"Do not imagine for an instant that I pretend to be able to thoroughly elucidate the great mysteries of predestination. Tonight, I shall do two things:

I will explain this text to show that it simply means what it says, and I will not alter it—'Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.' To take off the edge of this terrible doctrine that makes some people bite their lips, I will cause us to notice that this is a fact.