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
| Jacob Jones Janeway - Atonement - 1827 - 262 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... | |
| 1827 - 600 pages
...purpose of God, according to election, might stand, not of works, hut 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... | |
| Extracts - 1828 - 786 pages
...evil, that the purpose of God according to election might itand, not of works, hut of him that calleth; it was said unto her, the elder shall serve the younger; as it is written, Jacob have I loyed, but Esau have I hated." Rom. ix. 11—13. Nothing that is temporal can be the cause of that... | |
| John Paul - Arianism - 1828 - 338 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." His fifth instance is still less to the purpose. Samuel was 're'rayfAsvoj... | |
| Charles Brooks - Christian life - 1828 - 424 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 I hated ;" that is, in the figurative language of prophecy,... | |
| Edward Dorr Griffin - Congregational churches - 1829 - 276 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." "WHOM HE DID PREDESTINATE THEM HE ALSO CALLED." "As MANY AS WERE ORDAINED... | |
| James Nourse - 1829 - 292 pages
...according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth ;) — it was said unto her, 12 "The elder shall serve the younger:" as it is written, " Jacob have I 13 loved, but Esau have I hated." The sovereignty of WHAT shall we say then ? Is there unrighteousness... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1830 - 630 pages
...that the promise 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." The apostle has not respect merely to the election of the persons... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1830 - 618 pages
...that the promise of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that callcth ; it was said unto her, the elder shall serve the younger. As it is written, "Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated." The apostle has not respect merely to the election of the persons... | |
| Methodist Church - 1839 - 512 pages
...shall thy seed be called." And again, it was said to Rebecca, before the birth of Esau and Jacob, " The elder shall serve the younger: as it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated." Lest any should suppose that God had respect to their future moral... | |
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