Two Dissertations · §183 · John Davenant

Cap. 7 Theologi nostri: Vorstius — Amica duplic peculiar redemption sense

Finally — not to weary by stacking more writers — even Vorstius could not deny that the redemption finished on the cross belongs to the elect in a peculiar sense. In the Friendly Duplicate (p. 230) he grants that redemption can be taken in different senses for several species of the same kind, so that some only, not all, may fitly be called redeemed in a special reason or peculiar sense, as Scripture often names them. On p. 235, answering Hebrews 13:20 (Christ the great Shepherd of the sheep through the blood of the eternal covenant), he concedes Christ is Shepherd of these sheep, and of these alone, in a peculiar way: as to the saving, spiritual act of feeding them (which includes the actual gift of the Holy Spirit), and as to a special acquisition of those sheep. So far Vorstius.

Latin

Denique, ne taedio sim plures autores congerendo, Vorstius ipse non potuit negare, redemtionem in cruce peractam peculiari quadam ratione ad electos pertinere. Sic enim loquitur, in Amica duplic. pag. 230, Constat redemtionis vocem diverso sensu ad plures ejusdem generis species aptari posse; ac proinde aliquos tantum, & non omnes, quadam speciali ratione seu peculiari sensu redemtos dici commode posse, inque sacris literis sic appellari solere. Idem, pag. 235. respondens loco adducto ex Heb. xiii. 20, in quo Christus magnus Pastor ovium per sanguinem foederis aeterni appellatur, concedit nobis, Christum esse harum ovium, & quidem harum tantum, Pastorem peculiari modo, puta quoad salvificam & spiritualem illas pascendi actum, qui actualem Spiritus sancti donationem continet, item quoad specialem quandam harum ovium acquisitionem. Hactenus ille.

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