...So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy. — Therefore hath He mercy on whom He will have mercy,...His will? Nay but O man, who art thou that repliest against God ? Shall the thing formed say to Him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus ? Hath not...

...mercy." In the same tanner he goes on to reply more fully, r. 19 — 24. "Thou wilt say then unto ine, Why doth he yet find fault ? for who hath resisted his will ? Nay but, O man, who art thou that replies! against God ? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why bast thou made me thus?...

...wall. u Rom ix. 14 VVha' shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God ? God forbid. Ver. 19. Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault ? for who hath resisted his will '. Ver. 20. Nay but, 0 man, who art thou that repliest against God! Shall the thing formed say to him...

...but which are precisely the same that have been always urged against the doctrine of predestination. Why doth he yet find fault ? For who hath resisted his will ? Thus the system of prescience without predestination doth not agree with scripture. We ask, thirdly,...

...hearts of men.— The lid verse not only justifies, but proves the eorreeteess of this eaplaaation.' 19 Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault ? for who hath resisted his will ? not my people; there shall they be ealled the ehildren of the living God. 20 Nay but, O man, who...

...and obstinate sia ner as replying against God, and defending himself in his bold crimes, by saying, Why -doth he yet find fault ; for -who hath resisted his will? Rom. ix. 19, 20, 21, 22. In answer to which, he asserts the sovereignty of God, and that he is not...

...unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all...mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth. Thou wilt say unto me, why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will? Nay but, O man, who art thou that...

...that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God, that sheweth mercy. Thou wilt say, then, САЬ 62 why doth he yet find fault ; for who hath resisted his will ? Nay, but O man ! who art chou that repliest against God ? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it. Why hast thou made...

...he will, and leaves whom he will to the hardness of their heart, (v. 22.) 19. Thou wilt say then to me, Why doth he yet find fault; for who hath resisted his will? 20. Nay, but O man, why repliest thou against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it,...

...this same purpose have 1 raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, anil that my name plight be declared throughout all the earth. Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will hare mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth." Having thus plainly asserted Gods immediate agency in softening...