oppugneth not Gods Mercy. though this laft confiderationof his be ad- mitted. Admit of abfolute Reprobation, and we K make God letTe mercifull to men then to any other creatures. Admit not onely of abfolute Non-ele= &ion, which ( as hath been often Paid) is neither anypenaltie nor any milery of the creaturenot eleted , but let us further ad- mit, that angels and mennot eleéed or ne- gatively reprobated do alwayes infallibly draw upon themfelves by theirown default extreme and endleffe mifery; yet it will not follow that God hathbeen leffe mercifull unto fuchperfons not eleded (fuppofe Cain or Judas) then to the brute creatures. Firft, becaufe in every perfon not elected thereare innumerable ofe is of Gods mercy and goodneffe whereof the other creatures are uncapable. Secondly , becaufe what ef- feas ofGods goodneffe or mercy are found in the other creatures, are mercies or bene- fits rather bellowed uponmen for whole ufes they ferve, then upon the creatures. Now there ferving to theufe of the Non - elect, as much and oftentimes more then of the Elel, the mercy or goodnen ofGod imparted to the creatures redoundeth more unto them. Suppofe therefore the creatures are in a better condition of being then the Non-elect finally bring themfelves unto, yet 299
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