...one, even by out Fain her : and (he &id, If it be ">« »»**cii For the CHILDREN being not yet born, neither having done any GOOD or EVIL, that the PURPOSE of GOD according to ELECTION might {land, not of WORKS, but of him that CALLKTH. ii It was fa!d unto her, The ELDOL Diall ferve thevouMGER....

...men; for this act passed in eternity, before any works were done; The children not being yet born, neither having done any good or evil ; that the purpose of God, according to election might stand, Rom. ix. 1 1. and since this was done before them, they could never be the moving cause of it; they...

...time. In proof of this point, see Romans ix. 1 1 — 14. " For the children being not yetborn,neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of worksbut of him that calieth. It was said unto her, the elder shall serve the younger. As it is written...

...their birth. " For the children being net yet born, neither having done good or evil that the purpofe according to election might Stand* not of works, but of him that calleth." So chap. xi. it is faid, that election is of grace- " And if by grace, then it is no more of works."...

...this, what doth St. Paul ? Here his answers. Before the children were born, before they had done either 'good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, /re sailh, the elder shall serve the younger. Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. I will have....

...wretchedly prone to question and dispute against his sovereignty over his creatures. " The children being not yet bom, neither having done any good or < evil,...might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth; it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. Afc it is written, Jacob have I loved, but...

...Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac, 1 1 (For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose...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,...

...thi» most free and gracious good-pleasure of God, Rom: ix: II. " for the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose...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,...

...Rebecca concerning them, before their birth: Ver. 11 — 13, " For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, (that the purpose...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...

...and Jacob, he takes notice of a declared preference given to the younger, before their birth ; tfiat the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of •works. But if the foreknowledge of men's good works had been the ground of it, why should it be called an election...