...had so pleased. Horn. ix. 11, 13, 18, The children being not yet born, neither having -done good nor evil, that the purpose of God, according to election,...not of works, but of him that calleth. It was said, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated : for he hath mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom...

...believe the gospel, while others remain in darkness and death, unless it be, as it is written, " that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth ?" ' . 9. God will save a very great part of the human race. After mentioning what numbers were sealed...

...distinction is made; Jacob have 1 loved, and Esau have 1 hated; the children not being born, nesther having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, Rom. ix. 11, VI, 13. This seems a strange thing, Sirs ; Rebecca was near twenty years, she and her...

...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 a man became such as he was through the prediction. Observe what Paul says upon this subject; ' For the children being not yet born, neither having...was said unto her, the elder shall serve the younger (s}.' For it was not necessary to wait for the event of things, but beforehand he knew who would be...

...appointment flows entirely from his own free and sovereign will. Rom. ix. " The children not yet being born, neither having done any good or evil, (that...not of works, but of him that calleth) it was said, the elder shall serve the younger : as it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated." The...

...with him," (Rom. ii. 11.) Again from that text, " The children being not yet born, neither having done good or evil, that the purpose of God, according to...but of him that calleth. — It was said unto her," (unto Rebecca,) " the elder shall serve the younger :" you infer that our being predestinated or elect,...

...iii. p. 647.' 1 2 Cor. xii. 7—10. i * ' Because he says, "For the children being not yet born, I " neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose...to election, might stand, not of works, but of him 1 " that callelh ; it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the « " younger : as it is written,...

...any thing to the charge of God's elect : It is God that justifieth."t " For the children not being yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that...of God, according to election, might stand, not of • Johl) xyii. 1, 2, 9, 10, n, 21. t M»rk w, 20, 22/2T.' » ROBB. viii. 28, 39, 30, 33, works, but...

...? III. I III. OP ELECTION AND REPROBATION. Rom. ix. 11, &c. " For the children being not yet horn, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose...written, Jacob have I loved, - but Esau have I hated. What shall we say then ? Is there unrighteousness with God ? God forbid ! For he saith to Moses, I...