...exceedingly, and beyond measure obdurate. 3. The expression cited by St. Paul from Moses, For this cause have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee does not support the sense, which these expositors would put upon it. The Hebrew word hegnemadtika,...

...Pharaoh wants more explanation. For this caufe, faith God, have I raifed thee «/, that I might Jhew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared...Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy ; and whom he willt he hdrdeneth. Now, as we are exprefsly told, that God hardened Pharaoh merely to...

...of God that hath mercy. For the scripture saith to Pharaoh, " On this account I have preserved thee, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might 18 be proclaimed throughout all the earth.'* So then he hath mercy on whom he will ; and whom he will,...

...gospel, to the obtaining of the glory ef the Lord Jesus Christ. " Rom. ii. 1 7. For the scripture *aith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised...my name might be declared throughout all the earth. Ver. 18. Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and •whom he will he hardeneth. Ver....

...honour, and power ; for thou hast created all things ; and for thy pleasure they are and were created. For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this...raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and lhat my name might be declared throughout ail the earth. Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus...

...particularly since the same Scrip• ture, that is, the same God, says to Pharaoh, " Even for tLis " same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew...power in thee, and that my name might be declared through "all the earth." * If this is so, and he pities Israel, and hardens ' Pharaoh according to...

...God that sheweth mercy : ' (m) particularly since the same Scripture, that is, the same God, says to Pharaoh; ' Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thcc, and that my name might be declared through all the earth (n).' If this is so, and he pities Israel,...

...will get a plaster for the reprobate. He is coming now with a searcloth for Pharaoh king of Egypt. ' The scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for ' this same purpose have I raised thee up ; it is not ' said that God raised him up for damnation.' To which I answer, If he did not raise him...

...phemous impiety. God had said unto Mo. ses, " I will have mercy on whom I will,'* and to Pharaoh, " For this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew 1117 power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth." Now,, what is the...

...compassion. So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy- For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this...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...