The riches of Gods love unto the vessels of mercy, consistent with his absolute…The riches of Gods love unto the vessells of mercy, consistent with his absolute…

1. As touching the end, it is hard to say, by his shaping of it, whether the manifestation of God's glory be made the end, or man's damnation; and if any one conceives hereupon, that man's Damnation is the end which God intended in the opinion of our Divines, like enough this Author will be well enough pleased with it. 2. Consider how God's Sovereignty and Justice are coupled together, as appearing in the eternal rejection and damnation of his Creatures, as if both of them did appear equally in each. 3. Then rejection is proposed without distinction and specification, that we might know whether he understands it of rejection from Grace, or rejection from Glory. 4. And in the fourth place, he couples rejection with Damnation, as if both were of equal yoke; signifying Acts temporal; whereas rejection in the Common notion thereof is all one with reprobation, and reprobation is commonly taken for an act eternal, to wit, The eternal purpose of God to deny grace, permit sin, and inflict damnation for sin. 5. Damnation is here brought in as belonging to the Decree of the end; and quite left out in the Decree of the means: whereas by the very light of Nature it is apparent, that Justice vindicative is manifested no where more, then in the execution of punishment. 6. And lastly Damnation in it self is no manifestation of Justice any more, then of Injustice; unless it be executed as a condigne punishment for sin; yet most absurdly he talks of manifesting justice in man's Damnation, without specifying the meritorious cause of Damnation; without consideration whereof, Damnation is no manifestation of Justice, either Divine, or humane. 7. Whereas he sets forth the Persons damned to be the greatest part of Man-kind, this is only to speak with a full mouth, and to gull a partial Reader, who may be well pleased to have his mouth filled with an empty spoon: For the Scripture teacheth expressly, that even of them that are called but few are chosen; and clear reason doth manifest, that look how God may deal with one, in the same manner it is lawful for him to deal with Millions. We love to speak distinctly, and accordingly we say, that all God's decrees; are of doing something for the manifestation of his own Glory. I say of doing something, for no glory of God is manifested in Decreeing, but in executing his Decrees;

1. As touching the end, it is hard to say, by his shaping of it, whether the manifestation of God's glory be made the end, or man's damnation; and if any one conceaves hereupon, that man's Damnation is the end which God intended in the opinion of our Divines, like enough this Authour will be well enough pleased with it. 2. Consider how God's Soveraingtie and Justice are coupled together, as appearing in the eternall rejection and damnation of his Creatures, as if both of them did appeare equally in each. 3. Then rejection is proposed without distinction and specification, that we might know whether he understands it of rejection from Grace, or rejection from Glorie. 4. And in the fourth place, he couples rejection with Damnation, as if both were of equall yoke; signifying Acts temporall; whereas rejection in the Common notion thereof is all one with reprobation, and reprobation is commonly taken for an act eternall, to witt, The eternall purpose of God to deny grace, permit sinne, and inflict damnation for sinne. 5. Damnation is here brought in as belonging to the Decree of the end; and quite left out in the Decree of the meanes: whereas by the very light of Nature it is apparent, that Justice vindicative is manifested no where more, then in the execution of punishment. 6. And lastly Damnation in it selfe is no manifestation of Justice any more, then of Injustice; unlesse it be executed as a condigne punishment for sinne; yet most absurdly he talks of manifesting justice in man's Damnation, without specifying the meritorious cause of Damnation; without consideration whereof, Damnation is no manifestation of Justice, either Divine, or humane. 7. Whereas he sets forth the Persons damned to be the greatest part of Man-kind, this is only to speak with a full mouth, and to gull a partiall Reader, who may be well pleased to have his mouth filled with an emptie spoone: For the Scripture teatheth expreslie, that even of them that are called but few are chosen; and clear reason doth manifest, that look how God may deale with one, in the same manner it is lawfull for him to deale with Millions. We love to speak distinctly, and accordingly we say, that all God's decrees; are of doing something for the manifestation of his owne Glory. I say of doing something, for no glory of God is manifested in Decreeing, but in executing his Decrees;