"LV Was not Election out of the fallen corrupted Mass of Mankind foreseen?
A. No, for these Reasons 1st, Is Man was so considered by the same Reason Angels should, but Angels were not considered so. This is most evident, because the elect Angels were never in a corrupted State, and the fallen Angels never elected. 2ndly, Christ was elected 1 Peter 1:20. And the first born of Election Eph 1:4. But Christ was never chosen under the consideration of being Part of the corrupted Mass of Mankind in any Respect; therefore Election could not pass upon the corrupt Mass, because Christ must then be chosen out of it, and if so, the other Elect could not be chosen as such in him Eph 1:4. 3rd, If Men were elected out of the corrupt Mass, Election would be an Act of Mercy, whatever Reprobation is, for if a Person that is looked at as miserable among others be chosen and called out from among them as such and designed to Salvation, this is an Eye of Mercy, Pity, and Commiseration, when others in the same Condemnation or Misery with them are left to perish. When as Election is no Act of Mercy, nor Reprobation of Justice, but both of mere Sovereignty Rom 9:21-22." - Isaac Chauncy, The doctrine, which is according to godliness, grounded upon the Holy Scriptures of truth, Pg. 63
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