 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 Theological Class Book: Containing a System of Divinity, in the Form of ... - Page 34by William Cogswell - 1833 - 172 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Leonard Woods - 1820 - 176 pages
...Rom. ix, 11 — 24. In verses 11, 12, 13, it is said ; " For the children," that is, Jacob and Esau, " being not yet born, neither having done any good or...written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated." It is beyond all doubt in my mind, that this interesting passage was meant to be understood in a national... | |
 | William Harris - 1821 - 184 pages
...above reasoning. " When Rebecca had conceived by one," says the apostle, " even by our father Isaac, (for the children being not yet born, neither having...written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.*" To undertake the illustration of this passage, in its bearings on the doctrine of divine sovereignty... | |
 | Aaron Bancroft - 1822 - 438 pages
...Isaac. " At this time I will come, and Sarah shall have a son." He descends to Jacob and Esau. — 41 The children being not yet born, neither having done...works, but of him that calleth, it was said unto her (Rebecca) that the elder shall serve the younger ; as it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have... | |
 | John Fry - 1822 - 618 pages
...when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac, (for the children being yet unborn, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose...said unto her, " the elder shall serve the younger," 8cc. £.c. So that it appears a peculiar seed was in the view of God in all these promises — a seed... | |
 | Edward John Burrow - 1822 - 594 pages
...and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. Rom. is. 11. 23,24, 25. (For the children being not yet born, neither having...might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth ;) And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore... | |
 | William R. Newell - 1938 - 596 pages
...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... | |
 | Anne Dutton - 2003 - 484 pages
...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... | |
 | William Huntington - 2005 - 342 pages
...Esau." But when did this love and hatred take place, after Esau had sold his birth-right? No, says God; "for the children being not yet born, neither having...written Jacob have I loved but Esau have I hated," Rom. ix. 11-13. God's elect are said to be loved with an everlasting love. And there is a people that... | |
 | Eugene Kettler - 2005 - 177 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;) 1. What does the election mean? 2. When a people are called, do you still have the free choice to refuse?... | |
 | Daniel Negron - 2005 - 478 pages
...sin of the Savior. God's foreknowledge of all whom He would save is also spoken of in Romans 9:11: (For [the children] being not yet born, neither having...might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;) Those who will be saved have been chosen by God according to election prior to their births, so that... | |
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