beloved57
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Particular Redemption by the Blood of Christ: If Christ hath paid the price of their Redemption, then Justice is satisfied with the price paid, or it is not. If it be, then Justice itself pleads their discharge for whom the price was paid; if it be not, it's for want of Merit in the price paid, and that were blasphemy to assert. Secondly, If Christ paid a price for all, then all are discharged, or they are not; if they are, then none shall perish; if they are not, then are they denied that which in Justice is their right. Thirdly, If Christ hath paid a price for all, then he hath his purchase, or he hath not. If he hath, then are all justified. “By his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.” {Is.53:11} Those whose Sins were born by Christ were justified by Christ. “By whose stripes ye were healed.” {I Pet.2:24} If he hath not his purchase, then the Promise fails to Christ. “It pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief; when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.” {Is.53:10} Who can think that Christ sees of the travail of his Soul with satisfaction, when so many thousands for whom he travailed in Soul, and for whose Sins he made his Soul an offering, to go without the Benefit of it? Anonymous “Truth Vindicated,” London, 1695.