...did this love and hatred take place — after Efau had fold his birth-right ? ' No,' fays God — For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the puipofe of God according to election might ftand, not of works but of him that calleth, it was faid...

...and Jacob, he takes notice of a declared preference given to the younger, before their birth ; tfiat the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of •works. But if the foreknowledge of men's good works had been the ground of it, why should it be called an election...

...passage from the ninth of the Romans. " Tor the children, being not yet born, neither having done an}' good or evil, that the purpose of God according to...written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. What shall we say then, Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid. For he saith to Moses, I will...

...10 And not only this ; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac, 11 (For the children being not yet born, neither having done...might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth,) 12 It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. 13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved,...

...pofterities, the argument of the Apoftle furnifbes a proof. " For the children," ESAU and JACOB, fays he, " being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpofe of GOD, according to election, might ftand, not of Works, but of him that calletl! ; it was...

...others.' We find in Scripture, such expressions as these, " many are called, but few chosen." Again, "that the purpose of God according to election might stand,...said unto her, the elder shall serve the younger, &c." " The election obtained it, the rest were blinded. He hath mercy on whom he will have mercj'."...

..." And not only this, but when Rebecca had also " conceived by one, even by our father Isaac; " (For the children being not yet born, neither " having...election might stand, not " of works, but of him that cullcth). It lias said " unto her,. TMe- elder iha.ll serve the younger. " As it is written, Jacob...

...all, if he had so pleased, Rom. ix. 11, 13, 18. The children being not yet born, neither having done good or evil, that the purpose of God according to...not of works, but of him that calleth, it was said, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. For lie hath mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom...

...pleafed. a John iii. 1 6, God fo loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, &c. Rom; ix. n, For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpofe of God according to election might ftand, not of works, but of him that calleth. v. 13, It...

...this, what doth St. Paul ? Hear his answers. Before the children were born, before they had done either good or evil", that the purpose of God according to election might stand, he saith, the elder shall serve the younger. Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. I will have...