ye shall breake it] Why washing should not serve the turne for cleansing in earthen vessels as well as others, no naturall reason can be rendered: if by earthen vessels we understand reprobates, as some doe, the breaking of them may signifie their destruction, as Psalms 2:9. Jeremiah 9:11. as the washing of the other, and sparing them, may note the cleansing of other sinners by eares of contrition.