Romans 9:14-15

What shall we say then?— So far the Apostle, in this chapter, has considered God's choosing or refusing any body of men in general, without supposing them to be corrupt, or to have forfeited the divine favour; but it is evident from the Scripture quotations, that from Romans 9:15 he considers them in another light; namely, as corrupt, and deserving of destruction, which brings his argument to the case of the rejected Jews: and it is observable, that the Apostle arguing here with the Jews, to vindicate the justice of God in rejecting them, uses three sorts of arguments. The first is, the testimony of Moses, concerning God's asserting this to himself by the right of his sovereignty, which was enough to stop the mouths of the Jews; the second, from reason, Romans 9:19.; and the third, from his predictions of it to the Jews, and the warning that he gave them of it beforehand, Romans 9:25. See Locke, and Exodus 33:19.