...specimen of such passages, tak'^ the following: Rom. ix. 11. " For the children being not yet b-trn j neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not cfviorts, but of him that eallcth :" v. 16, " So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that...

...glorified." The other is Rom. ix. 11, 12, 13, where the apostle writes concerning Jacob and Esau ; " For the children being not yet born, neither having...works, but of him that calleth, it was said unto her (Rebecca), The elder shall serve the younger. And it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have...

...glorified." The other is Rom. ix. 11, 12, 13, where the apostle writes concerning Jacob and Esau ; " For the children being not yet born, neither having...works, but of him that call'eth, it was said unto her (Rebecca), The elder shall serve the younger. And it is written, Jacob have 1 loved, but Esau have...

...author in describing the sovereignty of God in the election of Jacob in preference to Esau, says ; " For the children being not yet born ; neither having...might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth." And in further arguing on this subject he adds; " For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy, on whom...

...Jacob in preference to Esau, says ; " For the children being not yet born ; neither having done away good or evil, that the purpose of God, according to...might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth," And in further arguing on this subject he adds; " For be saith to Moses, I will have mercy, on whom...

...might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth ; it was said unto her," their mother Rebecca, " The elder shall serve the younger." As it is written, " Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated." Between these twin brothers, the Lord, by his own purpose and election, made a wide, if not an everlasting...

...be imagined. Ver. 11. It is in general said, that the children being yet unborn, neither having done good or evil ; that the purpose of God according to...election might stand, not of works, but of him that Ver. 17. calleth; Jacob was loved, and Esau hated; that God raised up Pharaoh, that he might shew his...

...Rom. ix, 11 — 24. In verses 11, 12, 13, it is said ; " For the children," that is, Jacob and Esau, " being not yet born, neither having done any good or...written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated." It is beyond all doubt in my mind, that this interesting passage was meant to be understood in a national...

...above reasoning. " When Rebecca had conceived by one," says the apostle, " even by our father Isaac, (for the children being not yet born, neither having...written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.*" To undertake the illustration of this passage, in its bearings on the doctrine of divine sovereignty...

...Isaac. " At this time I will come, and Sarah shall have a son." He descends to Jacob and Esau. — 41 The children being not yet born, neither having done...works, but of him that calleth, it was said unto her (Rebecca) that the elder shall serve the younger ; as it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have...