...the seeming complexity of the divine dealings, in a way against which no exception can be taken : " Shall the thing formed say unto him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?" Into this everything is resolvable : to allege anything against it is the impious murmuring...

...exercise. He who is the giver of happiness has surely a right to appoint the means of its attainment. Shall the thing formed say unto Him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus ? If the potter has power over the clay, to mould and fashion it according to his own...

...repeated by the Apostle Paul, when he says, " 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 ?" (Rom. ix. 20) ; and, in the second place, it teaches man that during the battle of...

...will have compassion on whom I will have compassion."* "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 * Romans ix. 15. the clay, of the same" lump to make...

...himself in doing so. O my soul, lay low before the Lord, and let his own question deeply impress thee, "Shall the thing formed, say unto him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus P" O Lord, teach snd sanctify me by thy Spirit, that I may not only admit the doctrine...

...consider a certain question of the inspired Apostle in connection with the subject. It is this : " Shall the thing formed say unto him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?" Because we violate the letter and spirit of the truth implied in this question, we fall...

...high argument Once to the Romans offered — Who art thou, 0 man, that against God repliest ? Who ? Shall the thing formed say unto him that formed it, Why hast then made me thus ? May we not ask, Why modern doctors rush to undertake The toil St. Paul rebuked...

...he has mercy on whom he will have mercy ? 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 ? Shall not the judge of the whole world do right ? Let us then, without any cavilling...

...in the position of the apostle, and say: " 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?" This is always the safest ground to take with cavillers; for, with all our philosophies,...

...or simile, which St. Paul has introduced, of the potter and of his clay, upon this very occasion ; " Shall the thing formed say unto 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 honor and...