...shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding ? " And again he asks, " Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou ? or thy work, He hath no hands ? " It seems as though the apostle borrowed his language and argument...

...predestinates. Hence, since, as in the words,—" Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth (formeth) it, what makest thou ? or thy work, he hath no hands," 32 he is compared to the potter, He...

...inculcated by a reference to the same imagery. " Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the...clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou ? or thy work, He hath no hands?" (Isaiah XLV. 9). A still more remarkable use of this illustration...

...reproveth God, let him answer it. Is. 45. 9. Wo unto him that strivethwith his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makestthou? or thy work, He hath no hands? Wo unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou?...

...ignorant creature of deciding on the means by which its happiness is to be procured. " Wo unto him that striveth with his Maker : let the potsherds strive with the potsherds of the earth. But shall the clay say to him that fashioned it, what makest thou? Or thy work ; he hath no hands ?...

...him by whom it is used ? How shall the rod be raised against him that raiseth it ? Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the...clay say to him that fashioneth it, what makest thou b ? or man, why dost Thou give us commands? why requires! Thou these things ? Weigh well these words,...

...potter's vessel." What striking words, to shew the feebleness of Christ's mightiest enemies ! " Woe to him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherds strive with the potsherds of the earth :" there they may have some chance. But if the potsherds set themselves against the bar of iron, the...

...the Prophet, "Woe unto him that striveth with His Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherd of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou ? or thy work, he hath no hands." Implying, that God hath as much power over every creature, as a potter...

...the Lord contemptible," they durst say, " Wherein have we polluted them?" Mal. vi. 1, 7. But, "Woe unto him (saith the Lord) that striveth with his Maker!...clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou ?" Isa. xlv. 9. Quest. But why is it that God will reason the case with man? '\nf.ir. 1. Because that...

...Lord contemptible," they durst say, " Wherein have we polluted them?" Mal. vi. 1, 7. But, " Woeuntohim (saith the Lord) that striveth with his Maker ! Let...say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou?'' Isa. xlv. 9. ' Quest. But why is it that God will reason the case with man? Answ. 1. Because that man,...