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,... Sermons, Doctrinal and Practical - Page 36by Otis Thompson - 1850 - 336 pagesFull view - About this book
| Missions - 1833 - 638 pages
...information on election than any other. The first is Rom. ix. 11—16. " For the children being not yet bom, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose...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... | |
| Presbyterianism - 1813 - 580 pages
...been done in thee had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. e Rom. ix, 11. For the children being not yet born, neither having done...purpose of God according to election might stand, net of works, but of him that calleth, Ver. 13. As it is written, Jacob have! 1 loved, but Esay have... | |
| John Wesley - 1813 - 470 pages
...have 10 a son. And not only this, but when Rebecca also had 11 conceived by one man, our father Isaac, The children being not yet born, neither having done...(that the purpose of God according to election might 12 stand, not of works, but of him that called,) It was said 13 to her, •jjiJThe elder shall serve... | |
| Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - Sermons, English - 1813 - 462 pages
...what doth St. Paul ? Hear his answers. " Before the children were born, before they had done either good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, he saith, the elder shall serve the younger. Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. I will have... | |
| Thomas Ridgley - 1814 - 554 pages
...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...works, 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... | |
| Hervey Wilbur - Bible - 1814 - 184 pages
...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 done...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... | |
| New Church gen. confer - 1862 - 606 pages
...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,... | |
| Thomas Ridgley - Presbyterianism - 1814 - 558 pages
...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... | |
| Samuel Whitman - Atonement - 1814 - 390 pages
...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... | |
| Lorenzo Dow - Christian life - 1814 - 666 pages
...The scripture which sayeth, Rom. ix. 11, &e. if The children being yet unborn, having done neither good or evil, that the purpose of God, according to election, might stand, it was said' unto Iier, the elder shall serve the younger j as it is written, .« Jacob have 1 loved,... | |
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