_Ps. 147:20_—“_He hath not dealt so with any nation; And as for his ordinances, they have not known them_”. _Rom. 3:1, 2_—“_What advantage then hath the Jew? or what is the profit of circumcision? Much every way: first of all, that they were intrusted with the oracles of God_”; _John 15:16_—“_Ye did not choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that ye should go and bear fruit_”; _Acts 9:15_—“_he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles and kings, and the children of Israel._” Thirdly, that “God has some other reason than that of saving as many as possible for the way in which he distributes his grace.” n _Mat. 11:21_—Tyre and Sidon “_would have repented,_” if they had had the grace bestowed upon Chorazin and Bethsaida; _Rom. 9:22‐25_—“_What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering vessels of wrath fitted unto destruction: and that he might make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he afore prepared unto glory?_” The Scripture passages which directly or indirectly support the doctrine of a particular election of individual men to salvation may be arranged as follows: (_a_) Direct statements of God’s purpose to save certain individuals: Jesus speaks of God’s elect, as for example in _Mark 13:27_—“_then shall he send forth the angels, and shall gather together his elect_”; _Luke 18:7_—“_shall not God avenge his elect, that cry to him day and night?_” _Acts 13:48_—“_as many as were ordained_ (τεταγμένοι) _to eternal life believed_”—here Whedon translates: “disposed unto eternal life,” referring to κατηρτισμένα in _verse 23_, where “_fitted_” = “fitted themselves.” The only instance, however, where τάσσω is used in a middle sense is in _1 Cor. 16:15_—“_set themselves_”; but there the object, ἑαυτούς, is expressed. Here we must compare _Rom. 13:1_—“_the powers that be are ordained_ (τεταγμέναι) _of God_”; see also _Acts 10:42_—“_this is he who is ordained_ (ὡρισμένος) _of God to be the Judge of the living and the dead._”