 Isaac; (for the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the 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 is written,...  The Works of the Rev. John Wesley - Page 351by John Wesley - 1812Full view - About this book
 | John Owen - Puritans - 1826 - 686 pages
...evil, that the 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 is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated;' Rom. ix. 11, 12. In brief, wherever there is any mention of election... | |
 | Robert Wilson (A.M.) - Election (Doctrine of)s - 1826 - 236 pages
...that the 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 is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated," ver. 10 — 13. This instance exhibits the sovereignty of God in a... | |
 | Presbyterianism - 1826 - 596 pages
...purpose of God, according to election, might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth; it was said, The elder shall serve the younger. As it is written, Jacob have I LOVED, but Esau have I hated." Whatever explanation may be given of the election which the apostle... | |
 | 1858 - 726 pages
...according to election might stand, not of works but of him that calleth) ; it was said unto her (Rebecca), The elder shall serve the younger. As it is written, Jacob have I loved but Esau have I hated" (Bom. ix. 11—13). Here, too, we may perceive the particular, individual... | |
 | John Bird Sumner - Bible - 1826 - 360 pages
...according to election might stand, not " of works, but of him that calleth; it was " said unto Rebecca, The elder shall serve the " younger. As it is written, Jacob have I " loved, but Esau have I hated. What shall " we say then ? is there unrighteousness with " God ?... | |
 | John Wesley - Methodism - 1827 - 548 pages
...So thoroughly had God changed his heart. And why should we doubt but that happy change continued ? but Esau have I hated." chap. ix.. 12, 13. For it...only did the elder (Esau) serve the younger ; not in his person ; (for Esau never served Jacob;) but in his posterity. The posterity of the elder brother... | |
 | Joseph Priestley - Atonement - 1827 - 490 pages
...evil, that the 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 is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. What shall we say then ? Is there unrighteousness with God ? God forbid... | |
 | 1827 - 524 pages
...that the 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 is written ; Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. What shall we say then ? Is there unrighteousness with God ? God forbid.... | |
 | William Cogswell - Families - 1827 - 558 pages
...evil, that the 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 is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.... | |
 | Thomas Belsham - Sermons, English - 1827 - 516 pages
...that the 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 is written, Mai. i. 2, " Jacob have I loved, but Esau have 1 hated ;" that is, in the figurative language of prophecy,... | |
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