A discourse of the saving grace of God

1. It is a Mercy without an Object; a Mercy not for any certain Person, but for Qualities, which are no Objects of Mercy: A Mercy for some, when it appears not who they are, or whether there will be any such. A Mercy for no Body, which pretends to be for all and every one, when it is not for any one. This is their antecedent Mercy, whereby they pretend that he loves all that Believe and Obey, before he knows who they are, and is uncertain whether ever any such will be. It speaks a respect to those Qualities, but no Love or good Will for any particular Person.

2. It is a Mercy without Effect: They ⟨p. 95⟩ascribe to him a Will of Universal Salvation; when they discern it can be no other than a mere Velleity, an incomplete Intention, a weak ineffectual Desire, a faint and fruitless Wishing of such general Happiness, when he knows it will never be effected, and is resolved not to take the course to effect it. This is such a Mercy, as jostles out and clashes with his other Perfections, and is inconsistent with his Knowledge, Power, Sincerity, Wisdom, Blessedness, and Mercy it self in the true Notion of it.

2. It is a Mercy without Effect: They ⟨p. 95⟩ascribe to him a Will of Universal Salvation; when they discern it can be no other than a meer Velleity, an incompleat Intention, a weak ineffectual Desire, a faint and fruitless Wishing of such general Happiness, when he knows it will never be effected, and is resolved not to take the course to effect it. This is such a Mercy, as justles out and clashes with his other Perfections, and is inconsistent with his Knowledge, Power, Sincerity, Wisdom, Blessedness, and Mercy it self in the true Notion of it.