...It is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy. Therefore He hath mercy on whom He will have mercy, and whom He will He hardeneth." And as I was about to say just now, He chooses His people for His portion, and He chose the people...

...ever; and they have no rest day nor night." Paul too had a grim and revolting side to his faith: . . . "[God] hath mercy on whom He will have mercy and whom He will He hardeneth. . . . Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honor and another...

...the communication of the grace necessary to faith and conversion." For that passage stands firm, " He hath mercy on whom He will have mercy, and whom He will He hardeneth " (Rom. ix, 18). Also, " It is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to...

...that contemneth, but of God who causeth the hardening of the heart." So by putting both sides — he hath mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth — we are given to understand that the new statement agrees with the former one, viz., the hardening...

...alienation and damnation. That it is God's will is its justification; argumentative reason may not intrude. 'God hath mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth (Romans 9: 18). Calvin knows that he is making statements that do not admit of moral explanation. God...

...fault? for who hath resisted His will?" 198 as if a man ought not to be blamed for being bad, because God hath mercy on whom He will have mercy, and whom He will He hardeneth, God forbid that we should be ashamed to answer as we see the apostle answered: "Nay, but, O man, who...

...power and grace of the Spirit of God, and entirely flows from the sovereign will and mercy of God, who hath mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth, Rom. ix. 18. not giving grace to repent. 6. The usual means and instruments of repentance are the word,...

...free and sovereign, owing to his own will and pleasure, not moved to it by anything out of himself; He hath mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth, Rom. ix. 18. and so he determined to do. 3. It is immutable and irrevocable ; is it expressed by a...

...atonement as the object of this faith 'ultimately leads to the conception of an absolute divine decree: God "hath mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth"', which, as Kant at one point says, 'represents, if taken literally, the salto mortale of reason', whereas...

...might show my power in thee, and my name might be declared throughout all the earth. 18) Therefore he hath mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth. Another example can be found in St. John 9:2-4 NIV "Teacher," his disciples asked him "why was this...