The mercy of God is either common or special; common mercy gives all the outward conveniences of this life, which are bestowed without distinction; as he causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust, Matth. v. 45. so it is said, his tender mercies are over all his works, Psal. cxlv. 9. but his special mercy is that which he bestows on, or has reserved for the heirs of salvation, which he communicates to them in a covenant way, in and through a Mediator; so the apostle speaks of God, as the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort, 2 Cor. i. 3.
Thomas Ridgley — Thomas Ridgley, D. D., A Body of Divinity: Wherein the Doctrines of the Christian Religion Are Explained and Defended. Being the Substance of Several Lectures on the Assembly's Larger Catechism, with Notes by James P. Wilson, D. D., Vol. I (Philadelphia: William W. Woodward, 1814), "The Perfections of God," p. 171
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