...sinners, he took to himself certain persons as his peculiar property, according to the scripture : " For the children being not yet born, " neither having done any good or evil, &c, it is " said," (to Rebecca,) " The elder shall serve the " younger : even as it is written, Jacob...

...pointed expressions for this purpose can scarcely be conceived than those actually made use of. For t he 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 callcth, it was suid,...

...gone over to the other brothers in remainder ; which is (as it is said of Jacob and Esau, Rom. ix.) the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, it was written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated ; and so they should be damnali ante quod...

...of God: but the children of the promise are counted for shall have a son. 11 (For the children'being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purjwse of God, according to election, might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth) 10 And not...

...denominated the elect. The doctrine of election is established by a single text respecting Jacob and Esau. " 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...

...rendered subservient. The case of Jacob and Esau is cited in evidence of the truth of this system. "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...

...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 any good or evil, that the purpose of God, according to election, might siand ; not of works, but of him that calleth. It was...

...the ninth chapter of this epistle he treats of election and reprobation. Of Esau and Jacob he says, " 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...

...their moral characters. That this is a truth, we are plainly taught. It is written of Esau and Jacob, "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...

...mass of sinners to adopt some certain persons as a peculiar people to himself, as it is written : " For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, &c." " It was said (namely to Rebecca,) the elder shall serve the younger ; as it is written, Jacob...