Find fault; blame persons for doing wrong.

Resisted his will; thwarted his counsels, by which "he hath mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth," verse Romans 8:18. This is the old objection, that if God accomplishes all his purposes, he cannot blame men for their conduct. But it is a certain fact that he does govern them as free responsible beings, and hold them accountable for all their wickedness, although he may overrule it, as he did that of the Jewish council who instigated Pilate to crucify Christ, for the accomplishment of his own wise and good counsels.

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Old Testament