{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">8. Let us begin, then, with what is said about Pharaoh—that\r\nhe was hardened by God, that he might not send away\r\nthe people; along with which will be examined also the statement\r\nof the apostle, “Therefore hath He mercy on whom He\r\nwill have mercy, and whom He will He hardeneth.”<a id=\"r429\"></a><a class=\"c007 pginternal\" href=\"#f429\"><sup>[429]</sup></a> And\r\ncertain of those who hold different opinions misuse these passages,\r\nthemselves also almost destroying free-will by introducing\r\nruined natures incapable of salvation, and others saved\r\nwhich it is impossible can be lost; and Pharaoh, they say, as\r\nbeing of a ruined nature, is therefore hardened by God, who\r\nhas mercy upon the spiritual, but hardens the earthly. Let us\r\nsee now what they mean. For we shall ask them if Pharaoh\r\nwas of an earthy nature; and when they answer, we shall\r\nsay that he who is of an earthy nature is altogether disobedient\r\nto God: but if disobedient, what need is there of\r\nhis heart being hardened, and that not once, but frequently?\r\nUnless perhaps, since it was possible for him to obey (in\r\nwhich case he would certainly have obeyed, as not being\r\nearthy, when hard pressed by the signs and wonders), God\r\nneeds him to be disobedient to a greater degree,<a id=\"r430\"></a><a class=\"c007 pginternal\" href=\"#f430\"><sup>[430]</sup></a> in order\r\nthat He may manifest His mighty deeds for the salvation of\r\nthe multitude, and therefore hardens his heart. This will be\r\nour answer to them in the first place, in order to overturn\r\ntheir supposition that Pharaoh was of a ruined nature. And\r\nthe same reply must be given to them with respect to the\r\nstatement of the apostle. For whom does God harden?\r\nThose who perish, as if they would obey unless they were\r\nhardened, or manifestly those who would be saved because\r\nthey are not of a ruined nature. And on whom has He\r\nmercy? Is it on those who are to be saved? And how\r\nis there need of a second mercy for those who have been\r\nprepared once for salvation, and who will by all means become\r\nblessed on account of their nature? Unless perhaps,\r\nsince they are capable of incurring destruction, if they did\r\nnot receive mercy, they will obtain mercy, in order that they\r\nmay not incur that destruction of which they are capable,\r\nbut may be in the condition of those who are saved. And\r\nthis is our answer to such persons.</p>","headings":["The Writings of Origen, Vol. 1 of 2","ORIGEN DE PRINCIPIIS.","BOOK III.","FROM THE GREEK."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg70561-paragraph-212"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"0d3c9cb04e46ca5477befa15e083ea944c76c516d3da72ea02a349c90b6ff344","edition_title":"The writings of Origen, Vol. 1 (of 2)","edition_translators":["Frederick Crombie"],"edition_year":1869,"explicit_reference_candidates":[{"book":"ROM","chapter":9,"kind":"unreviewed","source_notation":"Rom. ix. 18","verse":18,"verse_end":18}],"headings":[],"id":"pg70561-f429","license_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/policy/license.html","public_import_allowed":false,"record_kind":"original-editor-translator-note","review_required":["work and recension attribution","original-work chronology","Bible reference numbering and citation kind","English edition rights and attribution"],"review_status":"needs_review","rights_evidence":"Project Gutenberg metadata: Public domain in the USA. Existing 1869 English translation; translator died 1889. Electronic transcription subject to Project Gutenberg reuse terms.","source_anchor":"f429","source_ebook":70561,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f429\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r429\">429</a>. </span><abbr class=\"spell\">Cf.</abbr> <abbr title=\"Romans\">Rom.</abbr> <abbr title=\"nine\">ix.</abbr> 18.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"de125e213d16053354f22b34a1c8d477ac23f201e660e4f4841b2ed7e05bb367","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/70561/pg70561-images.html#f429","text_sha256":"32cfefe09ff71400ac4d4d89a4f3e59ec84de480ee1f7e80ff61e1b7b58afa2b","verified":false,"work_id":null}