oppofeth not Gods Mercie. 279 neffe within himfelf , as he did before the creation : He íhould not have been cruel or unjufk , had he freed no manout of that mi- ferie whereinto all mankind was fallen : neither should he have wanted anyvirtue, or done contrary to juftice , had he freed all men out of their miferie , and brought them to eternall felicitie. The outward temporali a6ts therefore of Divine Juflice or Mercie may be terminated or not termi- nated unto any man according to the abfo- lute free-will of the mofi wife God , and that without oppofing any attribute of his. To this purpofe Carthufianus , a Cúm Deus 0 rn 4m; fit bonorum omnium dominator , & in ipfum dijt.44. Vi. n. peccat quipeccat,'ipfe poteft plus conferre de 6o- pdae tt,qcrr.zq.z: quicm fit alicui debitum, & minus inferre de malis , feu town penal; relaxare , nec in hoc contra fed roger inftitutum facere. ride Halenf. part. I . qt/O. 39. art. 4. & 5. Thirdly, it is tobe obferved, That how- foever mercieand juftice areby us confider- ed as diftin6 virtues or operations in God , yet his remunerative juftice (hould never find a fit objea, had he not by fome benefit of free mercie and grace hirnfelf fitted it thereunto : And this is the benefit which we call abfolute Electionor Predeftination. Neither fhould his vindicative jufrice find any objets fitted for it to paffe upon , had he been pleafed to grant the faid freebene- fit
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