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from Reformed EvangelismB. The Universal Offer of the Gospel This death is of such infinite value and dignity because the person who submitted to it was not only really man and perfectly holy, but also the only begotten of God, of the same eternal and infinite essence with the Father and the Holy Spirit, which qualifications were necessary to constitute him as saviour for us; and, moreover, because it was attended with the sense of the wrath and curse of God due to us for sin.
Moreover, the promise of the Gospel is that whosoever believes in Christ crucified shall not perish, but have eternal life. This promise, together with the command to repent and believe, ought to be declared and published to all nations, and to all persons promiscuously and without distinctions, to whom God out of His good pleasure sends the Gospel.
And, whereas many who are called by the Gospel do not repent nor believe in Christ, but perish in unbelief, this is not owing to any defect or insufficiency in the sacrifice offered by Christ upon the cross, but wholly to be imputed to themselves.
But as many as truly believe, and are delivered and saved from sin and destruction through the death of Christ, are indebted for this benefit solely to the grace of God given them in Christ from everlasting, and not to any merit of their own. (II, 4,5,6,7).