He makes this favor common to all, because it is propounded to all, and not because it is in reality extended to all; for though Christ suffered for the sins of the whole world, and is offered through God’s benignity indiscriminately to all, yet all do not receive him.
John Calvin (2012). “John Calvin's Commentaries On St. Paul's Epistle To The Romans (Annotated Edition)”, p.166, Jazzybee Verlag