The Great Flock of Redemption pt.3

Not a general mercy but an act of his will with a special mercy. It is directed at those whom he loves. If this kind of mercy was directed at the whole of mankind, then the whole of mankind would be saved. If God loved all men upon this earth as he does his sheep, the elect of God, then all men would receive this same mercy that would "quicken" them or "make them alive" in Jesus Christ, they also receiving grace, for by grace are ye saved! The ultimate motive for the work of regeneration is here given, and it is simply the Divine Mercy. No claim or obligation is in the question, nor right inherent in the alienated race of men, nor the "fitness of things" in the abstract; only the uncaused and supremely free choice of the God of mercy