q.d. Again, on the other side, what hast thou to say, if he proceed more mercifully with others? Seeing:
1. He thereby manifesteth the riches of his glory, or his glorious grace; and seeing:
2. They are vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory; i.e. he had done it by election from eternity, and by regeneration and sanctification of the Spirit in time. He speaks here of two sorts of vessels, some of wrath, and some of mercy, as he had before spoken of vessels of honour, and of dishonour. Concerning the latter, he speaks passively, that they are fitted to destruction: see Romans 9:22. Concerning the former, he speaks actively, that God hath prepared them unto glory.