...with this idea. The Apostle in his Epistle to the Romans, ix. 17, speaketh decidedly : VoL. II. ' 13 ' "For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this...name might be declared throughout all the earth." Thus, Paul believed the design of God, in raising up Pharaoh, was for the purpose of making his power...

...sinners, by which they are formed for destruction, ascribed to the operation of God upon their hearts. "Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy,...whom he will he hardeneth. Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour? What if...

...advantages which all mankind would derive, in becoming acquainted with the name and character of Jehovah, " That I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the oo earth." The assertion, that the Creator acts as itpleaseth him, and that none can counteract the...

...that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but» of God that shovu'lli mercy. 17 1'or the scripture suith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might show my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth. PARAPHRASE. 15...

...unrighteousness with God? God forbid. — Even for this purpose have I raised thee up, that I might show my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout the earth : therefore hath he (God) mercy on whom he will have mercy ; and whom he will he hardeneth."...

...he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ. y Rom. ix. 17. For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have 1 raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout...

...of him that \\iileth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth merey. 17 For the seripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have...might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be deelared throughout all the earth. 18 Therefore hath he merey on whom he will have merey, and whom...

...eternal life. This inference the Apostle Paul draws from the fate of Pharaoh, in the ninth of Jtomans "For the Scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this...Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth. Thou wilt say unto me, why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted...

...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...name might be declared throughout all the earth." It is a lamentable fact, that not only the unstable and unlearned, but also the most sincere, and best...

...this be so or not, let us impartially examine those passages which have given birth to that opinion. " Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up,...name might be declared throughout all the earth." And do you conclude that this same purpose for which Pharaoh was raised «p, was, that he might be...