...brother Esau. , "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, The elder shall serve the younger. As it is written, Jacob have I LOVED, but Esau have I hated." Whatever...

...Rom. ix. 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," Sec. — For an exposition of this passage, see the remarks on the ninth chapter of the Romans. Admitting,...

...were yet unborn, that his eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus before the world began, according to election, might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth, he said, "Jacob have I loved" (Rom. ix. 11 — 13). Moreover, how great was his goodness when, in our...

...sovereignty : " For the children, being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God, according to election, might stand,...her (Rebecca) the elder shall serve the younger.* Zealous for the execution of the divine purpose thus revealed to her ; revealed, nojdonbt, that it...

...even our father Isaac, (the children being not yet born, neither having done good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand,...works, but of him that calleth.) It was said unto her, " the elder shall serve the younger." Rom. ix. 10—12. Here the distinction is clearly made to depend,...

...father 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,...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....

...evil. Romans 9:11 For the children being not yet bom, 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. Deuteronomy 11:18-19 Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind...

...God distinctly says in Chapter 9,16; "It is not of him that willeth" ; and in verse 1 1 : "That the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of Him that calleth." You say, "What then shall we teach?" We answer: Teach the words of Scripture and let it go at that....

...of Works; or that it is Absolute and Unconditional. For, saith he, this was said unto her, that the Purpose of God according to Election might stand, not of Works but of Him that Calleth. That is, that Chooseth, Calleth, and Saveth whom he will, from his mere, sovereign good Pleasure, without...

...Jacob and Esau: "(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;)" (Rom, 9:ii) The election, or the selection, does not stand upon anything that one having been selected...