...known, endured with much long-suffering, the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction ; and that hi? might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he li..id «fore prepared unto glory V THOPHIMUS. For the Utica Christian Magazine. MK. EDITOR, If yon...

...differ. This the apostle informs us is one end of the damnation of ungodly men ; Rom. ix. 22, 23. " What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make...vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory i" The view of the misery of the damned will double the ardour of the love and gratitude of the saints...

...his wrath, and make his power known, endured •with much long-suffering the vessels of wrath filled to destruction : and that he might make known the...vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory .?" Has not the apostle, in these two verses, evidently given us an example of the two kinds of vessels...

...long-suffering the vessels of wrath; 1. To shew his wrath, and to make his power known : And also, 2. That he might make known the riches of his glory on...of mercy. Which he had afore prepared unto glory~\ The Jews were fitted for destruction long before ; but the fittest time to destroy them was after he...

...although by their heinous sins and numerous provocations they had long deserved to be destroyed. " That he might •make known the riches of his glory...of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory," relates to God's gracious offer of the blessings of the Gospel to those who he foreknew would accept...

...by their heinous sins and numerous provocations they had long de' served tojfe destroyed. " That be might make known the riches of his " glory on the...of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory," ' relates to God's gracious offer of the blessings of the gospel to those who ' he foreknew would accept...

...vessels of wrath fitted to destruction : And that he might make known the (a) Col. c. 3. r, 4. riches riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory ? Even us whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles (b):" The whole of the...

...long-suffering the vessels of wrath filled to destruction : and that he might make known the riches «f his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory ?" Has not the apostle, in these two verses, evidently given us an example of the two kinds of vessels...

...shew his wrath, and make his power known, endureth, with much long-suffering, the vessels of wiuith, fitted to destruction ; and that he might make known...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...

...make his power known, endured with much long suffering the vessels of wrath fitted to distruction ; and that he might make known the riches of his glory...of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory, even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles ?" Not only does the Apostle...