J. Batey, The Value of the Soul, in Fifteen Lectures, 2nd ed. (New York: M. W. Dodd, 1849), Lecture VI, "Christ the Only Competent Savior for All Who Are Not Finally Lost," p. 86

The language of the saying is both definite and indiscriminate. It is definite in that it clearly and particularly refers to the salvation of sinners. And it is indiscriminate in that it speaks of the salvation of sinner…