...elect? — Rom. viii. 28--30. 33. When Rebecca also had conceived by one, even Isaac, the children not yet born, neither having done any good or evil,...God according to election might stand, not of works, bnt of him that calleth, it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger; as it is written,...

...shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justified)." Rom. ix. 11, 12, 13: "For the children being not yet born, neither having done...that the purpose of God, according to election, might siand ; not of works, but of him that calleth. It was said unto her, the elder shall serve the younger;...

...by one, even by our father Isaac, 1 1 (For the children being not yet born, neither having done fcny good or evil, that the purpose of God, according to...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,...

...births, and images, in men and women. Now whereas it is said, " 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 465 that calleth : it was said unto Rebecca, thc elder shall serve the younger ;" or, the greater shall...

...be established, according to his 12 will, not by works, but by him that calleth, it was said to 13 Rebecca, The elder shall serve the younger: As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau I have not loved. 14 What shall we say then? Is there injustice with the most 15 high God? God forbid!...

...: lest any one should arrogate any thing to himself on the score of his own merits, v. 11, 12. for the children being not yet born, neither having done...works, but of him that calleth, it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. The purpose of God, according to what election? Doubtless according...

...them to know the difference between good and evil. Romans 9:11 For the children being not yet bom, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose...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...

...before they are born?" Or, to use Paul's words in Romans 9:1 1,13, "For the children being not yet bom, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose...might stand, not of works but of him that calleth . ... As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated." It is at this point that Paul asks,...

...father Isaac — for the children being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth, — In the former passage it is brought out that Isaac was a child of promise, not merely of natural...

...not 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...