right
             unto
             it
             .
          
           
             The
             Sum
             then
             of
             what
             we
             have
             to
             prove
             ,
             is
             ,
          
           
             
               That
               the
               Merit
               of
               the
               Death
               of
               the
               Lord
               Jesus
               ,
               hath
               according
               to
               the
               Constitution
               of
               the
               Father
               ,
               so
               procured
               of
               him
               the
               good
               things
               aimed
               at
               ,
               and
               intended
               therby
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               Just
               ,
               Right
               ,
               and
               Equal
               ,
               that
               they
               for
               whom
               they
               are
               so
               procured
               ,
               should
               certainly
               and
               infallibly
               enjoy
               them
               at
               the
               appointed
               Season
               ;
               and
               therefore
               unto
               them
               they
               have
               an
               actual
               Right
               even
               before
               Beleeving
               ;
               Faith
               it self
               being
               of
               the
               number
               of
               those
               things
               so
               procured
               .
            
          
           
             All
             which
             I
             prove
             as
             followeth
             ;
          
           
             1
             ,
             The
             very
             Terms
             before
             mentioned
             ,
             enforce
             no
             less
             .
             If
             it
             be
             
               justum
            
             before
             their
             Beleeving
             ,
             that
             those
             for
             whom
             Christ
             Died
             ,
             should
             enjoy
             the
             Fruits
             of
             his
             Death
             ;
             then
             have
             they
             even
             before
             Beleeving
             ,
             
               jus
               ,
            
             or
             a
             
               right
            
             thereunto
             :
             for
             
               jus
               est
               quod
               justum
               est
               :
            
             That
             it
             is
             
               right
               and
               equal
            
             that
             they
             should
             enjoy
             those
             Fruits
             is
             manifest
             .
             For.
             
          
           
             1
             :
             It
             was
             the
             Engagement
             of
             the
             Father
             to
             the
             Son
             upon
             his
             undertaking
             to
             die
             for
             them
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             so
             do
             .
             Isa.
             53.
             10
             ,
             11
             ,
             12.
             
          
           
             2
             :
             In
             that
             Undertaking
             ,
             he
             Accomplished
             all
             that
             was
             of
             him
             required
             .
             Joh.
             17.
             4.
             
          
           
           
             2
             ;
             That
             which
             is
             Merited
             and
             Procured
             for
             any
             one
             ,
             thereunto
             he
             for
             whom
             it
             is
             procured
             ,
             certainly
             hath
             a
             Right
             .
             That
             which
             is
             obtained
             for
             me
             is
             mine
             in
             
               actual
               right
               ,
            
             though
             not
             perhaps
             in
             actual
             Possession
             .
             The
             thing
             that
             is
             obtained
             ,
             is
             granted
             by
             him
             of
             whom
             it
             is
             obtained
             ,
             and
             that
             unto
             them
             for
             whom
             it
             is
             obtained
             .
             In
             some
             sense
             or
             other
             ,
             that
             is
             a
             man's
             ,
             which
             is
             procured
             for
             him
             .
             In
             saying
             it
             is
             procured
             for
             him
             ,
             we
             say
             no
             less
             .
             If
             this
             then
             be
             not
             in
             Respect
             of
             Possession
             ,
             it
             must
             be
             in
             Respect
             of
             Right
             .
             Now
             all
             the
             Fruits
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             are
             obtained
             and
             procured
             by
             his
             Merit
             for
             them
             ,
             for
             whom
             he
             died
             .
             He
             
               OBTAINS
               for
               them
               eternal
               Redemption
               .
            
             Heb.
             9.
             12.
             
               purchasing
               them
               with
               his
               own
               Blood
               .
            
             Act.
             20.
             28.
             
             Heb.
             2.
             14.
             1
             Pet.
             1.
             18.
             
             Gal.
             1.
             4.
             Rev.
             14.
             3
             ,
             4.
             
          
           
             The
             very
             
               Nature
               of
               Merit
            
             described
             by
             the
             Apostle
             ,
             Rom.
             4.
             4.
             infers
             no
             less
             .
             Where
             Merit
             intercedes
             ,
             the
             Effect
             is
             
               reckoned
               as
               of
               debt
               :
            
             That
             which
             is
             my
             due
             debt
             ,
             I
             have
             a
             Right
             unto
             .
             The
             Fruits
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             ,
             are
             the
             Issues
             of
             Merit
             ,
             (
             bottomed
             on
             Gods
             gracious
             Acceptation
             )
             and
             reckoned
             as
             of
             debt
             .
          
           
             He
             for
             whom
             a
             
               Ransome
            
             is
             paid
             ,
             hath
             a
             Right
             unto
             his
             Liberty
             by
             vertue
             of
             that
             Payment
             .
          
           
             3
             :
             2
             Pet.
             1.
             1.
             
             The
             Saints
             are
             said
             to
             
               obtain
               precious
               Faith
               through
               the
               reghteousness
               of
               God
               .
            
             It
             is
             a
             
               righteous
               thing
            
             with
             God
             ,
             to
             give
             Faith
             to
             them
             for
             whom
             Christ
             died
             ;
             because
             thereby
             they
             have
             a
             Right
             unto
             it
             :
             Faith
             being
             amongst
             the
             most
             precious
             Fruits
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             ,
             by
             vertue
             thereof
             ,
             becometh
             their
             
               due
            
             for
             whom
             he
             died
             .
          
           
             4
             :
             The
             Condition
             of
             Persons
             under
             
               Merit
               ,
            
             and
             
               de-Merit
               ,
            
             in
             respect
             of
             Good
             or
             Evill
             is
             alike
             .
             The
             Proportion
             of
             things
             requires
             it
             .
             Now
             men
             under
             de-Merit
             are
             under
             an
             Obligation
             unto
             Punishment
             :
             and
             it
             is
             a
             
               righteous
               thing
               with
               God
               ,
               to
               recompence
               tribulation
               unto
               them
               :
            
             2
             Thess.
             1.
             6.
             
             It
             being
             
               the
               judgement
               of
               God
               that
               they
               who
               do
               such
               things
               are
               worthy
               of
               death
               :
            
             Rom.
             1.
             32.
             
             They
             then
             who
             are
             under
             
             Merit
             ,
             have
             also
             a
             Right
             unto
             that
             whereof
             it
             is
             the
             Merit
             .
             It
             is
             not
             of
             any
             force
             to
             say
             ,
             That
             they
             are
             not
             under
             that
             Merit
             ,
             but
             only
             upon
             Condition
             .
             For
             this
             is
             ,
             1
             ,
             False
             :
             2
             ,
             With
             God
             this
             is
             all
             one
             as
             if
             there
             were
             no
             Condition
             at
             the
             Season
             and
             Term
             appointed
             ;
             for
             the
             making
             out
             the
             Fruit
             of
             that
             Merit
             ,
             as
             hath
             been
             declared
             .
             Neither
             yet
             to
             Object
             ,
             That
             it
             is
             not
             their
             
               own
            
             Merit
             ,
             but
             of
             
               another
            
             which
             Respects
             them
             :
             That
             
               Other
            
             being
             their
             
               Surety
               ,
            
             doing
             that
             whereby
             he
             Merited
             only
             on
             their
             behalf
             ;
             yea
             
               in
               their
               stead
               ,
            
             they
             dying
             with
             him
             :
             though
             the
             same
             in
             them
             could
             not
             have
             been
             Meritorious
             :
             they
             being
             at
             
               best
               ,
            
             meer
             men
             ;
             and
             at
             
               worst
               ,
            
             very
             sinful
             men
             .
          
           
             5
             :
             A
             Compact
             or
             Covenant
             being
             made
             of
             giving
             Life
             and
             Salvation
             upon
             the
             
               Condition
               of
               Obedience
            
             to
             certain
             Persons
             ,
             that
             Condition
             being
             compleatly
             fulfilled
             as
             it
             was
             in
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             ,
             Claim
             being
             made
             of
             the
             Promise
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Tenure
             of
             the
             Compact
             ,
             and
             the
             Persons
             presented
             for
             the
             Enjoyment
             of
             it
             ,
             surely
             those
             Persons
             have
             an
             Actual
             Right
             unto
             it
             :
             That
             all
             this
             is
             so
             ,
             see
             
               Isa.
            
             49.
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             4
             ,
             5
             ,
             6
             ,
             &c.
             Psal.
             2.
             2.
             4
             ,
             5.
             
             Isa.
             53.
             10
             ,
             11
             ,
             12.
             
             Joh.
             17.
             3.
             
             &
             2.
             21.
             
             Heb.
             2.
             
          
           
             And
             so
             much
             for
             this
             also
             ,
             concerning
             the
             
               Issue
            
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Right
            
             of
             the
             Elect
             to
             the
             Fruits
             of
             it
             
               before
               Beleeving
               .
            
          
        
         
         
           
             CAP.
             XII
             .
          
           
             Of
             the
             way
             whereby
             they
             actually
             attain
             and
             enjoy
             Faith
             and
             Grace
             ,
             who
             have
             a
             Right
             thereunto
             by
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             .
          
           
             THE
             
               Way
               and
               Causes
            
             of
             bestowing
             Faith
             on
             them
             ,
             who
             are
             under
             the
             Condition
             before
             described
             ,
             is
             the
             next
             thing
             to
             be
             enquired
             after
             .
          
           
             What
             are
             the
             
               Thoughts
            
             of
             God
             from
             Eternity
             concerning
             those
             for
             whom
             Christ
             was
             to
             die
             ,
             with
             the
             
               State
            
             they
             are
             left
             in
             ,
             in
             relation
             to
             those
             Thoughts
             ;
             as
             also
             what
             is
             the
             Will
             of
             God
             towards
             them
             ,
             immediatly
             upon
             the
             
               Consideration
            
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             ,
             with
             the
             
               Right
            
             which
             to
             them
             accrews
             thereby
             ,
             being
             Considered
             ,
             it
             remaineth
             (
             I
             say
             )
             that
             we
             declare
             the
             
               Way
            
             and
             
               Method
            
             whereby
             they
             obtain
             
               Faith
               through
               the
               righteousness
               of
               God
               .
            
          
           
             And
             here
             we
             must
             lay
             down
             certain
             POSITIONS
             .
             As
             ;
          
           
             1
             ,
             Notwithstanding
             the
             
               Right
            
             granted
             them
             for
             whom
             Christ
             died
             ,
             upon
             his
             Death
             ,
             to
             a
             better
             State
             and
             Condition
             in
             
               due
               Time
               ,
            
             (
             that
             is
             in
             the
             Season
             ,
             suiting
             the
             Infinitly-Wise-Sovereignty
             of
             God
             )
             yet
             as
             to
             their
             
               present
            
             Condition
             in
             point
             of
             Enjoyment
             ,
             they
             are
             not
             actually
             differenced
             from
             others
             :
             Their
             Prayers
             are
             
               an
               abomination
               to
               the
               Lord
               ,
            
             Prov.
             28.
             9.
             
               all
               Things
               are
               to
               them
               unclean
               ,
            
             Tit.
             1.
             15.
             
               they
               are
               under
               the
               Power
               of
               Satan
               ,
            
             Eph.
             2.
             2.
             
               in
               bondage
               unto
               death
               ,
            
             Heb.
             2.
             14.
             
             Obnoxious
             to
             the
             Curse
             ,
             and
             Condemning
             power
             of
             the
             Law
             in
             the
             Conscience
             ,
             Gal.
             3.
             13.
             having
             
               sin
               reigning
               in
               them
               ,
            
             Rom.
             6.
             17.
             &c.
             
          
           
           
             2
             ,
             What
             
               spiritual
               Blessings
            
             soever
             are
             bestowed
             on
             any
             Soul
             (
             I
             mean
             peculiarly
             distinguishing
             Mercies
             and
             Graces
             )
             they
             are
             all
             bestowed
             and
             collated
             for
             Christs
             sake
             :
             That
             is
             ,
             They
             are
             
               purchased
            
             by
             his
             Merit
             ,
             and
             
               procured
            
             by
             his
             Intercession
             thereupon
             .
          
           
             That
             
               supernatural
               Graces
            
             cannot
             be
             traduced
             from
             any
             
               natural
               Faculty
               ,
            
             or
             attained
             by
             the
             utmost
             Endeavour
             of
             Nature
             ,
             howsoever
             affected
             with
             outward
             advantages
             ,
             I
             now
             take
             for
             granted
             .
             These
             things
             I
             looked
             upon
             as
             the
             free-gifts
             of
             Love
             :
             So
             the
             Scripture
             ,
             Joh.
             15.
             5.
             2
             Cor.
             3.
             5.
             
             Eph.
             2.
             8.
             1
             Cor.
             4.
             7.
             
             Eph.
             2.
             10.
             
             Mat.
             11.
             25
             ,
             26.
             
             Act.
             16.
             14.
             &c.
             
          
           
             Now
             the
             Dispensation
             of
             all
             these
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             
               through
               Christ
               ,
            
             so
             they
             are
             
               for
               Christ
               .
            
             On
             whomsoever
             they
             are
             bestowed
             it
             is
             for
             Christs
             sake
             :
             For
             Instance
             ,
          
           
             
               Peter
            
             and
             
               Judas
            
             are
             Unbeleevers
             .
             Faith
             is
             given
             
               (
               for
               Faith
               is
               given
               )
            
             to
             
               Peter
               ,
            
             not
             to
             
               Judas
               .
            
             Whence
             is
             this
             difference
             ?
             Presupposing
             Gods
             Sovereign
             discriminating
             Purpose
             ,
             the
             immediate
             procuring
             Cause
             of
             Faith
             for
             
               Peter
               ,
            
             is
             the
             Merit
             of
             Christ
             .
             
               To
               us
               it
               is
               given
               on
               the
               behalf
               of
               Christ
               to
               beleeve
               on
               him
               :
            
             Phil.
             1.
             20.
             
             We
             are
             
               blessed
               with
               all
               spiritual
               Blessings
               in
               him
               :
            
             Eph.
             1.
             3.
             
             Whatsoever
             is
             in
             the
             Promise
             of
             the
             Covenant
             is
             certainly
             of
             his
             procurement
             ;
             for
             therefore
             he
             
               is
               the
               Surety
               ,
            
             Heb.
             7.
             22.
             
             And
             his
             Bloud
             ,
             (
             the
             Ransome
             he
             paid
             )
             is
             the
             
               Bloud
               of
               the
               Covevenant
               :
            
             Mat.
             26.
             28.
             
             Whereby
             all
             the
             
               Promises
            
             thereof
             ,
             
               become
               in
               him
               Yea
               ,
               and
               in
               him
               Amen
               ,
            
             2
             Cor.
             1.
             20.
             
             And
             whether
             Faith
             be
             of
             the
             Blessings
             of
             the
             Covenant
             ,
             and
             Conclude
             in
             the
             Promise
             thereof
             or
             no
             ;
             let
             the
             Scripture
             be
             Judge
             .
             Jer.
             31.
             31
             ,
             32.
             
             Ezek.
             36.
             26.
             
             Heb.
             8.
             9
             ,
             10
             ,
             11.
             
          
           
             Furthermore
             ,
             What
             we
             have
             
               through
               him
               ,
            
             we
             have
             so
             him
             .
             All
             these
             things
             ,
             being
             made
             out
             on
             this
             Condition
             ,
             that
             
               he
               should
               make
               his
               Soul
               an
               Offering
               for
               sin
               ,
            
             Isa.
             53.
             10
          
           
             3
             ,
             That
             all
             the
             procurements
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             in
             the
             behalf
             of
             his
             ,
             are
             to
             be
             made
             out
             by
             vertue
             of
             a
             Stipulation
             
               sub
               termino
               :
            
             or
             in
             respect
             of
             their
             actual
             collation
             
             and
             bestowing
             ,
             they
             are
             to
             be
             made
             out
             in
             the
             season
             limited
             and
             appointed
             by
             the
             Will
             of
             the
             Father
             .
             Of
             this
             before
             .
          
           
             4
             ,
             No
             Blessing
             can
             be
             given
             us
             for
             Christs
             sake
             ,
             unless
             in
             Order
             of
             Nature
             ,
             CHRIST
             be
             first
             reckoned
             unto
             us
             .
          
           
             Here
             I
             must
             do
             two
             things
             ;
          
           
             
               1
               Declare
               what
               I
               mean
               by
               
                 reckoning
                 Christ
                 unto
                 us
                 :
              
               And
               then
               ,
            
             
               2
               Prove
               the
               Assertion
               as
               laid
               down
               .
            
          
           
             Gods
             
               reckoning
               Christ
               ,
            
             in
             our
             present
             sense
             ,
             is
             the
             imputing
             of
             Christ
             unto
             ungodly
             unbeleeving
             Sinners
             for
             whom
             he
             died
             ,
             so
             far
             ,
             as
             to
             account
             him
             theirs
             ,
             to
             bestow
             Faith
             and
             Grace
             upon
             them
             for
             his
             sake
             .
          
           
             This
             then
             I
             say
             ,
             at
             the
             Accomplishment
             of
             the
             appointed
             time
             ,
             the
             Lord
             
               reckons
               and
               accounts
               and
               makes
               out
               his
            
             Son
             Christ
             ,
             to
             such
             and
             such
             Sinners
             ,
             and
             for
             his
             sake
             ,
             gives
             them
             Faith
             ,
             &c.
             
             Exercising
             of
             Love
             actually
             in
             the
             bestowing
             of
             Grace
             upon
             any
             particular
             soul
             ,
             in
             a
             distinguishing
             manner
             ,
             for
             Christs
             sake
             ,
             doth
             suppose
             this
             accounting
             of
             Christ
             to
             be
             his
             ,
             and
             from
             thence
             he
             is
             so
             indeed
             :
             which
             is
             the
             present
             
               Thesis
               ,
            
             and
             may
             be
             proved
             .
             For
             :
          
           
             1
             ;
             Why
             doth
             the
             Lord
             bestow
             Faith
             on
             
               Peter
               ,
            
             not
             on
             
               Judas
               ?
            
             Because
             Christ
             Dying
             for
             
               Peter
               ,
            
             and
             purchasing
             for
             him
             the
             Grace
             of
             the
             Covenant
             ,
             he
             had
             a
             Right
             unto
             it
             ,
             and
             God
             according
             to
             his
             Promise
             bestowed
             it
             :
             With
             
               Judas
               ,
            
             it
             was
             not
             so
             .
          
           
             But
             then
             ,
             Why
             doth
             the
             Lord
             bestow
             Faith
             on
             
               Peter
            
             at
             the
             
               40th
               yeer
            
             of
             his
             Age
             ,
             and
             not
             before
             ,
             or
             after
             ?
             Because
             then
             the
             
               Term
            
             is
             expired
             ,
             which
             upon
             the
             Purchase
             ,
             was
             by
             the
             Counsel
             of
             Gods
             Will
             prefixed
             to
             the
             giving
             in
             ,
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             thing
             Purchased
             unto
             him
             .
          
           
             What
             then
             doth
             the
             Lord
             do
             ,
             when
             he
             thus
             
               bestoweth
            
             Faith
             on
             him
             ?
             For
             Christs
             sake
             (
             his
             Death
             procuring
             the
             Gift
             ,
             not
             moving
             the
             Will
             of
             the
             Giver
             )
             he
             
               creates
               
               Faith
            
             in
             him
             ,
             by
             the
             way
             and
             means
             snited
             to
             such
             a
             work
             .
             Eph.
             1.
             18
             ,
             19.
             Chap.
             2.
             1
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             If
             then
             this
             be
             done
             for
             Christs
             sake
             ,
             then
             is
             Christ
             made
             ours
             ,
             before
             we
             beleeve
             .
             Else
             ,
             Why
             is
             Faith
             given
             him
             at
             
               this
               instant
            
             for
             Christs
             sake
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             another
             ,
             for
             whom
             also
             he
             died
             ?
             That
             it
             is
             done
             
               then
               ,
            
             is
             ,
             because
             the
             appointed
             time
             is
             come
             ;
             that
             it
             is
             
               done
               then
               for
               Christ
               ,
            
             is
             because
             Christ
             is
             first
             given
             to
             him
             .
          
           
             I
             cannot
             conceive
             how
             any
             thing
             should
             be
             made
             out
             to
             me
             for
             Christ
             ,
             and
             Christ
             himself
             not
             be
             given
             to
             me
             ;
             
               he
               being
               made
               unto
               us
               of
               God
               ,
               Righteousness
               .
            
             1
             Cor.
             1.
             30.
             
          
           
             2
             
               The
               Apostle
               holds
               out
               this
               very
               Method
               of
               the
               Dispensation
               of
               Grace
               ,
               Rom.
            
             8.
             32.
             
             He
             that
             spared
             not
             his
             Son
             ,
             but
             delivered
             him
             up
             to
             Death
             for
             us
             all
             ,
             how
             shall
             he
             not
             with
             him
             freely
             give
             us
             all
             things
             ?
          
           
             First
             Christ
             is
             
               given
               for
               us
               ,
            
             then
             
               to
               us
               ,
            
             then
             
               with
               him
            
             (
             he
             having
             the
             preheminence
             in
             all
             things
             )
             
               all
               things
               :
            
             and
             this
             being
             ,
             also
             ,
             
               for
               him
               ,
            
             (
             Phil.
             1.
             29.
             
             )
             he
             is
             certainly
             
               in
               the
               Order
               of
               Nature
            
             given
             in
             the
             first
             place
             .
             He
             being
             made
             ours
             ,
             
               we
               receive
               the
               Atonement
               by
               him
               ,
            
             Rom.
             5.
             11.
             
          
           
             How
             Christ
             is
             said
             to
             be
             
               received
            
             by
             Faith
             ,
             if
             he
             be
             
               ours
            
             before
             Beleeving
             ,
             is
             easily
             resolved
             .
             Christ
             is
             ours
             before
             and
             after
             Beleeving
             in
             a
             different
             sense
             .
             He
             who
             is
             made
             ours
             ,
             in
             an
             Act
             of
             Gods
             Love
             ,
             that
             for
             him
             we
             may
             have
             Faith
             ,
             may
             be
             
               found
            
             and
             made
             ours
             in
             a
             Promise
             of
             Reconciliation
             by
             Beleeving
             .
          
           
             I
             offer
             also
             ,
             
               Whether
               Absolution
               from
               the
               guilt
               of
               sin
               ,
               and
               obligation
               unto
               death
               ,
               though
               not
               as
               terminated
               in
               the
               Conscience
               for
               compleat
               Iustification
               ,
               do
               not
               proceed
               our
               actual
               Beleeving
               .
            
             For
             ,
             What
             is
             that
             Love
             of
             God
             which
             through
             Christ
             is
             effectual
             to
             bestow
             Faith
             upon
             the
             Unbeleeving
             ?
             And
             how
             can
             so
             great
             Love
             in
             the
             actual
             exercise
             of
             it
             producing
             the
             most
             distinguishing
             Mercies
             ,
             consist
             with
             any
             such
             
               Act
            
             of
             Gods
             Will
             ,
             as
             at
             the
             same
             
               instant
            
             should
             bind
             that
             Person
             under
             the
             Guilt
             of
             sin
             ?
          
           
           
             Perhaps
             also
             this
             may
             be
             the
             
               Iustification
               of
               the
               ungodly
            
             mentioned
             ,
             Rom.
             4.
             
             Gods
             absolving
             a
             Sinner
             in
             Heaven
             ,
             by
             
               accounting
            
             Christ
             unto
             him
             ,
             and
             then
             
               bestowing
            
             him
             ,
             upon
             him
             ,
             and
             for
             his
             sake
             enduing
             him
             with
             Faith
             to
             beleeve
             .
          
           
             That
             we
             should
             be
             
               blessed
               with
               all
               spiritual
               blessings
               in
               Christ
               ,
            
             and
             yet
             Christ
             not
             ours
             in
             a
             peculiar
             manner
             before
             the
             bestowing
             of
             those
             blessings
             on
             us
             ,
             is
             somwhat
             strange
             .
             Yea
             he
             must
             be
             
               our
               Christ
               ,
            
             before
             it
             is
             
               given
               to
               us
               for
               him
               to
               beleeve
               :
            
             Why
             else
             is
             it
             not
             given
             to
             all
             others
             so
             to
             do
             .
             I
             speak
             not
             of
             the
             
               supream
            
             distinguishing
             Cause
             ,
             Mat.
             11.
             25
             ,
             26.
             but
             of
             the
             
               proximate
            
             procuring
             Cause
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             bloud
             of
             Christ
             .
          
           
             Neither
             yet
             do
             I
             hence
             assert
             compleat
             Justification
             to
             be
             before
             beleeving
             .
          
           
             Absolution
             in
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             Justification
             differ
             as
             
               part
            
             and
             
               whole
               .
            
          
           
             Again
             ,
             Absolution
             may
             be
             considered
             ,
             either
             as
             a
             pure
             Act
             of
             the
             Will
             of
             God
             in
             it self
             ,
             or
             as
             it
             is
             
               received
               ,
               beleeved
               ,
               apprehended
               ,
            
             in
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             soul
             of
             the
             Guilty
             .
             For
             Absolution
             in
             the
             first
             sense
             ,
             it
             is
             evident
             it
             must
             proceed
             beleeving
             :
             as
             a
             discharge
             from
             the
             Effects
             of
             Anger
             ,
             naturally
             proceeds
             all
             Collation
             of
             any
             fruits
             of
             Love
             ,
             such
             as
             is
             Faith
             .
          
           
             
               Object
               .
            
             But
             if
             God
             account
             Christ
             unto
             ,
             and
             bestow
             him
             upon
             a
             Sinner
             before
             Beleeving
             ,
             and
             upon
             that
             Account
             ,
             absolve
             him
             from
             the
             Obligation
             unto
             Death
             and
             Hell
             which
             for
             sin
             he
             lies
             under
             ,
             what
             wants
             this
             of
             compleat
             Justification
             ?
          
           
             
               Answ.
            
             Much
             every
             way
             .
          
           
             
               1
               It
               wants
               that
               Act
               of
               pardoning
               Mercy
               (
               on
               the
               part
               of
               God
               )
               which
               is
               to
               be
               
                 terminated
              
               and
               
                 compleated
              
               in
               the
               Conscience
               of
               the
               Sinner
               ;
               this
               lies
               in
               the
               Promise
               .
            
             
               2
               It
               wants
               the
               Hearts
               
                 perswasion
              
               concerning
               the
               Truth
               and
               Goodness
               ,
               of
               the
               Promise
               ,
               and
               the
               Mercy
               held
               out
               in
               the
               Promise
               .
            
          
           
           
             
               3
               It
               wants
               the
               Souls
               
                 rolling
                 it self
              
               upon
               Christ
               ,
               and
               receiving
               of
               Christ
               ,
               as
               the
               Author
               and
               Finisher
               of
               that
               Mercy
               ,
               an
               Al-sufficient
               Saviour
               to
               them
               that
               beleeve
               .
            
          
           
             So
             that
             by
             
               Faith
               alone
            
             we
             obtain
             and
             receive
             the
             forgiveness
             of
             sin
             :
             for
             notwithstanding
             any
             antecedent
             Act
             of
             God
             concerning
             us
             ,
             in
             and
             for
             Christ
             ,
             we
             do
             not
             actually
             receive
             a
             compleat
             
               Soul-freeing
            
             discharge
             until
             we
             beleeve
             .
          
           
             And
             thus
             the
             Lord
             Christ
             hath
             the
             
               preheminence
               in
               all
               things
               .
            
             He
             is
             the
             
               Author
               and
               finisher
               of
               our
               Faith
               .
            
          
           
             This
             then
             is
             that
             which
             here
             we
             assign
             unto
             the
             Lord
             .
             Upon
             the
             Accomplishment
             of
             the
             appointed
             Season
             ,
             for
             the
             making
             out
             the
             fruits
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             unto
             them
             for
             whom
             he
             died
             ,
             he
             
               loves
               them
               freely
               ,
            
             sayes
             to
             them
             ,
             
               Live
               ,
               gives
               them
               his
               Son
               ,
               with
               ,
               and
               for
               him
               ,
               all
               things
               ,
            
             bringing
             forth
             the
             choicest
             Issue
             of
             his
             being
             reconciled
             in
             the
             bloud
             of
             Jesus
             ,
             whilest
             we
             are
             
               Enemies
               ,
               and
               totally
               alimated
               from
               him
               .
            
          
           
             It
             will
             not
             be
             requisite
             at
             all
             ,
             (
             as
             to
             our
             purpose
             in
             hand
             )
             to
             make
             particular
             enquiry
             into
             the
             
               State
               and
               Condition
            
             of
             them
             towards
             whom
             such
             are
             the
             Actings
             of
             God
             as
             we
             before
             described
             .
             What
             it
             is
             that
             gives
             them
             the
             first
             real
             alteration
             of
             
               Condition
            
             and
             distinguishment
             from
             others
             ,
             I
             have
             now
             no
             occasion
             to
             handle
             .
          
           
             So
             far
             as
             Advantage
             hath
             been
             offered
             ,
             I
             have
             laboured
             to
             
               distinguish
               aright
            
             those
             things
             ,
             whose
             Confusion
             and
             mis-apprehension
             lies
             at
             the
             bottome
             of
             very
             many
             dangerous
             Mistakes
             :
             How
             the
             forgoing
             Discourse
             may
             be
             accommodated
             and
             improved
             for
             the
             Removeal
             of
             those
             Mistakes
             ,
             I
             shall
             leave
             to
             the
             Consideration
             of
             others
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             CAP.
             XIII
             .
          
           
             The
             Removal
             of
             sundry
             Objections
             to
             some
             things
             formerly
             taught
             ,
             about
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             :
             Vpon
             the
             Principles
             now
             delivered
             .
          
           
             HAving
             fully
             declared
             not
             only
             what
             was
             my
             
               Intendment
            
             in
             the
             Expressions
             so
             exceedingly
             mistaken
             by
             Mr
             
               Baxter
               ,
            
             as
             hath
             in
             part
             already
             been
             made
             manifest
             ,
             and
             will
             instantly
             more
             fully
             appear
             ;
             I
             shall
             now
             take
             a
             view
             of
             what
             is
             
               Imposed
            
             on
             me
             as
             my
             Judgement
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Opposition
            
             made
             thereunto
             ,
             so
             far
             as
             may
             be
             needful
             for
             the
             cleering
             of
             the
             
               One
               ,
            
             and
             removing
             of
             the
             
               Other
               ,
            
             at
             least
             in
             what
             they
             may
             really
             concern
             what
             I
             did
             deliver
             in
             the
             Treatise
             impugned
             .
          
           
             In
             Page
             146
             of
             his
             Apendix
             Mr
             
               Baxter
            
             endeavours
             to
             vindicate
             a
             
               Thesis
            
             of
             his
             from
             some
             Exceptions
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             by
             his
             friend
             pointed
             to
             ,
             unto
             which
             it
             seemed
             liable
             and
             Obnoxious
             .
          
           
             
               The
            
             Thesis
             
               he
               layes
               down
               ,
               is
               ,
            
             That
             no
             man
             is
             actually
             and
             absolutly
             Justified
             upon
             the
             meer
             payment
             of
             the
             debt
             by
             Christ
             ,
             till
             they
             become
             beleevers
             .
          
           
             Against
             this
             
               Article
            
             (
             as
             he
             calls
             it
             )
             he
             produceth
             some
             Objections
             of
             
               Maccovius
               ,
            
             censuring
             his
             Assertions
             to
             be
             
               senseless
               ,
            
             his
             Positions
             
               strange
            
             and
             
               abhored
               ,
            
             his
             Arguments
             
               weak
            
             and
             
               ineffectual
               ;
            
             with
             some
             other
             Expressions
             to
             the
             same
             purpose
             .
          
           
             1
             ,
             I
             am
             now
             by
             the
             Providence
             of
             God
             in
             a
             Condition
             of
             Separation
             from
             my
             own
             small
             Library
             ,
             neither
             can
             I
             here
             attain
             the
             sight
             of
             
               Maccovius
            
             Disputations
             ;
             so
             that
             I
             shall
             not
             at
             all
             interpose
             my self
             in
             this
             Contest
             ;
             only
             I
             
             must
             needs
             say
             .
             1
             I
             did
             not
             formerly
             account
             
               Maccovius
            
             to
             be
             so
             
               senseless
               and
               weak
               a
               Disputant
            
             as
             here
             he
             is
             represented
             to
             be
             .
          
           
             2
             ,
             That
             for
             Mr
             
               Baxters
            
             Answer
             to
             that
             Argument
             (
             where
             the
             Debt
             is
             paid
             ,
             there
             Discharge
             must
             follow
             ;
             by
             Asserting
             the
             
               Payment
               made
               by
               Christ
               to
               be
               refusable
               ,
               and
               the
               Interest
               of
               sinners
               in
               that
               Payment
               to
               be
               purely
               upon
               the
               performance
               of
               a
               Condition
               .
            
             I
             have
             fully
             before
             in
             both
             parts
             of
             it
             Demonstrated
             to
             be
             weak
             ,
             and
             inconsistent
             with
             it self
             ,
             and
             Truth
             .
             That
             the
             Interesting
             of
             Sinners
             in
             the
             Payment
             made
             by
             Christ
             ,
             at
             such
             and
             such
             a
             Season
             ,
             is
             from
             the
             Sovereignty
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             his
             free
             Engagement
             
               sub
               Termino
            
             for
             this
             End
             ;
             hath
             been
             also
             fully
             manifested
             .
          
           
             But
             Secondly
             ,
             Mr
             
               Baxter
            
             Affirms
             ,
             That
             to
             these
             Arguments
             of
             
               Maccovius
               ,
            
             Mr
             
               Owen
            
             addes
             some
             in
             the
             place
             against
             
               Grotius
            
             whereunto
             he
             was
             referred
             .
          
           
             
               To
               what
               End
               ,
               you
               will
               say
               ,
               doth
               Mr
            
             Owen
             
               adde
               these
               Arguments
               ?
               Why
            
             to
             prove
             that
             men
             are
             actually
             ,
             and
             absolutly
             ,
             Justified
             upon
             the
             meer
             Payment
             of
             the
             Debt
             by
             Christ
             before
             beleeving
             .
          
           
             But
             ,
             
               Fidem
               tuam
               !
            
             Is
             there
             any
             one
             Argument
             in
             my
             whole
             Book
             used
             to
             any
             such
             purpose
             ?
             Do
             I
             labour
             to
             prove
             that
             which
             I
             never
             Affirmed
             ?
             never
             thought
             ?
             never
             beleeved
             ?
          
           
             In
             what
             Sense
             I
             Affirmed
             that
             by
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             ,
             we
             are
             actually
             ,
             and
             
               ipso
               facto
               ,
            
             delivered
             from
             Death
             (
             that
             is
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             we
             have
             in
             due
             time
             ,
             the
             time
             appointed
             ,
             free
             and
             full
             Deliverance
             thereby
             ,
             without
             the
             Intervention
             of
             any
             Condition
             on
             our
             part
             ,
             not
             absolutly
             procured
             for
             us
             by
             his
             Death
             )
             I
             have
             before
             declared
             .
             How
             much
             this
             comes
             short
             of
             
               actual
               and
               absolute
               Justification
               ,
            
             I
             need
             not
             now
             mention
             :
             I
             shall
             therefore
             only
             so
             far
             Consider
             the
             Answers
             given
             by
             Mr
             
               Baxter
               ;
            
             as
             they
             may
             seem
             to
             impair
             or
             entrench
             upon
             the
             main
             Truth
             I
             Assert
             ,
             and
             that
             in
             the
             Order
             by
             him
             laid
             down
             .
          
           
             These
             
               (
               saith
               he
               )
            
             Mr
             Owen
             layeth
             down
             .
          
           
           
             1
             By
             Death
             he
             delivereth
             us
             from
             Death
             .
          
           
             
               Answ.
            
             Not
             immediatly
             ,
             nor
             absolutly
             ,
             nor
             by
             his
             Death
             alone
             ,
             but
             by
             that
             as
             a
             Price
             ,
             supposing
             other
             Causes
             on
             his
             part
             ,
             and
             Conditions
             on
             ours
             ,
             to
             concur
             before
             the
             actual
             Deliverance
             .
          
           
             
               Reply
               .
            
             1
             To
             what
             
               End
            
             I
             mention
             that
             place
             of
             the
             Apostle
             was
             before
             declared
             :
             2
             By
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             we
             are
             
               immediatly
            
             delivered
             from
             Death
             with
             that
             
               Immediation
            
             which
             is
             proper
             to
             the
             Efficiency
             of
             
               Causes
               ,
            
             which
             produce
             their
             
               Effects
            
             by
             the
             way
             of
             Moral
             procurement
             :
             that
             is
             certainly
             ,
             without
             the
             Intervention
             of
             any
             other
             Cause
             of
             the
             like
             kind
             :
             And
             ,
             3
             
               Absolutly
               ,
            
             no
             Condition
             being
             interposed
             between
             the
             Cause
             and
             the
             Effect
             ,
             Christs
             Death
             ,
             and
             our
             total
             Deliverance
             ,
             but
             
               such
               as
               is
               part
               of
               our
               Deliverance
               ,
            
             and
             solely
             procured
             by
             that
             Death
             :
             Though
             that
             Death
             of
             Christ
             be
             not
             considered
             as
             alone
             ,
             that
             is
             separated
             from
             his
             Obedience
             ,
             Resurrection
             ,
             and
             Intercession
             ,
             when
             the
             Work
             of
             Redemption
             is
             assigned
             to
             it
             in
             the
             Scripture
             .
          
           
             4
             By
             the
             
               Death
               of
               Christ
               as
               a
               Price
               :
            
             I
             suppose
             you
             understand
             his
             
               Purchase
               ,
            
             as
             well
             as
             his
             
               Payment
               ;
            
             his
             
               Merit
               ,
            
             as
             well
             as
             his
             
               Satisfaction
               ;
            
             or
             else
             this
             is
             a
             false
             Notion
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             CHRIST
             ,
             as
             the
             Cause
             of
             our
             Deliverance
             .
          
           
             5
             All
             
               other
               Causes
            
             concurring
             on
             the
             Part
             of
             Christ
             for
             our
             Deliverance
             ,
             are
             1
             Either
             not
             of
             the
             same
             kind
             with
             his
             Death
             ;
             Or
             ,
             2
             Bottomed
             on
             his
             Death
             ,
             and
             flowing
             from
             thence
             ;
             so
             that
             summarily
             all
             may
             be
             resolved
             therinto
             .
          
           
             6
             The
             Conditions
             on
             our
             Part
             ,
             in
             the
             Sense
             intended
             ,
             are
             often
             
               mentioned
               ,
            
             never
             
               proved
               ;
            
             nor
             I
             am
             perswaded
             will
             never
             be
             .
             But
             he
             Addes
             :
          
           
             2
             He
             saith
             the
             Elect
             are
             said
             to
             die
             ,
             and
             rise
             with
             Christ
             .
          
           
             
               Answ.
            
             1
             Not
             in
             respect
             of
             time
             ,
             as
             if
             we
             died
             and
             rose
             at
             the
             same
             time
             ,
             either
             really
             ,
             or
             in
             Gods
             esteem
             .
             2
             Not
             that
             we
             died
             in
             his
             Dying
             ,
             and
             rose
             in
             his
             Rising
             .
             
             But
             ,
             3
             It
             is
             spoken
             of
             the
             distant
             mediate
             Effects
             of
             his
             Death
             ,
             and
             the
             immediate
             Effects
             of
             his
             Spirit
             on
             us
             ,
             Rising
             by
             Regeneration
             to
             Union
             and
             Communion
             with
             Christ
             .
             
               So
               he
               .
            
          
           
             Reply
             .
             1
             
               I
               pass
               the
               1
               ,
               and
               2
               ,
               Exceptions
               ,
               notwithstanding
               ,
               that
            
             of
             Gods
             not
             esteeming
             of
             us
             as
             in
             Christ
             upon
             his
             Performance
             of
             the
             Acts
             of
             his
             Mediation
             for
             us
             ,
             
               might
               admit
               of
               some
               consideration
               .
            
          
           
             2
             The
             Inference
             here
             couched
             ,
             That
             these
             things
             are
             the
             
               immediate
               Effects
               of
               Christs
               Spirit
               on
               us
               ,
            
             therefore
             the
             
               distant
               and
               mediate
               Effects
               of
               his
               death
            
             for
             us
             ,
             is
             very
             weak
             and
             unconcluding
             .
             The
             death
             of
             Christ
             procureth
             these
             things
             as
             a
             Cause
             
               Moral
            
             and
             Impelling
             :
             the
             Spirit
             worketh
             as
             an
             
               Efficient
               ,
            
             and
             therefore
             the
             same
             thing
             may
             be
             the
             immediate
             Effect
             of
             them
             both
             ,
             according
             to
             their
             several
             kinds
             of
             Efficacy
             .
             And
             so
             indeed
             they
             are
             .
             Our
             actual
             Conversion
             ,
             the
             Efficient
             whereof
             is
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             is
             the
             immediate
             procurement
             of
             the
             Merit
             of
             Christ
             :
             see
             this
             at
             large
             in
             my
             Treatise
             opposed
             .
             I
             know
             not
             any
             man
             that
             hath
             run
             out
             into
             more
             wide
             mistakes
             about
             the
             
               immediate
               Effects
               of
               the
               death
               of
               Christ
               ,
            
             than
             Mr
             
               Baxter
               ,
            
             who
             pretends
             to
             so
             much
             Accurateness
             in
             this
             Particular
             .
          
           
             3
             He
             saith
             (
             ads
             Mr
             
               Baxter
               )
            
             Christ
             hath
             redeemed
             us
             from
             the
             Curse
             ,
             being
             made
             a
             Curse
             for
             us
             .
          
           
             
               Answ.
            
             I
             explained
             before
             how
             far
             we
             are
             freed
             by
             Redemption
             :
             He
             hath
             restored
             us
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             paid
             the
             price
             ,
             but
             with
             no
             intent
             that
             we
             should
             by
             that
             Redemption
             ,
             be
             immediately
             or
             absolutely
             freed
             .
          
           
             Yet
             when
             we
             are
             freed
             ,
             it
             is
             to
             be
             ascribed
             to
             his
             death
             as
             the
             Meritorious
             Cause
             ,
             but
             not
             as
             the
             Only
             Cause
             .
          
           
             
               Reply
               .
            
             1
             A
             being
             freed
             
               so
               FAR
               ,
            
             or
             
               so
               far
               ,
            
             by
             Redemption
             ,
             and
             not
             wholly
             ,
             fully
             ,
             or
             compleatly
             ,
             what
             ever
             men
             may
             
               explain
               ,
            
             the
             Scripture
             is
             wholly
             silent
             of
             .
          
           
             2
             That
             Christ
             in
             paying
             a
             price
             ,
             
               had
               no
               intent
               that
               those
               he
               paid
               it
               for
               ,
               should
               be
               immediatly
               or
               absolutely
               freed
               ,
            
             is
             crudely
             enough
             asserted
             .
             1
             Of
             the
             immediateness
             of
             their
             Delivery
             ,
             
             I
             have
             spoken
             already
             .
             It
             hath
             as
             strict
             an
             Immediation
             as
             the
             Nature
             of
             such
             Causes
             and
             Effects
             will
             bear
             .
             2
             If
             he
             intended
             not
             that
             those
             for
             whom
             he
             died
             should
             be
             
               absolutly
               freed
               ,
            
             then
             either
             he
             intended
             not
             their
             freedom
             at
             all
             ,
             and
             so
             the
             Negation
             is
             upon
             the
             term
             freed
             :
             or
             the
             Negation
             of
             his
             Intention
             is
             only
             as
             to
             the
             qualification
             ,
             
               absolutly
               ,
            
             and
             so
             his
             Intention
             to
             free
             them
             is
             Asserted
             ,
             and
             the
             Affection
             of
             
               absolutness
            
             in
             that
             Intention
             ,
             only
             denyed
             .
          
           
             If
             the
             First
             be
             meant
             ;
             1
             It
             is
             contrary
             to
             innumerable
             express
             Testimonies
             of
             Scriptures
             .
             2
             It
             renders
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             ,
             
               dying
               with
               no
               determinate
               End
               ,
            
             or
             designed
             Purpose
             at
             all
             ,
             in
             Reference
             to
             them
             for
             whom
             he
             dyed
             :
             A
             thing
             we
             would
             not
             ascribe
             to
             a
             Wise
             man
             ,
             in
             a
             far
             more
             easie
             Undertaking
             .
          
           
             If
             the
             Second
             :
             1
             I
             desire
             to
             know
             ,
             What
             is
             this
             Intention
             here
             assigned
             to
             our
             Saviour
             ?
             
               He
               payd
               a
               Price
               ,
               or
               Ransom
               for
               us
               ,
               he
               bought
               and
               purchased
               us
               by
               his
               blood
               ,
               to
               be
               a
               peculiar
               People
               to
               himself
               ;
               he
               redeemed
               us
               from
               the
               Curse
               and
               Wrath
               due
               to
               us
               ,
               that
               we
               may
               be
               conditionally
               freed
               .
            
             All
             things
             intended
             under
             Condition
             ,
             are
             as
             to
             their
             Accomplishment
             
               uncertain
               .
            
             The
             Condition
             may
             be
             fulfilled
             ,
             or
             it
             may
             not
             be
             fulfilled
             ;
             and
             therefore
             the
             thing
             intended
             thereon
             ,
             can
             have
             no
             certainty
             as
             to
             its
             
               Accomplishment
               ,
            
             in
             the
             mind
             of
             the
             Intender
             .
             This
             then
             is
             
               That
            
             which
             is
             ascribed
             to
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             :
             
               Making
               his
               Soul
               an
               Offering
               for
               sin
               ,
               laying
               down
               his
               Life
               a
               ransom
               for
               Mercy
               ,
               and
               tasting
               Death
               ,
               to
               free
               the
               Children
               given
               him
               from
               Death
               ,
               praying
               together
               that
               those
               for
               whom
               he
               died
               ,
               might
               be
               partakers
               of
               his
               Glory
               ;
            
             yet
             was
             altogether
             
               uncertain
            
             whether
             ever
             any
             one
             of
             them
             ,
             should
             at
             all
             partake
             of
             the
             Good
             things
             ,
             which
             in
             his
             whole
             undertaking
             of
             Mediation
             ,
             he
             aimed
             at
             .
             Thus
             is
             he
             made
             a
             
               Surety
            
             of
             an
             
               uncertain
            
             Covenant
             ,
             a
             
               Purchaser
            
             of
             an
             Inheritance
             perhaps
             never
             to
             be
             
               enjoyed
               ,
            
             a
             
               Priest
            
             Sanctifying
             none
             by
             his
             Sacrifice
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             2
             Is
             the
             Accomplishment
             of
             this
             Condition
             ,
             upon
             
             which
             freedom
             depends
             in
             the
             Intention
             of
             Christ
             ,
             
               certain
            
             in
             his
             mind
             ,
             under
             that
             Intention
             ?
             I
             ask
             then
             ,
             Whence
             that
             
               Assurance
            
             doth
             accrew
             ?
             Is
             it
             from
             his
             
               foresight
            
             of
             their
             good
             using
             their
             Abilities
             to
             fulfil
             the
             Condition
             to
             them
             prescribed
             ?
             See
             then
             ,
             whither
             you
             have
             rolled
             this
             stone
             !
             The
             Folly
             ,
             and
             Absurdity
             of
             this
             ,
             hath
             been
             long
             since
             sufficiently
             discovered
             .
          
           
             But
             is
             it
             from
             hence
             ,
             because
             by
             his
             Death
             ,
             he
             
               Purchaseth
            
             for
             them
             ,
             the
             compleating
             of
             that
             Condition
             in
             them
             ?
             Thus
             ,
             he
             payes
             a
             
               Price
            
             with
             Intention
             that
             those
             for
             whom
             he
             payes
             it
             ,
             shall
             be
             freed
             ,
             by
             enjoying
             that
             freedom
             under
             such
             a
             
               Condition
            
             as
             he
             procures
             for
             them
             ;
             and
             thereupon
             knows
             ,
             That
             at
             the
             appointed
             time
             ,
             it
             shall
             be
             wrought
             in
             them
             .
             What
             differs
             this
             in
             the
             Close
             from
             absolute
             freedom
             ?
          
           
             Further
             :
             Feign
             some
             of
             them
             for
             whom
             Christ
             died
             
               to
               fulfil
            
             this
             Condition
             ,
             others
             
               not
               ;
            
             and
             it
             will
             be
             more
             evident
             ,
             That
             the
             greatest
             
               uncertainty
            
             possible
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             Issues
             of
             his
             Death
             ,
             must
             be
             assigned
             to
             him
             in
             his
             dying
             .
             The
             pretence
             of
             an
             effectual
             discriminating
             purpose
             of
             free
             Grace
             ,
             
               following
            
             the
             Purpose
             of
             giving
             Christ
             ,
             promisuously
             for
             all
             ,
             will
             not
             salve
             the
             Contradictions
             of
             this
             Assertion
             .
          
           
             But
             the
             Truth
             is
             ,
             This
             whole
             
               figment
            
             of
             Conditional
             freedom
             ,
             is
             every
             way
             unsavoury
             :
             That
             very
             thing
             which
             is
             assigned
             for
             the
             
               Condition
            
             of
             our
             freedom
             ,
             being
             it self
             the
             chiefest
             
               part
            
             of
             it
             :
             the
             whole
             indeed
             as
             here
             begun
             :
             
               Potential
               ,
               Conditional
               ,
            
             not
             actual
             ,
             not
             absolute
             Issues
             and
             Effects
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             ,
             have
             been
             abundantly
             disproved
             already
             .
          
           
             That
             which
             follows
             in
             Mr
             
               Baxter
            
             from
             
               Page
            
             152
             ,
             unto
             
               page
               155.
               Chap.
            
             19.
             belongs
             not
             to
             me
             :
             being
             only
             a
             Declaration
             of
             his
             
               own
            
             Judgement
             about
             the
             things
             in
             hand
             :
             wherein
             ,
             although
             many
             things
             are
             not
             only
             
               incommodiously
            
             expressed
             ,
             to
             suit
             the
             
               un-Scriptural
            
             Method
             of
             these
             Mysteris
             which
             he
             hath
             framed
             in
             his
             mind
             ,
             but
             also
             directly
             
             
               opposite
            
             to
             the
             Truth
             ;
             yet
             I
             shall
             not
             here
             meddle
             with
             it
             ,
             refering
             them
             who
             desire
             Satisfaction
             in
             this
             Business
             ,
             to
             a
             serious
             Consideration
             of
             what
             I
             have
             above-written
             to
             this
             purpose
             .
          
           
             
               Page
               155.
               
               C.
            
             20.
             he
             returns
             to
             the
             Consideration
             of
             
               My
            
             Assertion
             concerning
             our
             Deliverance
             
               ipso
               facto
               ,
            
             by
             the
             bloud
             of
             Christ
             :
             And
             tells
             you
             ,
          
           
             
               I
               do
               not
               understand
               Mr
               
                 Owen
              
               his
               meaning
               :
               for
               he
               saith
               ,
               That
               Christ
               did
               actually
               ,
               and
               
                 ipso
                 facto
                 ,
              
               deliver
               us
               from
               the
               Curse
               and
               Obligation
               ;
               yet
               we
               do
               not
               instantly
               apprehend
               and
               perceive
               it
               ,
               nor
               yet
               possess
               it
               :
               but
               only
               we
               have
               actual
               Right
               to
               all
               the
               Fruits
               of
               his
               Death
               .
            
             &c.
             
               So
               he
               .
            
          
           
             
               Answ.
            
             The
             things
             of
             that
             Treatise
             were
             written
             with
             the
             
               Pen
               of
               a
               vulgar
               Scribe
               ,
            
             that
             every
             one
             might
             run
             and
             read
             :
             whence
             then
             it
             should
             be
             ,
             That
             so
             
               learned
               a
               man
            
             should
             not
             understand
             my
             meaning
             ,
             unless
             from
             his
             own
             
               prejudice
               ,
            
             I
             know
             not
             :
             However
             ,
             I
             have
             now
             so
             fully
             delivered
             my
             Sense
             and
             
               Meaning
            
             as
             to
             these
             things
             ,
             That
             I
             hope
             no
             place
             remaineth
             for
             Discreptation
             thereabout
             .
             But
             let
             us
             look
             a
             little
             into
             Mr
             
               Baxters
            
             Enquiry
             after
             that
             ,
             which
             he
             professeth
             not
             well
             to
             understand
             :
          
           
             1
             
               (
               Saith
               he
               )
            
             
               Whether
               a
               man
               may
               fitly
               be
               said
               actually
               and
               
                 ipso
                 facto
              
               to
               be
               delivered
               and
               discharged
               ,
               who
               is
               not
               at
               all
               delivered
               ,
               but
               only
               hath
               a
               Right
               to
               deliverance
               :
               I
               doubt
               .
            
          
           
             
               Answ.
            
             To
             
               unriddle
            
             this
             ,
             with
             most
             of
             the
             following
             Exceptions
             ,
             and
             to
             Resolve
             his
             Doubt
             so
             far
             as
             I
             am
             concerned
             ,
             as
             having
             administred
             
               occasion
            
             thereunto
             ,
             I
             shall
             transcribe
             the
             place
             from
             whence
             these
             Difficulties
             are
             pretended
             to
             arise
             .
          
           
             The
             Passage
             is
             in
             Lib.
             3.
             Cap.
             7.
             of
             that
             Treatise
             ,
             Page
             140
             ,
             141.
             as
             followeth
             :
          
           
             
               That
               actual
               freedom
               from
               the
               Obligation
               doth
               not
               follow
               the
               Satisfaction
               made
               by
               Christ
               ,
               cannot
               be
               granted
               .
               For
               by
               his
               Death
               ,
               he
               did
               deliver
               us
               from
               Death
               :
               
               and
               that
               actually
               so
               far
               ,
               as
               that
               the
               Elect
               are
               said
               to
               Die
               and
               Rise
               with
               him
               :
               he
               did
               actually
               or
               
                 ipso
                 facto
              
               deliver
               us
               from
               the
               Curse
               ,
               by
               being
               made
               a
               Curse
               for
               us
               .
               The
               hand-writing
               that
               was
               against
               us
               ,
               even
               the
               whole
               Obligation
               was
               taken
               out
               of
               the
               way
               ,
               and
               nailed
               to
               his
               Cross
               .
               It
               is
               true
               ,
               all
               for
               whom
               he
               did
               this
               do
               not
               instantly
               actually
               apprehend
               and
               perceive
               it
               :
               which
               is
               impossible
               .
               But
               yet
               that
               hinders
               not
               ;
               but
               that
               they
               have
               all
               the
               Fruits
               of
               his
               Death
               in
               actual
               Right
               ,
               though
               not
               in
               actual
               Possession
               :
               which
               last
               they
               cannot
               have
               until
               at
               least
               it
               be
               made
               known
               to
               them
               .
               As
               if
               a
               man
               pay
               a
               Ransom
               for
               a
               Prisoner
               detained
               in
               a
               forreign
               Country
               ;
               the
               very
               day
               of
               the
               Payment
               and
               Acceptation
               of
               it
               ,
               the
               Prisoner
               hath
               Right
               to
               his
               Liberty
               ,
               though
               he
               cannot
               enjoy
               it
               ,
               until
               such
               time
               as
               Tydings
               of
               it
               is
               brought
               unto
               him
               ,
               and
               a
               Warrant
               produced
               for
               his
               Liberty
               .
               So
               that
               ,
               that
               Reason
               is
               nothing
               but
               a
               begging
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               .
               
                 2dly
                 ,
              
               The
               Satisfaction
               of
               Christ
               by
               the
               Payment
               of
               the
               same
               thing
               that
               was
               in
               the
               Obligation
               ,
               is
               no
               way
               prejudicial
               to
               that
               free
               Gracious
               Condonation
               of
               Sin
               so
               often
               mentioned
               .
               Gods
               Gracious
               Condonation
               of
               Sin
               ,
               comprizeth
               the
               whole
               dispensation
               of
               Grace
               towards
               us
               in
               Christ
               :
               whereof
               there
               are
               Two
               Parts
               :
               1
               The
               laying
               of
               our
               Sin
               on
               Christ
               ;
               or
               making
               him
               to
               be
               Sin
               for
               us
               ,
               which
               was
               meerly
               and
               purely
               an
               act
               of
               free
               Grace
               .
               2
               The
               Gracious
               imputation
               of
               the
               Righteousness
               of
               Christ
               to
               us
               :
               or
               making
               us
               the
               Righteousness
               of
               God
               in
               him
               ;
               which
               is
               no
               less
               of
               Grace
               and
               Mercy
               :
               However
               that
               Remission
               ,
               Grace
               ,
               and
               Pardon
               which
               is
               in
               God
               for
               Sinners
               ,
               is
               not
               opposed
               to
               Christs
               Merits
               ,
               but
               ours
               .
               He
               pardoneth
               all
               to
               us
               ,
               but
               he
               spareth
               not
               his
               only
               Son
               :
               The
               freedom
               then
               of
               Pardon
               hath
               not
               its
               Foundation
               in
               any
               defect
               of
               the
               Merit
               or
               Satisfaction
               of
               Christ
               ,
               but
               in
               Three
               other
               things
               :
               1
               The
               Will
               of
               God
               freely
               appointing
               this
               Satisfaction
               of
               Christ
               :
               Joh.
               3.
               10.
               
               Rom.
               5.
               8.
               2
               
               In
               a
               Gracious
               Acceptation
               of
               that
               decreed
               Satisfaction
               in
               our
               steads
               ,
               so
               many
               ,
               no
               more
               .
               
               3
               In
               a
               free
               Application
               of
               the
               Death
               of
               Christ
               unto
               us
               :
               Remission
               then
               excludes
               not
               a
               full
               Satisfaction
               by
               the
               solution
               of
               the
               very
               thing
               in
               the
               Obligation
               ,
               but
               only
               the
               solution
               or
               Satisfaction
               of
               him
               to
               whom
               Remission
               is
               granted
               ,
            
             &c.
             
          
           
             All
             that
             is
             here
             Affirmed
             ,
             may
             be
             Reduced
             to
             these
             Heads
             :
          
           
             1
             
               Actual
               freedom
            
             from
             the
             Obligation
             is
             the
             immediate
             Fruit
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             :
             understand
             such
             an
             
               Immediation
               ,
            
             as
             I
             have
             often
             described
             .
          
           
             2
             Hence
             ,
             Christ
             is
             said
             actually
             or
             
               ipso
               facto
            
             to
             deliver
             us
             ,
             because
             our
             Deliverance
             which
             is
             to
             be
             accomplished
             
               sub
               Termino
               ,
            
             is
             the
             infallible
             ,
             absolute
             ,
             immediate
             Issue
             and
             Product
             of
             what
             he
             did
             for
             us
             .
             
               Actual
            
             and
             
               ipso
               facto
               ,
            
             are
             opposed
             to
             the
             Intervention
             of
             any
             such
             thing
             ,
             as
             should
             make
             our
             Deliverance
             to
             be
             only
             
               Potential
               ,
            
             or
             
               Conditional
               .
            
          
           
             3
             Those
             for
             whom
             Christ
             doth
             work
             this
             Deliverance
             ,
             are
             not
             as
             to
             a
             
               simulty
            
             of
             time
             actually
             delivered
             :
             They
             neither
             enjoy
             ,
             nor
             are
             acquainted
             with
             any
             such
             Deliverance
             until
             the
             appointed
             time
             be
             come
             ,
             but
             have
             
               actual
               right
            
             thereunto
             ,
             to
             possess
             it
             in
             
               due
            
             Season
             .
          
           
             This
             being
             the
             sum
             and
             plain
             Intendment
             of
             that
             place
             ,
             I
             suppose
             there
             will
             not
             need
             any
             
               operous
            
             Endeavour
             to
             remove
             the
             Objections
             that
             are
             laid
             against
             it
             :
             And
             therefore
             to
             that
             before
             expressed
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             Christ
             hath
             
               actually
            
             and
             
               ipso
               facto
            
             procured
             our
             Deliverance
             :
             Hence
             we
             have
             
               actual
               right
            
             unto
             it
             ,
             but
             not
             actual
             
               possession
            
             of
             it
             :
             And
             where
             the
             difficulty
             of
             this
             should
             rest
             ,
             I
             know
             not
             .
             Men
             may
             as
             oft
             as
             they
             please
             create
             Contradictions
             in
             their
             own
             minds
             ,
             and
             entangle
             themselves
             with
             Doubts
             in
             the
             Knots
             which
             themselves
             have
             tyed
             .
             But
             ,
          
           
             2
             
               (
               Saith
               he
               )
            
             
               Knowledge
               and
               Possession
               of
               a
               Deliverance
               are
               far
               different
               things
               .
            
          
           
             
               Answ.
            
             1
             He
             maketh
             them
             so
             ,
             who
             plainly
             intimates
             ,
             That
             the
             Reason
             why
             it
             is
             not
             apprehended
             ,
             is
             ,
             Because
             it
             is
             not
             possessed
             :
             and
             alwayes
             speaks
             
               disjunctively
            
             of
             them
             .
          
           
           
             2
             Besides
             ,
             This
             Proposition
             of
             the
             distance
             of
             these
             Two
             ,
             is
             not
             universally
             true
             ,
             as
             I
             could
             easily
             demonstrate
             .
          
           
             3
             
               Our
               Knowledge
               therefore
               
                 (
                 he
                 ads
                 )
              
               doth
               not
               give
               us
               Possession
               :
               so
               that
               the
               Similitude
               sails
               :
               for
               it
               is
               the
               Creditors
               Knowledge
               and
               Satisfaction
               that
               is
               requisite
               to
               Deliverance
               :
               and
               our
               Creditor
               was
               not
               in
               a
               far
               and
               strange
               Country
               ,
               but
               knew
               immediatly
               ,
               and
               could
               either
               have
               made
               us
               quickly
               know
               ,
               or
               turned
               us
               free
               before
               we
               had
               known
               the
               Cause
               .
            
          
           
             
               Answ.
            
             1
             Whether
             or
             no
             ,
             or
             how
             far
             
               Knowledge
            
             gives
             us
             Possession
             ,
             I
             shall
             not
             now
             Dispute
             :
             only
             considering
             in
             what
             sense
             
               Knowledge
            
             is
             here
             used
             ;
             and
             often
             in
             the
             Scripture
             ,
             the
             Deliverance
             also
             spoken
             of
             ,
             being
             such
             ,
             as
             no
             small
             part
             thereof
             consists
             in
             this
             Knowledge
             ,
             and
             without
             it
             (
             in
             the
             seed
             at
             least
             )
             
               is
               not
               ,
            
             I
             cannot
             but
             say
             ,
             That
             such
             kind
             of
             Affirmations
             in
             things
             of
             this
             weight
             ,
             are
             very
             slender
             proofs
             :
             Yea
             further
             ,
             Whereas
             the
             
               Enjoyment
            
             of
             this
             Deliverance
             is
             either
             as
             to
             the
             
               Being
            
             of
             it
             ,
             or
             to
             the
             
               Comfort
            
             of
             it
             ;
             the
             Latter
             is
             given
             us
             by
             this
             Knowledge
             
               meerly
               ,
            
             the
             Former
             consists
             therein
             
               mainly
               ,
            
             Joh.
             17.
             3.
             
          
           
             2
             Similitudes
             are
             allowed
             their
             
               Grains
            
             to
             make
             them
             
               Current
               :
            
             But
             yet
             ,
             as
             our
             
               Creditors
            
             Knowledge
             and
             Satisfaction
             is
             required
             to
             our
             Deliverance
             ,
             so
             not
             that
             only
             ;
             but
             ours
             also
             ,
             as
             to
             our
             actual
             Enjoyment
             of
             it
             .
             It
             is
             true
             ,
             he
             
               could
               have
               made
               us
               quickly
               know
               it
               :
            
             but
             who
             hath
             been
             his
             Counsellour
             ?
             this
             is
             left
             to
             his
             
               Sovereign
            
             and
             free
             disposal
             ,
             our
             Deliverance
             being
             Purchased
             to
             be
             made
             out
             in
             the
             season
             thereby
             appointed
             .
             But
             ,
             That
             God
             
               could
               have
               made
               us
               free
               ,
               before
               we
               knew
               the
               Cause
               ,
            
             (
             supposing
             his
             Constitution
             of
             the
             way
             of
             Salvation
             revealed
             in
             the
             Bloud
             of
             Jesus
             ,
             which
             lies
             at
             the
             bottome
             of
             all
             these
             Disputes
             )
             is
             a
             most
             
               Anti-Evangelical
               Assertion
               ,
            
             and
             diametrally
             opposed
             to
             the
             whole
             way
             of
             Gods
             dealing
             with
             Sinners
             .
             But
             he
             addes
             ,
          
           
             4
             
               Neither
               can
               it
               be
               understood
               how
               God
               can
               so
               long
               deny
               us
               the
               Possession
               of
               Heaven
               ,
               if
               we
               had
               such
               
               actual
               absolute
               Right
               so
               long
               ago
               ,
               which
               seems
               to
               me
               to
               express
               a
               
                 jus
                 ad
                 rem
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 in
                 re
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Answ.
            
             1
             I
             love
             not
             to
             enquire
             into
             the
             
               Reason
            
             of
             Gods
             actings
             ,
             
             which
             are
             according
             to
             the
             
               Counsel
               of
               his
               own
               Will
               :
            
             and
             yet
             think
             it
             not
             very
             difficult
             to
             conceive
             how
             a
             Son
             is
             for
             a
             season
             kept
             as
             a
             Servant
             ,
             
             though
             he
             be
             Heir
             of
             all
             .
          
           
             2
             He
             speaks
             as
             though
             this
             Deliverance
             lay
             
               all
               in
               Heaven
               ,
            
             
             whereas
             it
             is
             here
             
               fully
            
             enjoyed
             on
             the
             Earth
             though
             not
             in
             
               all
               the
               degrees
            
             of
             the
             Fruits
             thereof
             .
             
          
           
             3
             If
             the
             
               Right
            
             wherof
             we
             speak
             were
             
               Jus
               in
               re
               ,
            
             
             I
             see
             not
             well
             indeed
             how
             God
             could
             keep
             us
             from
             the
             Possession
             of
             it
             as
             Mr
             
               Baxter
            
             sayes
             :
             
             a
             man
             cannot
             be
             kept
             long
             from
             what
             he
             hath
             .
             But
             saith
             he
             ,
          
           
             5
             
               If
               he
               mean
               a
               Right
               to
               future
               Possession
               ,
               I
               do
               not
               see
               how
               Right
               and
               Possession
               should
               stand
               at
               so
               many
               yeers
               distance
               :
               To
               have
               Right
               to
               Gods
               favour
               ,
               and
               Possession
               of
               that
               favour
               seem
               to
               me
               of
               neerer
               kin
               .
               Except
               he
               should
               think
               that
               Possession
               of
               favour
               is
               nothing
               but
               the
               Knowledge
               or
               feeling
               of
               it
               :
               And
               that
               Faith
               Justifieth
               only
               in
               
                 loco
                 Conscientia
                 :
              
               but
               I
               will
               not
               Censure
               so
               hardly
               until
               I
               know
               .
            
          
           
             
               Answ.
            
             1
             If
             at
             
               so
               many
            
             yeers
             distance
             it
             may
             not
             be
             allowed
             ,
             he
             had
             done
             well
             to
             express
             at
             
               how
               many
            
             it
             might
             .
             For
             my
             part
             ,
             placing
             this
             
               Right
            
             upon
             the
             
               Purchase
            
             of
             Christ
             ,
             (
             as
             before
             ,
             )
             and
             
               Possession
            
             in
             the
             actual
             Enjoyment
             of
             the
             Fruits
             of
             that
             Purchase
             ;
             then
             refering
             the
             distance
             between
             them
             to
             the
             Good
             pleasure
             of
             God
             ,
             who
             had
             granted
             and
             established
             that
             
               Right
            
             to
             an
             Enjoyment
             
               sub
               termino
               ,
            
             I
             see
             no
             difficulty
             ,
             no
             perplexity
             in
             this
             at
             all
             .
          
           
             2
             That
             no
             small
             portion
             of
             
               favour
            
             consists
             in
             a
             
               sense
            
             and
             
               knowledge
            
             of
             the
             kindness
             of
             God
             in
             its
             Actings
             terminated
             upon
             the
             Conscience
             ,
             
             I
             must
             beleeve
             ,
             whatever
             Mr
             
               Baxter
            
             be
             pleased
             to
             Censure
             .
             
             It
             is
             far
             more
             facile
             to
             give
             the
             hardest
             Censures
             ,
             then
             to
             Answer
             the
             easiest
             Arguments
             .
          
           
             3
             The
             
               place
               where
               Faith
               Justifieth
            
             I
             am
             not
             so
             solicitous
             
             about
             ,
             as
             the
             
               manner
            
             how
             :
             which
             of
             all
             other
             wayes
             commonly
             insisted
             on
             ,
             I
             conceive
             not
             to
             be
             ;
             
               as
               it
               is
               our
               now
               Obedience
               :
            
             yet
             that
             in
             this
             Work
             ,
             it
             looks
             further
             then
             the
             
               Conscience
               ,
            
             I
             easily
             grant
             .
          
           
             The
             most
             of
             what
             is
             subjoyned
             to
             these
             
               Exceptions
               ,
            
             is
             fully
             Answered
             in
             what
             went
             before
             .
          
           
             As
             much
             as
             possible
             ,
             I
             shall
             avoid
             all
             Repetitions
             of
             the
             same
             things
             :
             Only
             whereas
             he
             Affirmeth
             ,
             
               That
               to
               have
               Right
               to
               Justification
               ,
               and
               to
               have
               Possession
               of
               it
               ,
               is
               all
               one
               ;
            
             I
             must
             needs
             enter
             my
             
               Dissent
            
             thereunto
             :
             which
             may
             suffice
             until
             it
             be
             attempted
             to
             be
             put
             upon
             the
             Proof
             .
             If
             he
             shall
             say
             ,
             
               That
               a
               Right
               to
               a
               future
               Justification
               at
               the
               day
               of
               Judgment
               ,
               is
               the
               same
               with
               the
               Possession
               of
               present
               actual
               Justification
               ,
            
             it
             is
             neither
             
               true
               ,
            
             nor
             any
             thing
             to
             the
             
               Business
            
             in
             hand
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             
               Close
               ,
            
             he
             shuts
             up
             this
             Discourse
             ,
             and
             enters
             into
             another
             ;
             giving
             in
             his
             Thoughts
             about
             the
             
               immediate
               Effects
               of
               the
               Death
               of
               Christ
               :
            
             A
             matter
             wherein
             he
             pretends
             to
             great
             
               Accurateness
               ,
            
             
             Censuring
             others
             ,
             for
             not
             being
             able
             to
             
               distinguish
            
             aright
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             so
             to
             spend
             abundance
             of
             labour
             in
             vain
             ,
             in
             their
             Discourses
             thereabout
             .
             Particularly
             here
             he
             denyes
             (
             and
             calls
             it
             
               A
               dangerous
               Errour
               to
               suppose
               )
            
             That
             
               actual
               Remission
               and
               Justification
               are
               immediate
               Effects
               of
               his
               Death
               ,
               or
               any
               Right
               thereunto
               ,
            
             which
             he
             attempteth
             to
             prove
             by
             sundry
             Arguments
             .
          
           
             Of
             the
             
               Effects
            
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             what
             
               Relation
            
             they
             all
             stand
             in
             thereunto
             ,
             I
             have
             spoken
             at
             large
             before
             .
             Now
             because
             
               actual
               Remission
            
             is
             denyed
             to
             be
             an
             immediate
             Effect
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             so
             a
             
               potential
               Remission
            
             not
             once
             mentioned
             in
             the
             Book
             of
             God
             is
             tacitely
             substituted
             in
             the
             Room
             thereof
             ,
             and
             this
             also
             in
             Opposition
             to
             what
             I
             had
             Delivered
             ,
             I
             shall
             briefly
             consider
             his
             Arguments
             ,
             and
             so
             give
             an
             End
             to
             this
             Debate
             .
          
           
             
               Argum.
            
             
               1
               What
               Right
               soever
               God
               giveth
               unto
               men
               in
               things
               supernatural
               (
               such
               as
               Justification
               ,
               Remission
               ,
               
               and
               Adoption
               )
               he
               giveth
               it
               by
               his
               written
               Laws
               .
               But
               by
               these
               Laws
               he
               hath
               given
               no
               such
               thing
               to
               any
               unbeleevers
               ,
               such
               as
               are
               the
               Elect
               before
               Conversion
               :
               therfore
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             
               The
               
                 Major
              
               is
               evident
               :
               Gods
               Decree
               giveth
               no
               man
               a
               Personal
               Right
               to
               the
               Mercy
               intended
               him
               .
               And
               for
               the
               
                 Minor
                 ,
              
               no
               man
               can
               produce
               the
               Scripture
               giving
               to
               unbeleevers
               such
               a
               Right
               .
            
          
           
             
               Answ.
            
             1
             Taking
             the
             Laws
             of
             God
             in
             the
             
               strict
            
             and
             proper
             sense
             ,
             
             and
             it
             is
             so
             far
             from
             being
             a
             Truth
             ,
             That
             what
             
               Right
               God
               gives
               to
               any
               ,
               he
               gives
               it
               by
               his
               written
               Laws
               ;
            
             that
             indeed
             the
             
               Laws
            
             of
             God
             give
             no
             
               Right
            
             to
             any
             one
             ,
             concerning
             any
             thing
             ,
             whether
             supernatural
             or
             otherwise
             .
             The
             End
             of
             the
             Law
             is
             not
             to
             give
             Right
             ,
             but
             to
             exact
             Obedience
             :
             and
             that
             chiefly
             if
             not
             upon
             the
             sum
             ,
             solely
             .
             The
             usual
             proper
             genuine
             signification
             of
             Gods
             Laws
             ,
             
             being
             his
             revealed
             Will
             for
             our
             Obedience
             ,
             I
             know
             not
             why
             Mr
             
               Baxter
            
             should
             bring
             them
             in
             ,
             in
             the
             Latitude
             of
             his
             
               single
            
             Apprehension
             to
             be
             a
             
               Medium
            
             in
             an
             Argument
             .
             Hence
             ,
          
           
             2
             Here
             is
             not
             a
             
               sufficient
               Annumeration
               of
               Causes
               ;
            
             the
             
               Promises
            
             of
             God
             are
             to
             be
             added
             ,
             and
             those
             either
             made
             
               to
               us
               ,
            
             or
             to
             
               any
               other
            
             for
             our
             Good
             .
             But
             ,
          
           
             3
             That
             the
             
               Decree
            
             of
             God
             gives
             to
             no
             man
             a
             
               Right
            
             to
             the
             thing
             concerning
             which
             the
             Decree
             is
             ,
             
             is
             so
             far
             from
             being
             a
             sufficient
             proof
             of
             the
             
               Major
               ,
            
             That
             it
             is
             in
             it self
             very
             
               questionable
               ,
            
             if
             not
             unquestionably
             false
             .
             That
             the
             Decree
             gives
             not
             being
             and
             
               Existence
            
             to
             the
             things
             concerning
             which
             it
             is
             ,
             is
             an
             old
             Rule
             .
             That
             
               no
               Right
            
             should
             from
             
               it
            
             arise
             ,
             unto
             that
             thing
             by
             vertue
             thereof
             ,
             is
             not
             yet
             so
             cleer
             .
             Right
             is
             but
             
               Jus
               .
               Jus
               est
               quod
               justum
               est
               .
            
             If
             it
             be
             
               just
            
             or
             Right
             ,
             that
             any
             one
             should
             have
             such
             a
             thing
             ,
             he
             is
             said
             to
             have
             a
             Right
             thereunto
             .
             
             Now
             ,
             supposing
             the
             
               Decree
            
             of
             God
             ,
             
             that
             a
             man
             shall
             ,
             by
             such
             
               means
               ,
            
             have
             such
             a
             thing
             ,
             is
             it
             not
             
               Just
               ,
            
             equitable
             and
             
               Condecent
            
             unto
             Righteousness
             that
             he
             should
             have
             it
             ?
             But
             yet
             further
             ,
          
           
             4
             We
             are
             not
             at
             all
             speaking
             of
             a
             
               Right
               founded
               on
               Gods
               
               Decrees
               ,
            
             
             (
             which
             considering
             what
             was
             proposed
             to
             be
             proved
             by
             this
             Argument
             ;
             I
             wonder
             how
             it
             found
             any
             mention
             here
             )
             but
             upon
             Two
             
               other
            
             things
             .
          
           
             1
             The
             
               Covenant
               of
               God
               with
               Christ
            
             about
             the
             Pardoning
             ,
             Justifying
             ,
             and
             Saving
             of
             those
             ,
             for
             whose
             sin
             he
             should
             make
             
               his
               Soul
               an
               Offering
               :
            
             which
             Covenant
             respecting
             Christ
             as
             Mediator
             
               God
               and
               man
               ,
            
             is
             not
             to
             be
             reckoned
             among
             the
             
               meer
               Decrees
            
             and
             Purposes
             of
             God
             ,
             containing
             in
             it self
             al
             those
             Promises
             and
             Engagements
             wheron
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             in
             the
             Work
             of
             Redemption
             rolled
             himself
             .
             
             Now
             in
             this
             Covenant
             ,
             God
             
               Engaged
               himself
            
             (
             as
             I
             said
             before
             )
             to
             make
             out
             to
             those
             for
             whom
             Christ
             undertook
             ,
             whatsoever
             was
             the
             Fruit
             of
             his
             Purchase
             ,
             and
             that
             was
             what
             in
             his
             good
             pleasure
             was
             assigned
             thereunto
             .
             And
             this
             is
             the
             
               first
               bottome
            
             of
             this
             Right
             .
          
           
             2
             The
             
               Purchase
               of
               Christ
               being
               compleated
            
             by
             the
             Performance
             of
             all
             things
             by
             divine
             Constitution
             thereunto
             alotted
             ,
             
             and
             himself
             acquitted
             and
             exonerated
             of
             the
             whol
             Debt
             of
             their
             Sin
             for
             whom
             he
             suffered
             ,
             which
             was
             charged
             on
             him
             ;
             
             he
             makes
             
               Demand
            
             of
             the
             Accomplishment
             of
             the
             forementioned
             Engagement
             made
             to
             him
             ,
             
             concerning
             the
             freedom
             and
             deliverance
             of
             the
             Persons
             whose
             Sins
             were
             laid
             on
             him
             ,
             and
             whose
             
               bringing
               unto
               Glory
            
             he
             undertook
             .
          
           
             On
             
               these
               Two
               ,
            
             I
             say
             it
             is
             ,
             That
             our
             
               Right
            
             to
             the
             Fruits
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             ,
             even
             before
             beleeving
             ,
             doth
             depend
             :
             from
             
               hence
            
             at
             least
             
               it
               is
               right
               and
               equal
               ,
            
             That
             we
             do
             in
             the
             time
             appointed
             enjoy
             these
             things
             .
             Yea
             to
             say
             ,
             That
             we
             have
             Right
             upon
             beleeving
             to
             the
             Fruits
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             affirmed
             universally
             ,
             can
             only
             be
             affirmed
             of
             a
             
               Jus
               in
               re
               ,
            
             such
             a
             Right
             ,
             as
             hath
             (
             at
             least
             in
             part
             )
             conjoyned
             
               actual
               Possession
               ,
            
             beleeving
             it self
             being
             no
             smal
             Portion
             of
             these
             Fruits
             .
          
           
             This
             Argument
             then
             being
             
               fallacious
               ,
            
             omitting
             the
             chief
             Causes
             in
             Annumeration
             ,
             concludes
             not
             the
             thing
             proposed
             .
             Besides
             it
             is
             in
             no
             small
             measure
             faulty
             ,
             in
             that
             the
             
             first
             thing
             proposed
             to
             be
             confirmed
             was
             ,
             That
             Remission
             of
             Sin
             ,
             and
             Justification
             are
             not
             the
             immediate
             Effects
             of
             Christs
             Death
             ,
             whereof
             in
             this
             Argument
             there
             is
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             
               Argum.
            
             2.
             
             
               If
               God
               hate
               all
               the
               Works
               of
               Iniquity
               ,
               and
               we
               are
               all
               by
               Nature
               the
               Children
               of
               Wrath
               ,
               and
               without
               Faith
               it
               is
               impossible
               to
               please
               God
               ,
               and
               he
               that
               beleeveth
               not
               is
               Condemned
               already
               ,
               then
               certainly
               the
               Elect
               while
               they
               are
               unbeleevers
               ,
               are
               not
               actually
               
                 de
                 facto
                 ,
              
               no
               nor
               in
               personal
               Right
               delivered
               from
               this
               Hatred
               ,
               Wrath
               ,
               Displeasure
               ,
               and
               Condemnation
               :
               
                 But
                 ,
                 Ergo
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Answ.
            
             1
             This
             Argument
             ,
             for
             what
             
               indeed
               it
               will
               prove
            
             is
             handled
             at
             large
             in
             my
             Treatise
             of
             Redemption
             ,
             as
             also
             re-urged
             in
             the
             Pages
             foregoing
             .
             Against
             
               actual
               Justification
               from
               Eternity
               ,
            
             it
             hath
             its
             Efficacy
             .
          
           
             2
             It
             doth
             also
             Conclude
             ,
             That
             the
             Elect
             whilest
             unbeleevers
             ,
             are
             not
             actually
             and
             
               de
               facto
            
             put
             in
             Possession
             of
             the
             Issues
             of
             Love
             ,
             Faith
             being
             with
             the
             first
             of
             them
             .
             But
             ,
          
           
             3
             That
             they
             have
             not
             upon
             the
             Grounds
             forementioned
             ,
             a
             
               Right
            
             to
             these
             things
             .
          
           
             Or
             ,
          
           
             4
             That
             Justification
             is
             not
             the
             
               immediate
               Effect
               of
               the
               Death
               of
               Christ
            
             (
             being
             the
             sole
             things
             in
             question
             )
             it
             hath
             the
             same
             unhappiness
             with
             the
             
               former
               ,
            
             not
             once
             to
             mention
             .
          
           
             
               Argum.
            
             3.
             
             
               If
               we
               are
               Justified
               only
               by
               Faith
               ,
               then
               certainly
               not
               before
               Faith
               .
               But
               we
               are
               Justified
               only
               by
               Faith
               .
               
                 Ergo
                 .
              
            
          
           
             Answ
             .
             1
             
               If
               I
               mistake
               not
               ,
               it
               is
               not
            
             Justification
             before
             Faith
             ,
             
               but
               a
            
             Right
             to
             the
             Fruits
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             before
             Faith
             
               that
               is
               to
               be
               proved
               .
            
          
           
             2
             That
             
               Justification
               is
               not
               the
               immediate
               Effect
               of
               the
               Death
               of
               Christ
            
             to
             which
             Ends
             for
             this
             Argument
             ,
             
               Valeat
               quantum
               valere
               potest
               :
            
             to
             me
             ,
             it
             comes
             not
             within
             many
             miles
             of
             the
             thing
             in
             Question
             .
             So
             that
             with
             the
             absurd
             
             ANSWERS
             supposed
             thereunto
             ,
             we
             passe
             it
             by
             .
          
           
             The
             like
             also
             I
             am
             enforced
             to
             say
             of
             the
             Two
             other
             that
             follow
             ,
             being
             of
             the
             same
             length
             and
             breadth
             with
             those
             foregoing
             ,
             too
             short
             &
             narrow
             to
             cover
             the
             things
             in
             Question
             so
             that
             though
             they
             may
             have
             their
             strength
             to
             their
             own
             
               proper
            
             End
             ,
             yet
             as
             to
             the
             
               things
               proposed
            
             to
             be
             proved
             ,
             there
             is
             nothing
             in
             their
             
               Genuine
            
             Conclusions
             looking
             that
             way
             .
          
           
             If
             I
             might
             take
             the
             Liberty
             of
             ghessing
             ,
             I
             should
             suppose
             the
             
               Mistake
            
             which
             lead
             this
             Author
             to
             all
             this
             labor
             in
             vain
             ,
             is
             ,
             That
             the
             
               immediate
               Effects
               of
               the
               Death
               of
               Christ
               must
               be
               immediatly
               enjoyed
            
             by
             them
             for
             whom
             he
             died
             .
             Which
             Assertion
             hath
             not
             indeed
             the
             least
             Colour
             of
             Truth
             .
             The
             Effects
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             are
             not
             said
             to
             be
             
               immediate
               ,
            
             in
             reference
             to
             others
             
               enjoyment
            
             of
             them
             ,
             but
             unto
             their
             
               Causality
            
             by
             that
             Death
             .
             Whatever
             it
             be
             ,
             that
             in
             the
             
               first
               place
            
             is
             made
             out
             to
             Sinners
             for
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             ,
             when
             ever
             it
             be
             done
             ,
             that
             is
             the
             immediate
             Effect
             thereof
             ,
             as
             to
             them
             :
             As
             to
             
               them
            
             I
             say
             ,
             for
             in
             its
             first
             tendency
             ,
             it
             hath
             a
             more
             immediate
             Object
             .
          
           
             If
             Mr
             
               Baxter
            
             go
             on
             with
             his
             Intentions
             about
             a
             tract
             concerning
             
               universal
               Redemption
               ,
            
             perhaps
             we
             may
             have
             these
             things
             cleered
             :
             and
             yet
             we
             must
             tell
             him
             before
             hand
             ,
             That
             if
             he
             draw
             forth
             nothing
             on
             
               that
               Subject
            
             but
             what
             is
             done
             by
             
               Amiraldus
               ,
            
             and
             like
             things
             to
             them
             ,
             he
             will
             give
             little
             Satisfaction
             to
             learned
             and
             stable
             men
             ,
             upon
             the
             Issue
             of
             his
             undertaking
             .
          
           
             I
             shall
             not
             presume
             to
             take
             
               another
               mans
            
             Task
             out
             of
             his
             hand
             ,
             especially
             one's
             
               who
               is
               so
               every
               way
               able
               to
               go
               through
               with
               it
               ;
            
             Else
             I
             durst
             undertake
             to
             demonstrate
             that
             Treatise
             of
             
               Amiraldus
               ,
            
             mentioned
             by
             Mr
             
               Baxter
               ,
            
             to
             be
             full
             of
             
               weak
               and
               sophistical
            
             Argumentations
             ,
             absurd
             Contradictions
             ,
             vain
             strife
             of
             Words
             ;
             and
             in
             sum
             to
             be
             ,
             as
             birthless
             a
             tympanous
             Endeavour
             ,
             as
             ever
             so
             
               learned
               a
               man
            
             was
             engaged
             in
             .
          
           
           
             For
             the
             present
             ,
             being
             by
             Gods
             Providence
             removed
             for
             a
             Season
             from
             my
             
               Native
               soyl
               ,
            
             attended
             with
             more
             then
             ordinary
             
               weaknesses
               and
               infirmities
               ,
            
             separated
             from
             my
             
               Library
               ,
            
             burdened
             with
             manifold
             Employments
             ,
             with
             constant
             Preaching
             to
             a
             numerous
             multitude
             ,
             
               of
               as
               thirsting
               a
               People
               after
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               as
               ever
               yet
               I
               conversed
               withal
               ;
            
             it
             sufficeth
             me
             ,
             That
             I
             have
             obtained
             this
             Mercy
             ,
             Briefly
             and
             plainly
             to
             Vindicate
             the
             
               Truth
            
             from
             mistakes
             ,
             and
             something
             further
             to
             unfold
             the
             Mystery
             of
             our
             Redemption
             in
             Christ
             ,
             all
             with
             so
             facile
             and
             
               placid
            
             an
             Endeavour
             ,
             as
             is
             usually
             upon
             the
             Spirits
             of
             men
             ,
             in
             the
             familiar
             writings
             of
             one
             Friend
             to
             another
             .
             That
             it
             hath
             been
             my
             Aim
             to
             seek
             after
             
               Truth
               ,
            
             and
             to
             keep
             close
             to
             the
             
               forme
               of
               wholesome
               words
               delivered
               to
               us
               ,
            
             will
             (
             I
             hope
             )
             appear
             to
             them
             that
             love
             
               Truth
               ,
            
             and
             
               Peace
               .
            
          
           
             
               Dublin-Castle
               ,
               
                 Decemb.
                 20.
                 1649.
                 
              
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             FINIS
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           ERRATA
           .
        
         
           The
           Author
           having
           no
           opportunity
           to
           attend
           the
           Press
           ,
           and
           being
           absent
           many
           miles
           during
           the
           Printing
           the
           most
           part
           of
           it
           ,
           finds
           the
           Accenting
           of
           sundry
           Greek
           Expressions
           omitted
           ,
           with
           other
           mistakes
           ,
           which
           he
           desireth
           the
           Reader
           to
           Correct
           as
           followeth
           :
        
         
           PAg.
           5.
           l.
           10.
           r.
           have
           .
           p.
           9.
           l.
           23.
           
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
           p.
           10.
           l.
           8.
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           so
           also
           in
           other
           places
           .
           l.
           9.
           
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
           p.
           11.
           l.
           10.
           
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
           l.
           26.
           
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
           p.
           12.
           l.
           21.
           
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
           p.
           15.
           l.
           3.
           
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
           l.
           14.
           
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
           p.
           16.
           l.
           9.
           hudled
           .
           p.
           19.
           l.
           10.
           alius
           .
           p.
           20.
           l.
           4.
           now
           .
           p.
           22.
           l.
           22.
           
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
           p.
           24.
           l.
           22.
           
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
           p.
           27.
           l.
           12.
           observed
           .
           p.
           28.
           l.
           24.
           not
           all
           the
           thing
           .
           l.
           26.
           to
           any
           .
           p.
           29.
           l.
           4.
           
           Now
           the
           .
           p.
           30.
           l.
           6.
           
           Now
           he
           .
           p.
           31.
           l.
           1.
           
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
           l.
           4.
           
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
           l.
           11.
           pressures
           .
           p.
           32.
           l.
           ult.
           Pactional
           .
           p.
           33.
           l.
           24.
           
           Contradiction
           .
           p.
           34.
           l.
           33.
           
           Oblation
           made
           .
           p.
           36.
           l.
           22.
           that
           ever
           I.
           l.
           31.
           feigne
           .
           p.
           44.
           l.
           8.
           
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
           p.
           47.
           l.
           3.
           of
           God
           ,
           is
           thus
           held
           out
           .
           l.
           27.
           
           Analogie
           .
           l.
           33.
           fturition
           .
           p.
           54.
           l.
           ult.
           actuate
           their
           own
           .
           p.
           76.
           l.
           29.
           
           Concluded
           .
           p.
           78.
           l.
           30.
           preceed
           .
           p.
           82.
           l.
           27.
           
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
           p.
           85.
           l.
           28.
           many
           .
           p.
           87.
           l.
           20.
           disceptation
           .
           p.
           88.
           l.
           17.
           
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
           p.
           91.
           l.
           20.
           foro
           Conscientiae
           .
           p.
           95.
           l.
           3.
           
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
           Pag.
           29.
           
             in
             the
             Margin
             ,
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
        
         
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A90278e-350
           
             Display
             of
             
               Armin.
            
             Salus
             Electorū
             sanguis
             Iesu
             .
          
           
             Salus
             Elect.
             
          
           
             Rom
             8.
             7.
             
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             :
          
           
             Ignat.
             ad
             Phi●ad
             .
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             Homer
             Iliad
             .
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             v.
             
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             Eph.
             4.
             11
             ,
             12
             ,
             13.
             
          
           
             Haereses
             ,
             de
             quorandam
             infirmitatibus
             habēt
             ,
             quod
             valent
             ,
             nihil
             valētes
             ,
             si
             in
             bene
             valentem
             fidem
             in
             currant
             .
             
               Tertul.
               de
               Praesc
               .
               ad
               Haer.
               
               Mat.
            
             24.
             24.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A90278e-2120
           
             Answ
             .
          
           
             Answ
             .
          
           
             Pa.
             138
             ,
             139
             
          
           
             Answ
             .
          
           
             Answ
             .
          
           
             Answ
             .
          
           
             Answ
             .
          
           
             Answ
             .
          
           
             Answ
             .
          
           
             Answ
             .
          
           
             Answ
             .
          
           
             Answ
             .
          
           
             Answ
             .
          
           
             Answ
             .
          
           
             a
             Distinguenda
             sunt
             tria
             momenta
             divinae
             voluntatis
             .
             Primum
             est
             ,
             ante
             Christi
             mortem
             positam
             aut
             re
             ipsa
             ,
             aut
             in
             decreto
             Dei
             ,
             et
             praescientia
             .
             In
             hoc
             momento
             iratus
             peccatori
             est
             Deus
             ,
             sed
             ita
             ,
             ut
             non
             aversetur
             omnes
             .
             irae
             deponendae
             vias
             ,
             ac
             rationes
             .
          
           
             b
             Secundum
             momentum
             est
             ,
             posita
             jam
             Christi
             morte
             ,
             in
             quo
             Deus
             jam
             non
             constituit
             tantum
             ,
             sed
             &
             promittit
             iram
             se
             depositurum
             .
          
           
             c
             Tertium
             est
             ,
             cum
             homo
             vera
             fide
             in
             Christum
             credit
             ,
             et
             Christus
             ex
             foederis
             formula
             credentem
             Deo
             commendit
             .
             Hic
             jam
             Deus
             deponit
             iram
             ,
             hominemque
             in
             gratiam
             recipit
             .
             de
             satisfact.
             .
             Christi
             .
             Cap.
             7.
             
          
           
             d
             Ps.
             50.
             21
             
             Exod.
             3.
             14.
             1
             Sam.
             15.
             29
             
             Job
             23.
             13.
             
             Psa.
             102.
             26
             ,
             27.
             
             Isa.
             14.
             27.
             
          
           
             e
             2
             King.
             19.
             6
             
             Isa.
             37.
             3
             1
             Tim.
             1.
             13
             
          
           
             f
             Quidcunque
             negat
             aliquid
             de
             Deo
             ,
             quod
             ei
             convenit
             ,
             vel
             asserit
             de
             eo
             ,
             quod
             ei
             non
             convenit
             ,
             derogat
             divinae
             bonitati
             ,
             &
             est
             blasphemus
             .
             
               Thom.
               22.
               ae
               .
               q.
               13.
               a.
               1.
               c.
               
            
          
           
             g
             Libra
             voluntas
             ulciscendae
             injuriae
             .
          
           
             Quae
             dicuntur
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             intelligenda
             sunt
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Amor
             ,
             et
             gaudium
             ,
             &
             alia
             ejusmodi
             ,
             cum
             attribuuntur
             Deo
             ,
             significant
             simplicem
             actum
             voluntatis
             ,
             cum
             similitudine
             effectus
             ,
             absque
             passione
             :
             
               Aquin.
               12.
               q.
               22.
               a.
            
             3.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             1.
             11.
             
          
           
             h
             Arm.
             disp.
             pub
             .
             de
             natu
             .
             Dei
             .
          
           
             Thes.
             51.
             
          
           
             i
             Ep.
             1.
             11
             
          
           
             Answ
             .
          
           
             k
             Aliud
             est
             mutare
             voluntatem
             ,
             aliud
             velle
             aliquarum
             rerum
             mutationem
             .
          
           
             l
             Mat.
             18.
             
             ●●
             1
             Tim.
             1.
             15
             
             Ep.
             5.
             26
             ,
             27.
             
             Ep.
             2.
             15
             ,
             16.
             
             Col.
             1.
             13.
             1
             Joh.
             1.
             7.
             
          
           
             &c.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             2.
             8
             
          
           
             Phil.
             1.
             29
             
          
           
             Heb.
             9.
             12
             
          
           
             m
             Cum
             voluntas
             sit
             ejus
             essentia
             ,
             non
             movetur
             ab
             alio
             à
             se
             ,
             sed
             à
             se
             tantum
             ,
             eo
             modo
             loquendi
             ,
             quo
             intelligere
             ,
             et
             velle
             ,
             dicitur
             motus
             ,
             et
             secundum
             hoc
             
               Plato
            
             dixit
             ,
             primum
             movins
             movet
             seipsum
             :
             
               Aq.
               p.
               1.
               q.
               19.
               a.
               2.
               a.
            
             3.
             
          
           
             Answ
             .
          
           
             Answ
             .
          
           
             Omnes
             illi
             pro
             quibus
             Christus
             ex
             intentione
             Dei
             satis
             fecit
             ,
             sunt
             Deo
             reconciliati
             .
             
               i.
               e.
            
             in
             Favorem
             saluti
             ferum
             aliquo
             modo
             restituti
             .
             
               Ames
               .
            
          
           
             Antisinod
             .
             p.
             164.
             
          
           
             Si
             de
             debitum
             quaeratur
             ▪
             respectu
             creaturae
             in
             Deum
             cadere
             non
             potest
             :
             nisi
             ex
             aliqua
             suppositione
             ipsi
             Deo
             voluntaria
             et
             libera
             :
             quae
             non
             potest
             esse
             nisi
             promissio
             aut
             pactio
             aliqua
             ,
             ex
             quibus
             fidelitatis
             aut
             justitiae
             debitum
             oriri
             solet
             :
             
               Suares
               .
               Relect.
               de
               Lib.
               
               Div.
               Volu
               .
               Disp
               .
               L.
               Di.
               Sec.
               2.
               n.
            
             5.
             
          
           
             Nulla
             Justitia
             proprie
             esse
             potest
             ,
             ubi
             nulla
             intercedit
             obligatio
             :
             Deus
             autem
             nulla
             obligatione
             tenetur
             ,
             antequam
             ipse
             fidem
             suam
             astringat
             :
             Ergo
             ante
             promissionem
             nulla
             Justitia
             etiam
             distributiva
             in
             Deo
             reperitur
             .
             
               Vas
               .
               n.
               1.
               q.
               21.
               a.
               1.
               disp.
            
             86.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             1.
             11
             
          
           
             Gal.
             4.
             1
             
          
           
             Joh.
             1.
             12
             
          
           
             Rom.
             5.
             11
             
          
           
             Eph.
             1.
             11
             
          
           
             Col.
             1.
             12
             ,
             13
             ,
             14.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             4.
             6
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             4.
             6.
             
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             Lex
             aut
             punit
             ,
             aut
             vetat
             ,
             aut
             permittit
             ,
             aut
             consulit
             ,
             aut
             hortatur
             :
          
           
             F.
             de
             Leg.
             1
             Joh.
             3.
             4.
             
          
           
             Decretum
             nil
             ponit
             in
             esse
             ,
             praedestinatio
             in
             praedestinato
             
               Aquin.
               
            
          
           
             Eph.
             1.
             4.
             
          
           
             2
             Pet.
             1.
             1.
             
          
           
             Cururceus
             exit
             .
          
           
             Isa.
             50.
             5
             ,
             6
             ,
             7
             ,
             8
             ,
             9.
             
          
           
             Joh.
             17.
             4.
             2
             Tim.
             3.
             16.
             
          
           
             Joh.
             17.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             9.
             24.