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…

How much less would they give themselves to beget Children, and bring them forth, that they might bring them to the rack, fire, gallows, and such like tortures and deaths; What do I hear? Doth man or any creature, show more love to their Children, then God doth towards his Elect? Did they ever provide such a sacrifice to make satisfaction for their Children's sins, as God did provide for his? Yea but reprobates also are Gods Children, this must needs be his meaning, though in plain terms he spared to express so much. How unnatural then was Christ, who would not pray for the World if they were all his children? And what meant he to profess, that he sanctified himself only for them for whom he prayed? Which sanctification of himself, was in respect of the offering up of himself upon the cross, as Maldonate confesseth, was the interpretation of all the Fathers whom he had read. And in that prayer professeth of them saying, they are thine, and thou gavest them unto me, as much as to say; the World was not his. And farther consider; Is it safe to measure out Gods proceedings, by the proceedings of men? What Father or Mother would be content to execute a Child of theirs upon the Gallows, when by some capital crime he hath deserved it? How much less hold them upon the rack of continual tortures; what then? must not God be allowed to inflict eternal death upon his creatures? And ⟨p. 138⟩what hath an earthly Father or Mother to do, either to determine or execute death on any? This belongs to God not to man, unless he make choice of them, as of his Ministers for the execution of vengeance. But this Author is nothing yet awaked out of his dreams, or his Arminian Lethargy. Yet I hope he will grant that God did foresee all this, even the sins of Judas in betraying, and of the Jews in crucifying the Son of God; yet nevertheless, he was content to bring forth both him and them into the World. Now what earthly Father and Mother, would not make choice rather to be Childless, then to bring forth such children as should deal with them, as Nero dealt with his Mother? Proceed then: and as from the affections of earthly Fathers and Mothers, he disputes against the absoluteness of Gods decrees, so also in the next place, let him conclude the like, to the utter overthrowing of Gods foreknowledge.

How much lesse would they give themselves to beget Children, and bring them forth, that they might bring them to the rack, fire, gallowes, and such like tortures and deaths; What doe I heare? Doth man or any creature, shew more love to their Children, then God doth towards his Elect? Did they ever provide such a sacrifice to make satisfaction for their Childrens sinnes, as God did provide for his? Yea but reprobates also are Gods Children, this must needs be his meaning, though in plain termes he spared to expresse so much. How unnaturall then was Christ, who would not pray for the World if they were all his children? And what meant he to professe, that he sanctified himselfe only for them for whom he prayed? Which sanctification of himselfe, was in respect of the offering up of himselfe upon the crosse, as Maldonate confesseth, was the interpretation of all the Fathers whom he had read. And in that prayer professeth of them saying, they are thine, and thou gavest them unto me, as much as to say; the World was not his. And farther consider; Is it safe to measure out Gods proceedings, by the proceedings of men? What Father or Mother would be content to execute a Child of theirs upon the Gallowes, when by some capitall crime he hath deserved it? How much lesse hold them upon the rack of continuall tortures; what then? must not God be allowed to inflict eternall death upon his creatures? And