of him that willeth Not that human willing and running are illusions;but they are not the causeof mercy. They follow it; they may even be the channel of its present action; but they are not the cause. Its origin is not "of" them. Cp. Philippians 2:13.

runneth The idea is of one actively moving in the path of right His energy may tempt him to think that he originatedthe motion; but he did not. The word "runneth" belongs to St Paul's favourite metaphor of the foot-race. See 1 Corinthians 9:24-26; Galatians 2:2; Galatians 5:7; Philippians 2:16.

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