...children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God acccording to election might stand, not of works, but of Him that calleth. For he saith to Moses [see Exod. xxxiii. 19], I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy ; and I will...

...being yet Iwn, neither having done any good or evil ; thai the purpose of God, according to tlectiin, might stand; not of works, but of him that calleth; it was said unto her, to Rcbekah, the mother uf them, whilst they were in her womb, the elder ¡hall ¡true the younger ;...

...evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of worksbut of him that calieth. It was said unto her, the elder shall serve the younger....written Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated." See also, that declaration of the Most High, by the prophet Jeremiah. " I have loved thee with an everlasting...

...their birth. " For the children being net yet born, neither having done good or evil that the purpofe according to election might Stand* not of works, but of him that calleth." So chap. xi. it is faid, that election is of grace- " And if by grace, then it is no more of works."...

...father Isaac, 1 1 (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,) 12 It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. 13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved,...

...put God either upon choosing the elect, or rejecting the reprobate. Mark the llth verse: " That the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth.'' With this agrees Ephes. ii. 8, y ; " For by grace arc ye saved, through faith, and that not of yourselves...

...Ver. 11 — 13, " 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 thatcalleth,) it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger : as it is written, Jacob have...

...Jacob, he takes notice of a declared preference given to the younger, before their birth ; that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works. But if the foreknowledge of men's good works had been the ground of it, why should it be called aa election...

...father Isaac, 11 (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,) 12 It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. 13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved,...

...elder shall serve the younger : 13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. 14 ^f What shall we say then ? Is there unrighteousness with God ? God forbid. 15 For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on...