might have been rendered—“Whom God predestinates, them He also calls; whom He calls, them He also justifies; and whom He justifies, them He also glorifies.” The work of mercy originates in God predestinating certain individuals to be conformed to the image of His Son. This is called “His purpose according to election,” His sovereign purpose, His determination, for which no reason can be found out of Himself,—with regard to which we must say, “He has mercy, because He wills to have mercy.” He thus