He  "  has  a  right  to  do  what  he  will  with  his  own  :  nor  ought
our  eye  to  be  evil  because  he  is  good8."  It  is  certain  that  the
Lord  hath  from  eternity  "  set  apart  him  that  is  godly  for
himself h  ;"  and  not  because  he  was  godly,  or  would  be  so,
but  because  God  of  his  own  sovereign  will  and  pleasure  or
dained  him  unto  life  :  as  St.  Paul  expressly  tells  us  ;  ft  Whom
God  did  predestinate,  them  he  also  called :  and  whom  he
called,  them  he  also  justified ;  and  whom  he  justified,  them  he
also  glorified :  their  call  in  this  world,  and  their  glorification  in
the  next,  originating  altogether  in  the  predestination  of  God
from  all  eternity1.]

c  Eph.  i.  1.3,  14.  d  John  vi.  27.  e  Deut.  vii.  6.
f  2  Tim.  ii.  19.  s  Matt.  xx.  15.  h  Ps.  iv.  o.
i  Rom.  viii.  21),  30.
