An antidote against Arminianism, or, A succinct discourse to enervate and confute all the five points thereof to wit, predestination grounded upon man's foreseen works, universal redemption, sufficient grace is all, the power of man's free-will in conversion, and the possibility of true saints falling away totally and finally : all which are demonstrated here to be damnable errours, both by Scriptures and reason &c. ... / published for the publick good by Christopher Ness.

Objection 1. It is Objected, Impetration is Uni∣versal, though the Application be not so, Christ ob∣tain'd for all, though it be not applied to all.

Answer 1. This Distinction cannot hold true in God, who grants nothing but what he bestows, for he cannot repent of his Grantings.

2. The End cannot be sever'd from the Action: if God will'd that Redemption might be obtain'd of him, it was, that it might be applied to some; and if to some and not to all, then there is some Disparity in the Impetration it self, and in the Intention of it, and not in the Applica∣tion only; and so the Distinction falls.

3. This Distinction hath no place in the pur∣pose of Christ, for therein they are both uni∣ted, Christ's aim being to bestow what he ob∣tains, he obtains nothing but what he applies, for doth he apply any thing which he did not obtain, Deus et Natura nil faciunt frustra.

4. It is absurd to say that Redemption is ob∣tained, when both he that obtains, and he of whom it is obtained, do know it shall never be applied; nor ever profit those for whom (they say) it is obtained.

5. It bespatters the unvaluable Price of the Blood of God, as if Christ should obtain Food for such as were never to be sed with it, and Freedom for those that were never to be freed

by it; then Christ obtains of his Father that which will never profit; this is a goodly Pur∣chase.

6. If Christ made God placabilem, and not placatum, then God is not a pure act, neither is he Unchangeable, both which Absurdities this Distinction implies.

7. Then Christ is only a Preparer but not a Giver of Salvation, and he purchas'd a power in that placability for God; and not for us con∣trary to John 1.12. To them he gave [〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉] power [〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉] Heavenly Honour, to be∣come the Sons of God.

8. If Christ made God appeaseable only, then was Redemption Work (like the Cast of a Die) an uncertain Thing whether it had been applied to any or no.

9. If we grant a severing of Impetration and Application in some, we may suppose a separa∣ting them in all, and so make Christ to dye in vain, and to be such a Mediator as reconciles God to no Body, which cannot be.

10. If there be an Impetration of Redemption to some without the Application of it, then is Christ but an half Mediator to those; which is a meer Chimaera, and not to be found in Scrip∣ture.

11. The Intention of God cannot be condi∣tional (on our believing) for our believing adds nothing to the Intrinsical Sufficiency of Christ's Satisfaction, neither doth our not believing di∣minish it. God laid on Christ the Iniquity of us all, and made him sin for us, from his abso∣lute Will, whether we believe or no; if other∣wise

our Act of Faith must perfect the Satis∣faction of Christ, and caustively make it ours.

12. Faith is indeed the Condition of Salvation, yet 'tis absolutely promised by God, and procured by Christ's Death; and shall the Application of good obtained, depend on a Condition, not made known to the Tenth part of the World, and not at all to Infants that dye in Infancy?

13. This distinction cannot hold true in In∣fants, for they must say, Either that they are all damn'd dying in Infancy, or that the Impetration of Salvation for them differs not from the Appli∣cation of it.

14. To say, That Christ dyed for all, and ob∣tained Redemption for all upon this Condition, if they do believe; is plainly to yield that Christ died for Believers only, and to say, God grants Redemption if Men do believe, is plainly to hold out that the Grant is only to Believers to whom it is given.

15. They are both join'd together, Rom. 4.25. and 5.18. Isa. 53.11,12. Rom. 8.32,33,34.

16. Christ's Intercession is that what he ob∣tains may be applied, John 17 per totum

17. If there be a Jus, there must be a Factum; especially where the Condition is equally purchas'd with the Priviledge.