BEZA - There would remain nothing more for the whole world, except to go to
its ruin (Rom 3:19). But God, being not only very righteous, but also very
merciful, had according to His infinite wisdom, eternally established a way
to turn all the evils to His great glory: to the greater manifestation of
His infinite goodness (Rom 3:21-25), towards those whom He has chosen
eternally so as to be glorified in their salvation (Rom 8:29; 9:23). And,
on the other side, He has turned the sin of man to the manifestation of His
sovereign power and His wrath, by the just condemnation of the vessels of
wrath prepared for destruction (Rom 9:22; Ex. 9: 6).
As St. Augustine well says; "If all were saved, the wages of sin demanded
by justice would be hidden. If none were saved, no-one would see what grace
bestows."
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