352' Aph. 5. ClainofPrinciples. §. lo. As for theproof ofour fecond Af ertion thofe words in verfe io. ;,13 ii. Shall the thing formed fay to him that formed it, Why hall thou made me thus ? Hath not the potter power over the clay , of the fame lump to make one veff l unto bouour and another unto difhonour ? What if GodZwilling to Them his wrath, and to make his poZwer known endured Zwi.th much longfu f Bring the ve jf is ofwrath fits ted to deflruction ? clearly hold forth to my apprehenfion the Sovereign great- nels and power of God as the foun- tain of Negative Reprobation; and contain a dire& allufion to that in Iza- iab, 45.9. Wo unto him thatfirivetb with his maker. Let the potfbeard firive with the potfheards of the earth. Shall the clay fay to him thatfa/hioneth it, What makcft thou ? or thy 'work He bath no hands ? Now if the Prophet and Apoftle, or rather the Holy Ghoft by them do rightly infer the filence and fubmifsi= on of the clay from its relation to the Potter; much more may the quiet fub-
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