,Should  Zelotes  compare  thcfe  propofitions,  he  will
fee,  that  if  the  Father  does  not  particularly  give  all
men  to  the  Son,  that  they  may  receive  the  peculiar
bleffings  of  the  chrijlian  difpenfation  ;  and  if  the  Son
does  not  explici:ly  reveal  the  Father  to  all  men  by  the
fpirit  of  adoption,  cr  the  baptifm  cf  the  Holy  Ghoft  ;
it  is  not  out  of  free,  reprobating  wrath  ;  but  merely
for  the  two  following  reafons :  (i)  As  in  the  political
world  all  men  are  not  called  to  be  princes  and  kings ;
fo  in  the  religious  world  all  are  not  blefled  with^fav

talents


talents— all  are  not  called  to  believe  explicitly  in  the
Son  and  in  the  Holy  Ghoft*  or  to  be  made  kings  and
pritfls  to  GWin  the  chrijltan  church. (2)  Of  the  many
that  are  called  to  this  honour,  few  [comparatively]  are
obedient  to  the  heavenly  calling;  and  therefore, few
a,  e  cholen  to  receive  the  crown  0/"chriftian  righteoufnefs  ;
or  as  our  Loid  txprefTes  it,  few  are  counted  worthy  to
Jl and  before  i  he  Son  of  man  among  them,  that  have  been
faithjul  to  their  five  talents. But,  as  all  men  have  one
talent  till  they  have  buried  it,  and  God  has  judicially
taken  it  from  them  :  —  as  all  men  are  at  leaft  under
thedifrenfat'on  of  the  Father,  as  a  gracious  and  faith
ful  Creator:  —  as  Chrifr,  the  light  that  lighieth  every
man  IKJ/IO  comet h  into  the  world,  draws  all  men  IMPLI
CITLY  to  this  merciful  Creator;  while  the  Spirit,  as
the  Jawing  grace,  which  has  appeared  unto  all  men,  IM
PLICITLY  teaches  them  to  deny  ungodlinejs,  and  to  live
foberly,  righteoufly,  and  pioufly  in  this  prefent  world  :
— As  this  is  the  cafe,  I  fay,  what  can  we  think  of  the
abfolute  ELECTION  or  REPROBATION  of  individuals,
which  enfuresy«<t;/^  grace  and  heaven  to  fome,  while
[thro'  the  denial  or  EVERY  DEGREE  of  facing  grace]
it  fecures  damning  fin  and  everlafting  burnings  to
others  ?  Dees  it  net  follow,  that  thefe  twin-doftrines
[great  Diana  and  grim  Apollyon]  are  a  queer  cou
ple  ?  Study  their  pedigree,  and  you  will  find,  that,
like  the  Helena  and  Pollux  of  the  ancients,  they  can
equally  boall  that  a  fabulous  Jupiter  transformed  into
a  fwan  is  their  godlike  Sire. It  can  be  faid  of  each  of
them,  Ovo  procf.jjit  eodcm. 