oppofethnot Gods Mercy. that, furely he hath elected force, and not- elected others, out of his ownabfolutewill andpleafure. Gods mercy is fit outin high andftately ti- tles, RICH, GREAT, ABUNDANT, VVITH- OtYt DIMENSIONS, &C. Moft of thefe `places fpeak of that rich and fpeciall Mercywhich God hath extend- ed to force in their effectuall vocation, j uUi- fication, fanctification , and which he will moil certainly extend towards them in their glorification ; as will appear to any man that (hall particularly weigh them. Front thefe places if I fhould reafon thus , God bath /hewed GREAT, RICH, ABuN. D AN r mercy unto forre , in choofing them before the foundations of the world were laid, in effeelually calling them , even whea% they were dead in finne , in freely ju- flifying them, in mercifully glorifying them and he bath not done thus for many others: Therefore Elellion and Non-elechïon depend, upon the abfolute will of God , and not up- on the forefeen acts of men this were a good conclufion : But to conclude , Therefore there no decree ofab folute Ele- Ilion and Non-elation , it is not onely in- confequent but contrary to the premi- fes.' And yet further, if fuch places of Scripture fliould be applied to that rich mercy which God is ready to extend to every 2$s
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