2 2 The Sublapf riens do[rine His premifes are thefe : God is fo mer= efull , that mercie is apart ofhis title. Gods mercie ab f o lutel y is l et f o rth in highandf iate- ly terms , R I C H , GREAT &c. Gods Love and Mercie is his naturall work his Jufticea orange work : He is morefrequent in the exercif ofhis Mercie then Juftice : He extendeth it to more objects , upon leffe occajions, &c. All this granted will not inferre this con= clufion , Therefore Eleâion and Non-ele- ¿ion (or negative Reprobation) depend not upon Gods abfolute will , but upon the different forefeen will and as of men. What a vain labour is it to amplifie ,and ex- aggerate premifes which are of no force to induce the conclufion intended, naywhich for the molt part are rather of force to overthrow it Let us weigh the particu- lars. God is mercifull. True : but the difpen- fation of his mercie is different , to fome more, to fome leffe, according to the ab- folute purpofe and counfel of his own will. This abfolute Non-elehion is not a denial! ofall mercie, much leffe an ad of unmercifulneffe or crueltie. It is one- ly a purpofe of not beftowing upon fomé perlons that choice mercie and effeduall grace which would infallibly bring them unto glorie , and a permiflion of them by their
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