 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 Spiritual Magazine, and Zion's Casket - Page 721846Full view - About this book
 | Herman Witsius - Covenant theology - 1803 - 476 pages
...good foreseen in man, it maintains thi» most free and gracious good-pleasure of God, Rom: ix: II. " for the children being not yet born, neither having...might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth &.c. 2. Tim: i. 9. not according to our works, but according to his own purpose. " 3dly, Neither faith,... | |
 | John Smalley - Congregational churches - 1803 - 448 pages
...and what was revealed to their mother Rebecca concerning them, before their birth: Ver. 11 — 13, " For the children being not yet born, neither having...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... | |
 | John Smalley - Congregational churches - 1803 - 454 pages
...haughtiness of men shall be made- low, and the Lord alone shall be exalted." And Rom. ix. 11, " That the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth." Another reason is, that his glory may be more conspicuous, in the punishment of all sorts of sinners,... | |
 | Dan Foster - Theology - 1803 - 326 pages
...10—14. 'J And not only this; but when Re* faecca alfo had conceived by one, even by our father Ifaac, (For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpofe of God according to election might fland, not of works, but of him that calletfv.) It was laid... | |
 | William Huntington - Arminianism - 1803 - 590 pages
...when did this love and hatred take place — after Efau had fold his birth-right ? ' No,' fays God — For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the puipofe of God according to election might ftand, not of works but of him that calleth, it was faid... | |
 | Johann Caspar Lavater - Facial expression - 1804 - 422 pages
...passage from the ninth of the Romans. " Tor the children, being not yet born, neither having done an}' good or evil, that the purpose of God according to...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 will... | |
 | 1804 - 476 pages
...son. 10 And not only this ; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac, 11 (For the children being not yet born, neither having...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,... | |
 | Job Swift - Congregational churches - 1805 - 314 pages
...others.' We find in Scripture, such expressions as these, " many are called, but few chosen." Again, "that the purpose of God according to election might stand,...said unto her, the elder shall serve the younger, &c." " The election obtained it, the rest were blinded. He hath mercy on whom he will have mercj'."... | |
 | Samuel Barnard - Apologetics - 1806 - 352 pages
...son. " And not only this, but when Rebecca had also " conceived by one, even by our father Isaac; " (For the children being not yet born, neither " having...election might stand, not " of works, but of him that cullcth). It lias said " unto her,. TMe- elder iha.ll serve the younger. " As it is written, Jacob... | |
 | Thomas Vincent - Westminster Assembly - 1806 - 308 pages
...all, if he had so pleased, Rom. ix. 11, 13, 18. The children being not yet born, neither having done good or evil, that the purpose of God according to...not of works, but of him that calleth, it was said, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. For lie hath mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom... | |
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