Excerpt from Sermons on Important Subjects, by the Late Reverend and Pious Samuel Davies, Sometime President of the College in New-Jersey to Which Are Now Added, Three Occasional Sermons Memoirs and Character of the Author, and Two Sermons on Occasion of His Death, By, Vol. 3 of 3
The true notion of the present world is, that it is a state of preparation for another; and, therefore, such as we habitually are here, such shall we be for ever. Mankind arc now forming, like clay in the potter's hands, some for honour and some for dishonour; some for wrath and some for glory. And as the potter does not put his vessels to their respective uses until they are finished and prepared for them, so neither are men removed from the present state, and fixed in their respective residences in the eternal world, until they are prepared, finished and completely fitted for them. The vessels of mercy are prepared before-hand for that glory with which they shall be filled. And, on the other hand, the vessels of wrath are fitted to destruction, and fit for nothing else, before they are dashed to pieces by the iron rod of divine justice.
It is a criticism worthy to be mentioned, even in this solemn place, where I never chuse to make a parade of uses learning, that the apostle uses a different form of expression, when speaking of these different sorts of persons. The preparation of the vessels of mercy for glory, he ascribes to God, as his work.
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