# q 4. God is not chargeable with any injuſtic2 in Elec:ins and not others; for this is an AE of meer mercy and compa/;;ur. and that can be no violation of Juſtice. To prove rhis, be cites a Tit. mony out of Exod. 33. 19. vid. locum, Fire bs tells Moos, I'iian the good Pleaſure of his #4 was the only Rule of all bis favoura- ble and merciful Dealings with the Children of Men. The 1 thing is intended and expreticd in Two ſeveral Phiates : An
16 So then zt zs not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that ſheweth mercy 4
k q. d. God's EleRion 1s not of Faced's, oc of any ather Mans »,7- ling or running, z.e. Tt is not from his good Dziires or Deed«, his good Inclinations or ACttions, or from the fore-figh: thereor; bur it 15 of God's meer mercy and zood pleaſure. This Text wennus 72 {agizniſm under the fifth Rib. Nec votenti, nec wolanti, was ©; Motto of a Noble Perſonage.
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1 This Verſe ſh-ws, That God is not unjuſt in R-je#i2g others of
equal condition with che EleF : For the Proof of which, he cites a Teſtimony out of Exod.g. 16, This Verſe muſt be joyned with the 14. God forbid, for the Scripture faith, Z7 e. God foirh in the Scripture. 2 z.e. 1 have created or promoted thee to be King im E-. £ypt. Or, (as ſome) 7 have raiſed or ſtirred thee vp ta optreſs my People: Or, 1 have hardened thee, as it follows in the nezxr Verie, and given thee up to thy own rebellious and obtinate Mind, 2: 9.4, I have done what I have done for rhis very end, that the whole World may ring of my Power and Glory. And this ſhevrs, that ic 15 not unjuſt in God to reje# Sinners of the Children of Men, be- cauſe thereby he farthers his own G ory. For this end a!! things are made, and all things are accordingly ordered and dilpoizd, Prov. 16. 4.
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o This Verſe is a ſhort Repetition of the foregoing Argument, q i. e. In a judicul way, Belides natural hardneſs, which is in all men, and is tleretirary ro them; and habitual hardneſs, which is contrafted by a Cuſtoin in
Sin; asa Path is hardened by the continual trampling of Patkn-
ers; there is judicial or judiciary harazeſs, which is inflicted by God as a Puniſhment. Men harden their own Hearts ſintully (fo "tis thtice ſaid of Pharaeh in Exodws, That He hardened his own heart, Exod. 8. 15. and 9. 34.) and then God hardens ther hearts judicially ; fo 'tis eften {aid of God in Exadws, That He hardened Pharaohs heart, Exod. 7.13. and 9.12. and 10. 1, 20, 37. and 14. 8. Godis not ſaid properly to harden the hearts of men, 5. e. He doth nor make their ſoft hearts hard, nor doth he put hard- neſs 190 the hearts of Men (as our Adverſaries (landeroutly report ut to afticm) nor doth he barely permit or ſuffer them to be har- aenzd; (which 15 the Opinion of the Pap:s about this matter ; ) but two ways may He be ſaid to harden ſinners. 1, By forſaking them, and not foitning their Hearts : As darkneſs fallows upon the $45 with-drawing of his /zg42 ; fo doth hardneſs upon Goa”s with- ho{ding bis ſoftning Influence. 2. By punifhing them ; He inflias farther hardne/s, as a puniſhment of former hardreſs ; and this he infuleth not; but it is cAle&ed, Either, 1. By Stan, to whom haz. dened Sinners ave delivered up: Or, 2, By themſelves, they being given over to their own Learrs Luſts, Or, 3, By God's word and works, which acctuentally bardeu the bearts of Men, as might be ſhewn.
19 Thou wilt fay then untome, Why doth he ves find fault ? For who hath refified his will - ?
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Tino art but a Nan, apicce of living Clay, a little breathing Dutt, a contemptible Werm in comparijun; and dareſt thou to word it with G34, to diſpute with thy Maker; to queſtion or call His to an account? You may argue Matters with your fellow Crea- tares, bur not with your Creator. See 1/2. 45. 9, io. from whence thi: ſeems to bs borrowed, wid. fob go. 2. « 9. d. Shall the Hood guarre! with rhe Carpenter, the 1roz with the Swirh ; or as'tis In the nx Veorie, the Clay with the Potter.
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