Has not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honor, and another unto dishonor?
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Augustine of Hippo
AD 430
It would seem unjust that vessels of wrath should be made unto destruction if the whole lump of clay has not been condemned in Adam. The fact that men become vessels of wrath at birth is due to the penalty they deserve, but that they become vessels of mercy at their second birth is due to an undeserved grace.
