For he says to Moses,
I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
I will have mercy Then it is not of him that willeth By these words he again teaches that God's call and predestination of those whom he has decreed to save, is not upon account of any works or merits in men, but only to be attributed to the mercy and goodness of God. See St. Thomas Aquinas on this chap. lect. iii. See St. Augustine, Encher. chap. xcviii. Epis. 194. in the new Ed. Ep. 105. ad Sixtum de lib. Arbit. chap. xxv. (Witham)