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 on Several Occasions - Page 486by John Wesley - 1836Full view - About this book
| John Gill - Theology, Doctrinal - 1796 - 570 pages
...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 ;... | |
| William Huntington - Arminianism - 1802 - 522 pages
...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... | |
| 1802 - 374 pages
...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,... | |
| John Smalley - Congregational churches - 1803 - 454 pages
...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,... | |
| Johann Caspar Lavater - Facial expression - 1804 - 422 pages
...Romans. " Tor the children, being not yet born, neither having done an}' 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, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. What... | |
| 1804 - 476 pages
...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,... | |
| Job Swift - Congregational churches - 1805 - 314 pages
...Scripture, such expressions as these, " many are called, but few chosen." Again, "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, &c." " The election obtained it, the rest were blinded. He hath... | |
| Thomas Vincent - Westminster Assembly - 1806 - 308 pages
...ix. 11, 13, 18. The children being not yet born, neither having done good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, 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... | |
| Samuel Barnard - Apologetics - 1806 - 352 pages
..." (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 cullcth). It lias said " unto her,. TMe- elder iha.ll serve the younger. " As it is written, Jacob... | |
| Samuel Austin - Church - 1807 - 344 pages
...children, being not yet born, neither . having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God, accord. ing 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, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated." Here... | |
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