...perverseness, been fitted or made ready for punishment, may be a less honourable purpose, than to " make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore," by his holy spirit, " prepared unto glory :" but, considering God, as he is represented to us in the...

...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...

...willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much long-suffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction : and that he might...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...

...vessels of wrath fitted to destruction ?" That is one end ; another is mentioned immediately after: "And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mqrcy, which he had afore prepared unto glory." APPLICATION. 1. Hence we may learn, how just and righteous...

...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...

...willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much long-suffering the 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...

...Spirit, and so to " work " in them to will, and to do, of his good pleasure." But the words, " and to make known the riches of his " glory on the vessels of mercy, whom he had afore " prepared unto glory," denote more, than merely their effectual calling: they signify...