...text, which is generally insisted on, as a very plain proof of this doctrine, in Rom. ix. 11, 12, 13. The children being not yet born, neither having done...but of him that calleth : It was said unto her, the eider shall serve the younger ; as it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. Here is...

...loveth not, knoweth not God i for GOD is love. 1 John 4. 8. His love to his people is sovereign,— for the children being not yet born, neither having...might stand, not of works but of him that calleth i It was said unto,her, the elder shall serve the younger. As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but...

...Romans, where it is said of Jacob and Esau, " for the children being not yet born, neither having done good or evil, that the purpose of God according to...of works but of Him that calleth ; it was said unto Rebecca, The elder shall serve the younger." This did not mean the election of Jacob to eternal life,...

...text, which is generally insisted on, as a very plain proof of this doctrine, in Rom. ix. 11, 12, 13. The children being not yet born, neither having done...purpose of God according to election, might stand; not of-works, but of him that calleth: It -was said unto her, the elder shall serve the younger ; as it...

...distinction made -between Jacob and Esau, by 'God's loving the one and hating the other, before 'they had done any good or evil, "that the purpose of God according...election might stand, •not of works, but of him that callelh." 3. Iluntington's definition of faith and justification. TS so inconsistent with the word...

...intention to remove all ambiguity from this subject. Suffer me to quote only the eleventh verse : " The children, being not yet born, neither having done...election, might stand, not of works, but of him that callelh, it was said, the greater shall serve the younger ; as it is written, Jacob have I loved, but...

...And not only this ; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac, verse 10. (For the children being not yet born, neither having...God according to election might stand, not of works" [seeing this was impossible while Jacob was yet unborn] "but of him that calleth) verse 11. It was...

...assertion, I will transcribe, or quote some of the doctrines of St. Paul, most difficult to be understood. " As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have...there unrighteousness with God ? God forbid. For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will...

...Suffer me to quote only the eleventh verse : " The children, being not yet born, neither having ilone any good, or evil, that the purpose of God, according...election, might stand, not of works, but of him that caileth, it was said, the greater shall serve the younger ; as it is written, Jacob have I loved, but...

...had twins by our father Isaac, 11. The children not being yet born, so having neither done good nor evil, that the purpose of God according to election...might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth, 12. It was said to her, The elder shall serve the younger. 13. As it is written, I have loved Jacob...