...have done evil, unto the RESURRECTION OF DAM KATION.- Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another...of mercy, which he had afore prepared- unto glory.- He that overcometh shall inherit all things ; and I will be his GOD, and he shall be my son. But the...

...the potter power over the clay, " of the same lump to make one vessel unto ho" nour and another to dishonour ? What if God, " willing to shew his wrath...glory " on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore pre" pared unto glory ; even us whom he hath called, " not of the Jews only, but also of the gentiles...

...he was in readiness to receive into the glorions state of being bis people, under the Gospel ?" 23 And that he might make known the riches of his glory...of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory, PARAPHRASE. suffering r, bear with the sinful nation of the Jews, even when they were proper objects...

...potter is taken, shows them to have a temporal sense, and to relate to the nation of the Jews. TEXT. 23 And that he might make known the riches of his glory...of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory, PARAPHRASE. suffering y, bear with the sinful nation of the Jews, even when they were proper objects...

...objection,' Why doth he yet find fault ? For who hath resisted his will ?' and answers it thus ; ' Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God ? Shall...vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory ?' This passage of the apostle did, I confess, appear not only dark, but dreadful to me, for a long...

...towards them, and his grace towards the penitent. And " what if God, willing to show his wrath and make his power known, endured with much long-suffering...of mercy which he had afore prepared unto glory?" He is neither excited by revenge, nor moved by fear, in punishing the incorrigible transgressors of...

...same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour ? What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with...riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he bad afore prepared unto glory ? — The Lord knoweih them that are his. — But in a great house there...

...But, as matters are, " What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and make his power known, endureth, with much long-suffering, the vessels of wrath, fitted...vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory ?" If a wise king, having granted an act of pardon to all his rebellious subjects, on condition of...

...if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much long suffering15 the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction, and that...vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory16." Permitting him to continue, when he had deserved to be cut off, was an act of longsuffering...

...expression, equivalent to " his glorious riches." In Eomans ix. 23, the apostle states it was God's plan to " make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory." In Eph. i. 18, he prays that " the eyes of their understanding being enlightened, they may know what...