...giving a different turn to his meaning, that he plainly takes it for granted to be the true one. " Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault, for who hath resisted his will ? Nay, but, O man, who art thou that rephest against God £ Shall the thing formed say unto him that formed it,...

...that my name might be declared throughout all the earth. Therefore hath he mercy on \vhom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth. Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault ? forwho hath resisted his will ? Nay, but, Oi man, who art thou that repliest against God ? Shall...

...election. I. It is objected, that this view of the doctrine destroys the accountability of creatures. " Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault ? for who hath resisted his will ?" This objection we find in the chapter from which our text is taken ; from which it appears, that...

...;' he presently prevents an objection, or the strife of man with God about that saying, ver. 19. ' Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? for who hath resisted his willr* This is man's plea against the sovereign will of God. But what saith the Lord by the apostle...

...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, and whom...find fault? for who hath resisted His will? Nay but O man, who art thou that repliest against God ? Shall the thing formed say to Him that formed it, Why...

...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...

...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...

...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...