It is otherwise in the redemption amongst men, where he that receives the ransom hath no hand in the providing of it. Secondly, The captive or prisoner is not so much freed from his power who detains him as brought into his favour. So was the strong man bound, and his house spoiled. Of the latter you have an example, Heb. Having given these few notions concerning redemption in general, let us now see how applicable it is unto general redemption.
Redemption is the freeing of a man from misery by the intervention of a ransom, as appeareth.
Yet all this must be made true, and innumerable other absurdities, if universal redemption be asserted. If there be a universal redemption of all, then all men are redeemed.