oppofethnot Gods Mercy. 309 eternally not-eleded or eternally repro- bated in Gods decree, yet he was in a better condition whilefl he lived upon earth in thecompanie ofChrifr., and might hope for happineffe, then now he is atu- ally damned and out of all hope. And lafrly we anfwer, That the Non-eleó are not thereby appointed to wrath, but the wrath of God layeth hold upon them for being children of Belial and difobedience, and not for being perfons not-elected. Anil it is moll true,that iftheyperifh, they peri(h not defec`lu mi f ricordix Divine , who hath offered them means of grace, pardon, and falvation ; but defeclu voluntatis proprie wherein there is alwayes found a voluntary pravity, a negleé , a contempt , or a wic- ked abufe of the means of falvation ten- dered unto them. This Authours faying onely, There is no fuck matter, is no mate- riall proof. Men not-eleáed or reprobated are ob- liged to believe , -and their puni/bment aggra- vated by not believing: the devils are free from fuch a command, &c. A frrange argument to prove God le rnercifull to men not-elected then to devils already damned , bec4ufe he offereth fal- vation to the one undFr condition of faith in Chrill, which he never would do to the other. Some there were that turned V 3 the ohjec1.3 flnfrv.
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