oppofeth not Gods Meicy Men into the one balance, and all the mer- ciful' dealingsof God with devils into the other, and it will eafily appear that God bath filmed more mercie to any non- eleCled or damned nian then to any of the non- eledted angels , now damned de- vils. Men not-ele&ed are unavoidably defei- objec.a rated unto endlefe mifiry under a colour 1Y of the contrarie; whereas the devils de- creed unto damnation , know it , expel it, look for no other. But men are fed up with hopes of falvation and, made believe, &c. Non-eleEtion is not a deftinating of the perfon not-elec`Ied unto endleffe miferieor torment : Nay , the non - elected . angels were, notwithftanding their eternal' Non - ele.ion, at their creation fufficiently ordi- nated (though not infallibly predeflinated ) not onely to have avoided endleffe mifery,- but to have atteiñed endleffe felicitie. So the Preterition or eternal' Paífzng-by of force men, and electing others, was no de- ftinating of the Non-ele ted unto hell-tor- ments. For notwithftanding thefe diflinet eternal' decrees, at Adams creation, both himfelf, and in him all and every par- ticular child of his , was fufficiently orp dinated ( though not infallibly predefli® hated ) unto the avoiding of hell-tors V z ments, 307
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