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…

Now let every sober man judge, whether Gods course be not to be censured for hypocrisy, as well in the one as in the other: yet is this a most trivial argument, and thus usually answered by our Divines, and particularly by Master Perkins. But this author takes no notice of this our common answer, to reply against it, but is content to pretermit it in silence; a manifest evidence that he hath nothing of worth to say against it: for I cannot conceive him to be so ignorant, as not to know this usual answer of our Divines. But let we him proceed in his course. Whom God commands to believe and repent, those he outwardly wills should believe and repent; for by his commands he signifies his will and pleasure, and he must inwardly and heartily will it too, or else he dissembles. All this is as congruously appliable to Gods commandment given unto Abraham for the sacrificing of Isaac, as to the commandment of believing and repenting given unto any; although there is a vast difference between Gods commandment of Sacrificing Isaac, and his commandment of believing. For God himself gave the one immediately, and that to a particular person, Abraham: But God commands his Ministers to preach his Gospel unto all, that are present to hear them, and why? But as he tells Paul. Acts 18. 9. because he hath much people, in the place whereto he sends them, and yet tells them not who those people are, who his elect are and who are not. But they, though thereupon they proceed to Preach unto all without difference, yet so, as aiming at the salvation of the elect. I do all things for all men, saith ⟨p. 173⟩Saint Paul, 1 Cor. 6. 22. That I may save some; and who are they? Let himself answer, where he saith, I suffer all things for the elects sake; and by the way where he distinguisheth of Gods willing outwardly and inwardly, I willingly profess I never ¹read nor heard of it before. Gods words and commandments are outward, and uttered by him, but his will is always inward, though it may be, and is signified by his words, and so is his will signified always by his commandments; But what will? Not that such a thing as God commands shall be done, as this Author ignorantly conceives, but that it shall be their duty, (to whom the commandment is given) to do that which is commanded:

Now let every sober man judge, whether Gods course be not to be censured for hypocrisy, as well in the one as in the other: yet is this a most triviall argument, and thus usually answered by our Divines, and particularly by Master Perkins. But this author takes no notice of this our common answer, to reply against it, but is content to pretermit it in silence; a manifest evidence that he hath nothing of worth to say against it: for I cannot conceive him to be so ignorant, as not to know this usuall answer of our Divines. But let we him proceed in his course. Whom God commands to believe and repent, those he outwardly wills should believe and repent; for by his commands he signifies his will and pleasure, and he must inwardly and heartily will it too, or else he dissembles. All this is as congruously appliable to Gods commandement given unto Abraham for the sacrificing of Isaack, as to the commandement of believing and repenting given unto any; although there is a vast difference between Gods commandement of Sacrificing Isaack, and his commandement of believing. For God himselfe gave the one immediately, and that to a particular person, Abraham: But God commands his Ministers to preach his Gospell unto all, that are present to heare them, and why? But as he tells Paul.