FOR
WHOM DID CHRIST DIE?
John Owen
John Owen,
pastor, theologian, statesman, the prince of the Puritans (1616-1683), theologian, was born of Puritan
parents at Stadham in Oxfordshire
in 1616. At twelve years of age he was admitted at Queen's College,
The Father imposed His wrath due unto, and
the Son underwent punishment for, either:
1. All the
sins of all men.
2. All the
sins of some men, or
3. Some of the
sins of all men.
In which case it may be said:
1. That if the
last be true, all men have some sins to answer for, and so,
none are saved.
2. That if the
second be true, then Christ, in their stead suffered for all
the sins of all the elect in the whole world, and this is the truth.
3. But if the
first be the case, why are not all men free from the
punishment due unto their sins?
You answer, "Because of
unbelief."
I ask, Is this unbelief a sin, or is it not? If it be, then
Christ
suffered the punishment due unto it, or He did not. If He
did,
why must that hinder them more than their other sins for
which He died? If He did not, He did not die for all
their
sins!"