...and the supreme right which the Creator has to dispose of his creatures as it seems good to him. " Nay, but O man, who art thou that repliest against God ? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, why hast thou made me thus ?" He acknowledges an incomprehensibility in the thing which...

...hardeneth. 19 Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault ? for who hath resisted his will ? 20 Nay but, O man, w:ho art thou that repliest against God ? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed zV, Why hast thou made me thus ? 21 Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same...

...art the potter, and we are all the " work of thine hand" Isaiah Ixiv. 8. To which the apostle adds, " Nay but, O man, who art thou "that repliest against God'? Shall the. thing "formed, say unto him that formed it, Why hast " thou made me thus'? Hath not the potter, " power over the clay,...

...the Potter and of his clay, upon this very occasion : " Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus ? Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one unto honour and another to dishonour^ ?" This simile, they say,...

...many sinners persist in impenitence, since he hath resolved to leave them in it ? To this we answer, Who art thou that repliest against God ? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, why hast thou made me thus ? After all these questions, should you appeal to our consciences...

...we are all the " work of thine hand," Isaiah Ixiv. 8. To which the apostle adds, " Nay but, 0 man, who art thou " that repliest against God? Shall the thing "formed, say unto him that formed it, Why hast " thou made me thus'! Hath not the potter, " power over the clay,...

...say unto me, why ' doth he yet find fault ? for who hath resisted his will ? Nay ' but O man, wi.o art thou that repliest against God ? Shall ' the thing...the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and a' nother unto dishonour ?" — So 1 COR. xv. 35 — 39. ' But ' some man will say, How are the dead...

...do? Why doth he blame them for being hardened ! If he will have it thus, who can resist it ? IX. 20 Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? shall the thing fanned say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made mt thus? Nay, but, O vain and wretched man, who...

...this objection ? No ; he repels it as Job <iid : " He that reproveth God, let him answer it." — " 'Nay, but, O man, who art thou that REPLIEST AGAINST GOD ? SHALL THE THING FORMED SAY TO HIM THAT FORMED IT, -WHY HAST THOU MADE ME THUS?" Rom. ix. 14 — 20. Let the querist consider whether...

...power over the clay of the same lump to make me Vessel unto honor and another unto dishonor ?" Now, " O man, who art thou, that repliest against God ? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, why hast thou made me thus ?" Will you accuse God of injustice. in creating rational...