toppofth not Gods Mercy. 2g9 them caufeth them to love God 8z conf}anf- ly towalk with God; and the not-preparing the fame for others is the ad or decree of Election and Non - election. Now what a loofe and wild manner of reafoning is this:' .Remunerative 7uflice reacheth further the vindicative ; therefore there is no abrolute de- cree ofNon-election. luflice in thenumber of cometh 'hart of Mercy ; therefore there is no abfolute decree of Non-election ? Juflice mull needs come short of mercy, becaufe ( though not the fpeciall mercy of Elusion, yet) mercy, yea manifold mercies are bellowed upon every fingular man in theworld. So that theEleted by fpeciall grace being freed from becoming objects of Gods vindicative Justice, and bothElea- ed and Non-ele&ed being objeEis of his Mercy in divers meafures and after divers manners, we may grant a larger extent of Mercy then of vindicative Jullice, and yet without all prejudice to abfolute Eledion and Not- elediion.For as long as God deal eth unjustly or cruelly with no man , his dealing more mercifully with Peter in pre- paring effectuall grace for him by the de- cree of Predeftination, and leffe mercifully with Judas in not preparing for him fuch grace by an opposite decree of Preterition, is no denial' ofthe generalitie ofhis mercy, but an affirmation of more mercy to one then
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