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And as this point is worthy of notice , and to be imitated by others , I am not willing to leave it out . Yet they were more fully his who did not will what he willed than were those who were willing instruments of his purpose - - for while he and the latter did the very same thing , he worked through them with a good will , whereas they did his good will with their ill will . What we said about the hair and the other things has this much relevance , that it reminds us that not everything which is " born " of something is said to be " son " to him from which it is " born . " We could interpret it in any other fashion , as long as we are not compelled to believe that the Omnipotent hath willed anything to be done which was not done . But when he discovers and can say anything about any one of these , let him not think that he has thereby discovered what is immutable above them all , which _ is _ immutably and _ knows _ immutably and _ wills _ immutably . But He who said , " I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy , " loved Jacob in unmerited mercy , yet hated Esau with merited justice . " [ 619 ] And the cattle will be good , for if they eat much they shall not suffer from satiety ; and if they do not eat at all they will suffer no lack . He who believes that new benefits will cause great personages to forget old injuries is deceived . And where is that omnipotence by which " whatsoever he willed in heaven and on earth , he has done , " if he willed to gather the children of Jerusalem together , and did not do so ? One who did not conquer was Giovanni Acuto , * and since he did not conquer his fidelity cannot be proved ; but every one will acknowledge that , had he conquered , the Florentines would have stood at his discretion . The wise prince , therefore , has always avoided these arms and turned to his own ; and has been willing rather to lose with them than to conquer with others , not deeming that a real victory which is gained with the arms of others . Those who so bind themselves , and are not rapacious , ought to be honoured and loved ; those who do not bind themselves may be dealt with in two ways ; they may fail to do this through pusillanimity and a natural want of courage , in which case you ought to make use of them , especially of those who are of good counsel ; and thus , whilst in prosperity you honour yourself , in adversity you have not to fear them . For the hereditary prince has less cause and less necessity to offend ; hence it happens that he will be more loved ; and unless extraordinary vices cause him to be hated , it is reasonable to expect that his subjects will be naturally well disposed towards him ; and in the antiquity and duration of his rule the memories and motives that make for change are lost , for one change always leaves the toothing for another . Yet the piety of the one , though he wills not what God willeth , is more consonant with God 's will than is the impiety of the other , who wills the same thing that God willeth . In any case , the word concerning God , " who will have all men to be saved , " does not mean that there is no one whose salvation he doth not will - - he who was unwilling to work miracles among those who , he said , would have repented if he had wrought them - - but by " all men " we are to understand the whole of mankind , in every single group into which it can be divided : kings and subjects ; nobility and plebeians ; the high and the low ; the learned and unlearned ; the healthy and the sick ; the bright , the dull , and the stupid ; the rich , the poor , and the middle class ; males , females , infants , children , the adolescent , young adults and middle-aged and very old ; of every tongue and fashion , of all the arts , of all professions , with the countless variety of wills and minds and all the other things that differentiate people . " [ 204 ] This sounds as if God 's will had been overcome by human wills and as if the weakest , by not willing , impeded the Most Powerful so that he could not do what he willed . " It is a challenge I am willing to take on any day . But in republics there is more vitality , greater hatred , and more desire for vengeance , which will never permit them to allow the memory of their former liberty to rest ; so that the safest way is to destroy them or to reside there . Or , again , it can happen that a man of evil will can will something that God also willeth with a good will - - as , for example , a bad son wills that his father die and this is also God 's will . Mr. Wills : Again , I am extremely grateful to my hon .