...without any difference of merit. If you inquire the cause, the apostle assigns the following; " For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have...will have compassion on whom I will have compassion." (y) And what is this but a plain declaration of the Lord, that he finds no cause in men to induct-...

...Ggd's hardening the hearts of sinBay then * Is their unrighteousness with God ? God forhid. For he with to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and 1 will have compaseion on whom I will have compassion, fr-o then it is not of him that willeth, nor...

...if any one should exclude the rays of the sun by shutting his windows." — Vol. ip i077. " God says to Moses, ' I will have mercy on whom I will have...compassion on whom I will have compassion. So then (g) John, c. 7. v. 37, 38. then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God...

...of him who chooses and rejects ; what then shall we say ? Is God unjust, according to what he says to Moses, ' I will have mercy on whom I will have...will have compassion on whom I will have compassion (1) .-' If, says be, we admit this, that God does whatever he wills, and either elects or condemns...

...to. do of his own good pleasure." Rom. ix. 15, 16. " I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, ami will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. — So then, it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy:" Men's labours and endeavours themselves are...

...his will can be unjust, arhitrary, rash, or capricious. It is proper for him to say, " I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion." Those acts of God, which are called sovereign acts, are such as infinite goodness approves, and are,...

...this doctrine will excite the objections of many readers; and adds, " Thou " wilt then say unto me, Why doth he yet find fault ? " for who hath resisted his will?" (confounding his se" cret purpose with his revealed commands. ) This he answers, not by qualifying...

...ourselves ai-e that clay, which has replied against the Potter, " Why hast tltou made me thus ?" " Why doth he yet find fault, for who hath resisted his will ?" These objections against our own docuines, are things with which we are but too intimately acquainted....

...refinement, the Almighty permitted the enemy to come still nearer; although I might say with one fnrmerly > " Why doth he yet find fault, for who hath resisted his will ?" And this was one of the closest trials I ever met with ; so that one evening when the enemy accused...

...his will can be unjust, arhitrary, rash, or capricious. It is proper for him to say, " I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion OB whom I will have compassion." Those acts of God, which are called sovereign acts, are such as infinite...