If men could be saved by immediate mercy, all would be saved, even
those in hell; and indeed there would be no hell, because the Lord is
mercy itself and good itself. Therefore it is contrary to His Divine
Nature to say that He can save all immediately, and does not save
them. We know from the Word that the Lord wills the salvation of all
and the damnation of none.
--_Heaven and Hell, n._ 524