"That there is a supreme and eternal Being, and that he is possessed of all infinite Perfections, are truths so visible by the Light of Nature; that to call these into Question is not only Weakness and Ignorance; but the height of Stupidity and Madness... We have clear light to discover that he is, and that he is infinite; yet none but his own infinite mind can fully understand what he is or how he exists ... Here is set in View the Object of the Decree of Election... And as all the children of God, and none but they, shall inherit eternal Life, so all that shall inherit eternal Life, so all that shall inherit eternal Life, and none but they, were predestined to the Adoption of Children. ...They are chosen in Him; and predestined to the adoption of children by Jesus Christ... They only Motive (if I may so speak) by which God has acted in the Decree of Election: According to the good Pleasure of his will. He was himself his own motive and End. As there was nothing eternally existing but God; so there could be nothing outside of himself to influence his eternal Counsels... Thus I have given a brief and general View of the Words before us; and shall now endeavor a more distinct consideration of them under these propositions.