| John Wesley - 1811 - 450 pages
...with him," (Rom. ii. 11.) Again from that text, " The children being not yet born, neither having done good or evil, that the purpose of God, according to...but of him that calleth. — It was said unto her," (unto Rebecca,) " the elder shall serve the younger :" you infer that our being predestinated or elect,... | |
| Thomas Scott - 1811 - 824 pages
...iii. p. 647.' 1 2 Cor. xii. 7—10. i * ' Because he says, "For the children being not yet born, I " neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose...to election, might stand, not of works, but of him 1 " that callelh ; it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the « " younger : as it is written,... | |
| Samuel Hopkins - 1811 - 536 pages
...any thing to the charge of God's elect : It is God that justifieth."t " For the children not being yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that...of God, according to election, might stand, not of • Johl) xyii. 1, 2, 9, 10, n, 21. t M»rk w, 20, 22/2T.' » ROBB. viii. 28, 39, 30, 33, works, but... | |
| Joseph Priestley - 1812 - 108 pages
...? III. I III. OP ELECTION AND REPROBATION. Rom. ix. 11, &c. " For the children being not yet horn, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose...written, Jacob have I loved, - but Esau have I hated. What shall we say then ? Is there unrighteousness with God ? God forbid ! For he saith to Moses, I... | |
| John Murray - 1812 - 444 pages
...decided as to their import. Thus, says the Apostle Paul in his Epistle to the Romans, ix, 11, "For the children being not yet born, neither having done...said unto her, the elder shall serve the younger." Hence it is plain, God does not exhibit himself as partial to the one, as virtuous, or as hating the... | |
| Seth Williston - 1812 - 252 pages
...will stand. Let me repeat the text, and then judge ye, if it does not hold forth these ideas : " For the children being not yet born, neither having done...might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth." What can be more evident, than this, that the design of the sacred writer, and of the Holy Spirit who... | |
| 1812 - 292 pages
...Rom. 9, 11, 12, 13. (For the Children, being not yet born, neither having done any good or tvil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand,...that calleth,) it was said unto her, the elder shall icrvc the younger. As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have J hated, yerses 15, 16, 17,... | |
| Thomas Branagan - 1812 - 370 pages
...son. And not only this, but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac, (for the children being not yet born, neither having done...good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election mijjht stand, not of works, but him that calleth,) it was said unto her, The elder shall serve... | |
| George Lawson - 1812 - 256 pages
...be holy," not because he foresaw that we would be holy. " Before the children were bornj or had uone good or evil, that the purpose of God, according to...election, might stand, not of works, but of him that calleih, it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger." i.Eph. i. 4. Rom ix. 12, 13. sing... | |
| Edward Dorr Griffin - 1813 - 340 pages
...ACCORDING TO HlS OWN PURPOSE AND GRACE, WHICH WAS GIVEN US IN CHRIST JESUS BEFORE THE WORLD BEGAN." "For the children being not yet born, neither having done...it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.'7 " WHOM HE DID PREDESTINATE, THEM HE ALSO CALLED." " As MANY AS WERE ORDAINED TO ETERNAL LIFE,... | |
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