Salus electorum, sanguis Jesu, or, The death of death in the death of Christ a treatise of the redemption and reconciliation that is in the blood of Christ with the merit thereof, and the satisfaction wrought thereby : wherin the proper end of the death of Christ is asserted ... and the whole controversie about universall redemption fully discussed in foure parts, whereof the I. Declareth the eternall counsell, and distinct actuall concurrence of father, sonne, and holy spirit ... 2. Removeth false and supposed ends of the death of Christ ... rightly stating the controversie, 3. Containeth arguments against universall redemption from the word, with an affection of the satisfaction and merit of Christ, 4. Answereth all considerable objections as yet brought to light ... / by John Owen ...

PROOFE 9.

The Lord Jesus Christ hath sent and commanded his servants to preach the Gospell to all Nations, to every creature, and to tell them withall, that whoever believeth and is baptized, shall be saved, Matth. 28. 19, 20. Mark 16. 15, 16. and his servants have so preached to all, 2 Cor. 5. 19. Rom. 10. 13. 18. And our Lord Jesus Christ will make it to appear one day, that he hath not sent his servants upon a false errand, nor put a lye in their mouthes, nor wished them to dissemble, in offering that to all, which they knew belonged but to some, even to fewest of all; but to speake truth, Isa. 44. 26. & 61. 8. 1 Tim. 1. 12.

ANSWER.

The strength of this proofe is not easily apparent, nor manifest wherein it lyeth, in what part, or words of it: For first it is true, Christ commanded his Apostles to preach the Gospell to all Nations, and every creature; to tell them, that whosoever beleeveth shall bee sa∣ved,

Matth. 28. 19, 20. Mark 16. 15, 16. that is without distincti∣on of persons or nations, to call all men to whom the providence of God should direct them, and from whom the Spirit of God should not with-hold them, as from them, Acts 16. 6, 7. warning them to repent and believe the Gospell. 2. It is also true, that in obedience unto this command, his servants did beseech men so to doe, and to bee reconciled unto God, even all over the nations, without dictinction of any, but where they were forbidden, as a∣bove, labouring to spread the Gospell to the ends of the earth, and not to tye it up to the confines of Jewry, 2 Cor. 5. 19, 20. Rom. 10. 18. Most certaine also it is, that the Lord Jesus Christ sent not his servants with a lye to offer that to all, which belonged onely to some, but to speak the truth, of which there needs no proofe. But now what can be concluded from hence for univer∣sall redemption, is not easily discernable: perhaps some will say it is in this, that if Christ did not dye for all, to whom the word is preached, then how can they offer Christ to all that preach it? A poore proofe God wot; For first, the Gospell was never preach∣ed to all and every one; nor is there any such thing affirmed in the places cited; and yee are to proove that Christ dyed for all, as well those that never heare of the Gospell as those that doe. 2. What doe the Preachers of the Gospell offer to them, to whom the Word is preached? is it not life and salvation through Christ, upon the condition of faith and repentance? And doth not the truth of this offer consist in this, that every one that believeth shal be saved? And doth not that truth stand firme and inviolable, so long as there is an all-sufficiency in Christ, to save all that come unto him? hath God intrusted the Ministers of the Gospell with his intentions, purpose and counsells, or with his commands and promises? Is it a lye to tell men, that he that believeth shall be sa∣ved, though Christ did not dye for some of them? Such proofes as these had need be well proved themselves, or they will conclude the thing intended very weakly.