...the place of the Cnnuanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites," &c.- " For the Lord thy God hat.it chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth." Not for thy righteousness or for the uprightness of thine heart dost thou go to possess their...

...elsewhere, Thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God; the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be <i special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth, chap. vii. 6, 7. And, in many other places in the Old Testament, the word election is taken...

...privileges, were out of royal favor; so says Moses, "Thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God : the Lord, thy God, hath chosen thee to be a special...the face of the earth. The Lord did not set his love on you, and choose you, because ye were more in number than any, people, for ye were the fewest of...

...groves, and burn their graven images with fire. 6 For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God : the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special...himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth. 7 The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than...

...— but hear God's own account of the matter: " For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God ; the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto him, above all people that are upon the face of the earth. The Lord did not set his love upon you,...

...chose their seed after " them." Deut. iv. 37. " For thou art " a holy people unto the Lord thy God ; " the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to " be a special...above ** all people that are upon the face of the " earth. [ 186 } " earth. The Lord did not set his love " upon you, nor choose you because ye '* were...

...groves, and burn their graven images wilh fire. 6. For ihou art a holy people unlo ihe LORD thy God : ihe LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people...himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth. 7. The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than...

...came out of Egypt, are the elect. Again, ' Jehovah thy God hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people to himself, above all people that are upon the face of...the earth." The Lord did not set his love upon you, and chuse yoii, because you w&re more in number than any people: But because the Lord loved you, and...

...that " he loved their fathers, and chose their seed after thena."(m) More fully in another chapter, "The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because you were more in number than any people; but because the Lord loved you." (rc) He frequently repeats...

...their seed after them, and brought tliee out " in his sight, with his mighty power out of Egypt." " The Lord thy God ' hath chosen thee to be a special...himself above all people that ' are upon the face of the earth." \ might have been brought forward by them; as fairly, as they are now by the opponents of Calvinism....