oppofth not Gods Mercie. X83 their own free-will are°afforded them. And of falvation which hereupon followeth Gods abfolute prefci- ence of their finali impenitencie , and his fore- appointment of them to their juft pu- nifhment. The Mafter of the Sentences fpeaketh fitly to this purpofe ; f Reprobatio fLlb. Y. Dei quit ab eterno non-elgendo quofdam re- d¿i?. 40= probavit fecundúm duo confideratur : quorum /it'll alterumprefcit , & non preparat , id ef ', in- iquitatem 3 alterumpræfcit & preparat , fell.' eternampcenam. I would knowwhat can be found in this negative Reprobation, qui Deus non-eliiendo quofdam reprobat , which proveth him unmercifull. Not the nega- tion fimmi indebiti beneficii ; for that is an as of abfolute libertie , not of crueltie and injurie : not the forefeeing of their fu- ture iniquitie; for that is an at of the un- derflanding , not of the Divine will : nor the refolution to punifh them ; for that be- ing with refpeá unto their finnes is full , not cruel. God is Mercie in the abfrac` , a Father of Mercies : His nature and propertie is al- rvayes to have mercie and to forgive. `There and fuch like places prove two things : Firft , that as of mercie flow unto us many times from Gods naturalt boun- tie , unpromifed , undeferved , undefired on our parts.- But we anfwer , that this prime
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