An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of…

Further, The Scripture makes frequent use of this argument to repress the pride and presumption of man, and to stop his mouth when he begins to question, and call God to account about any of his dealings, with, why is it thus? Or, why am I thus? Thus the Prophet silences the murmurings both of mans heart and tongue (Isa. 45.9, 10.) Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker, ⟨p. 447⟩shall the clay say to him that fashioned it, Why hast thou made me thus? And when the Apostle found unquiet, and bold spirits busied in contesting with God about his eternal counsels, in choosing some and rejecting others, in showing mercy to some and hardening others, he stops them with, Who art thou, O man, that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus? Remember thou art the clay and he is the Potter. That we are the work of Gods hand moveth his compassion towards us, and represseth our presumption against him. We must not proudly dispute it out with him, for we are the work of his hands, and we may humbly plead with him, not to despise the work of his hands, or to Shine upon the counsel of the wicked.

Further, The Scripture makes frequent use of this argument to represse the pride and presumption of man, and to stop his mouth when he begins to question, and call God to account about any of his dealings, with, why is it thus? Or, why am I thus? Thus the Prophet silences the murmurings both of mans heart and tongue (Isa. 45.9, 10.) Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker, ⟨p. 447⟩shall the clay say to him that fashioned it, Why hast thou made me thus? And when the Apostle found unquiet, and bold spirits busied in contesting with God about his eternall counsels, in chusing some and rejecting others, in shewing mercy to some and hardening others, he stops them with, Who art thou, O man, that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus? Remember thou art the clay and he is the Potter. That we are the work of Gods hand moveth his compassion towards us, and represseth our presumption against him. We must not proudly dispute it out with him, for we are the vvork of his hands, and we may humbly plead with him, not to despise the work of his hands, or to Shine upon the counsel of the wicked.