...serve the younger. Ver. 13. As it is written, Jacob have I loved, and Esau have I hated. Ver. 16. It is not of him that willeth, or of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy. Ver. 18. He hath mercy on whom He will have mercy, and whom He will He hardeneth....

...rebellion, insurrection are sometimes a people's highest duty. Lessons: — 1. The blessing of the covenant is not of him that willeth or of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy. 2. Those who despise God's salvation in youth cannot always obtain it in manhood...

...that there is no difference between me and the vilest of the vile but what grace has made, and that it is not of him that willeth, or of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy. Oh ! what compassion, what love does this inspire me with towards poor sinners...

...and have done neither good nor evil ; that it is not of works, but of Him that calleth ; and that it is not of him that willeth or of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy; that it is clay of the same lump of which some vessels are made to honour, and...

...abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, and calls things that are, not as though: tfaey_were. "It is not of him that willeth or of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy."1 As moral agents, for whom alone exist all the predicaments of merit and demerit,...

...great benefit, which is not given to all, but to those for whom it is prepared of the FATHER, since it is not of him that willeth or of him that runneth, but of GOD that showeth mercy, so that every mouth that speaketh vain things may be stopped, and every man be...

...but " the Scrip* npled on his desire ; " for it said, " It is not of him that had faith, ture tramp willeth, or of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy; " therefore, unless God had chosen him, his labour was in vain. The devil saw his opportunity; the...

...great benefit, which is not given to all, but to those for whom it is prepared of the Father, since it is not of him that willeth or of him that runneth, but of God that hath mercy, so that every mouth that speaketh vain things may be stopped, and man be wholly subject...

...be saved." " What," they might say, " is the use of calling on the name of the Lord, when salvation is not of him that willeth or of him that runneth, but is the result of a pure and sovereign act of mercy ? " Let no anxious sinner, however, imagine that...

...careful to act with circnmspection. When at Monthly Meeting this passage was sweetly brought to mind, ' Not of him that willeth, or of him that runneth, but of God who sho we th mercy.'" " Seventh month. — Oh, that I may not be permitted to make unnecessary excuses,...