Ernest read as follows:
“By the decree of God, for the manifestation of His glory, some men and angels are predestinated unto everlasting life, and others fore-ordained to everlasting death.
“These men and angels, thus predestinated and fore-ordained, are particularly and unchangeably designed and their number is so certain that it cannot be either increased or diminished.”
“That reads rather harsh, does it not?” asked the Doctor.
“Yes, sir; it does.”
“And yet it is what the Bible says.”
“Where will I find that?”
“Turn to Romans 9:22-25: ‘What if God, willing to show His wrath, and to make His power known, endured with much long suffering, the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction; and that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had afore prepared unto glory?’”
“That does seem to teach that there are two classes,” said Ernest.