The vniversallity of God's free-grace in Christ to mankind.: Proclaimed and displayed from 1 Tim. 2.6. and Hebr. 2.9. according to their genuine sense. That all might be comforted, encouraged; every one confirmed and assured of the propitiation and death of Christ for the whole race of mankind, and so for himself in particular. / Through urgent importunity, written by Thomas Moore.

ANSWER.

This is the first part of the Reason, but it is very weak and frothy; For it is evident to a mean understanding; that our Saviour spake not in Matth. 15.24. of his mission to dye, and give himself a ran∣some for men: but of his mission for his ministration here on earth, which was for the Jews, the Circumcision. Rom. 8.9. which mission, with greater enlargednesse, at his departure, hee left with his Disci∣ples. Matth. 28.30. Ioh. 17.18. And yet this restraint of his mission to the Jewes, not wholly exclusive; for then the woman could not have been commended for her faith, which shee still held, and re∣ceived helpe thereby. Matth. 15.24, 28. and of the same nature was the sending his Disciples, and of no farther extent as yet. Matth. 10.••. And this could be no Reason to darken or straiten the extent of the Death and Ransome of Christ, much lesse a Reason of using such generall words, as All men, Every man, The World, when they meant but some onely: For

1. Before either this mission of the Disciples by Christ, or his so speaking to the Woman of Canaan, hee was said to be sent into the World, That the World through him might be saved. Joh. 3.17. To be the Saviour of the World. Joh. 4.42. To give his flesh for the life of the World. Joh. 6.51. To take away the sinne of the World, and to enligh∣ten every man that commeth into the World. Jo. 1.9, 29. therefore those things which followed after, could not be the cause or occasi∣ons of this manner of speaking, that was so long, and oft be∣fore.

2. Their mission was after enlarged, to goe into all the World, and to preach the Gospel to every creature. Mat, 28.20. Mar. 16.15. and so then, no necessity of using words importing more then truth, nor before.

3. While these generall words were frequent in use, the same is

still affirmed of the ministration of Christ, That it was of (or for the Jewes) the Circumcision: and that for the good of the Gen∣tiles, and so affirmed to them. Rom. 15.8, 9. so that hitherto, this great Reason is reasonlesse.

As for that, Act. 16.6, 7. Paul had his Gospel revealed to him long before that time, and that by Christ himself, and was sent to the Gentiles; And hee was kept back from those places, but at that time, because it was not Gods season; or he had prepared other in∣struments for that People, many of whom ere long received the Gospel sweetly. Acts 19.10. 1 Pet. 1.1. So as this gives no cause at all, to doubt of the extent of that Ransome, much lesse to use words inporting more then truth for all places could not be ministred to at once: nor are the servants to appoint, which first, and which after; That belongs to God: So as yet the Reason gets no strength; I will therefore adde the refidue of it, to see if that will.