and ofthe [reede. Preddl:ination. 279 coucnant ofgrace,theorher not;.flands not in A addrs afccond tellin)onyour ofMnlnchie _, f Mal.'·~. their forefeene faith and vnbeleefe, and the haJ<e/oJ<Cdlac•b,andhatedq;,~: that is,I haue fruits ofthem: but in the purpofe and willof purpcfed to Ioue (acob, and tohare Efau. And Godirfdfe.Forlf""cisoalledrhechil<&ofprothefe words no doubt are alieadged to ex. mift, becaufe by the vertue ofithe was l_x>rne, pound rile former place out ofMof's, & fhe~v an<l beleeued and was adopted thechllde of that the bondage oft'fau Was wyned w1th tl\e God and made heire ofthe couenaat giuen to hatred ofGod,and the freedomc ofJacobwith .Abr;h.m: and therefore confcquently the the lone ofGod as tokens thereof. right of adoption befell him by the meere Againtlthisr~ceiucdexpolirionoftheforgoodplcafure ofGod, wliich is the fidl: caul(: mer words W~tch I haue n~w propounded, ofour faluation without refpefl of any thmg fuRdry expofittons are made. Fnfr,thar the in rheperfon of lfaac. For what God by his prerogauueof {faac aboue [fmael, and {acob promifc brings to pa!fe in time, that hee moft ~bouc E[<U<,was onely to temporary blefsings, freely decreed before all times.Now confidem that G 0 D vouchfafed vnto them the ring rh' Iewes might lay, rhatlfmae/ was rertghtofthe land of Canaan. .Anf Ifthefeplaicfled' becaufe hec was borne of the handces arc to b.e_vnderflood oftemporal blefsmgs maide Hagar,whereas theyfortheir parts de- B and not fpmt~all >·then the Apollle hathno; fcend of .AbrAhAm and SArab, by lfaac the fltly a!Ica?Jl<dtheformerexamples,toprooue lawfull fonne, P•xl addes a third example of the rete<'ho~fthe Iewes from the Couenant. d>c ditlinction berweene man and man out of For though tt bee granted, there be a dilferhefamilyoflfaac, inwhichJacobwasatrue rcnce betweone man and man in refpect of fonne andheire ofthe promife, andEfouwas earthly blcfsmgs, yet cloth it notfollow that not.Now theditlinctionofthefetwoperfons there lhall bee t~e fame difforencein things is propounded)n the tenth verfe, an(! confirconcermngthe kmgdome ofheauen. Ifa fJ· medverf.n, u, 13 • in whi~h~re.fet _downe therforfom~ caufe difinherit one orrwoof three things:T1h.etimeoft)1isdillm<'tton, er1 Ins children, It were abfurd thertupon to conthahi/drm wrreborne, and therefore.when they dude, th_at heemightthereforekill any ofthe hadneither d.ncgoodnor; txi/1. And thts meumrefr.Agam~,the!and.ofCanaan wasnot ondy ftance is noted, to thew that God w.s n~t an earthly mhenrance, but alfo a pledge and mooued by any preutfioil or..preconfiderattligurc.vntoour forefathers of abetter inherion ofl~~tobs godlinelfe • andEfaus prophanetan;:eJo)leauen : and the,refore the excluding neffi:,topreferrctheone betorethe other. I r. ofYfmael and t'fau from the land of Canaan, theend why the diJHrx'tion was made at this c was a figne.that they wercexcluded from the tiro<,& not afterward wben they we(e borne, couenantofg.-ace,and therightofeternal life. Is,th•tthepur.pof'ofGod,.bi<huascordin~ tohi< Some others lily> that by ?.coband Efa;, arc elefJion,ught rcmainefore, lUll Djwot:k§s~ bHt by not meant two perfons, but the two rlatiOs of h•mthatcAIIeth: that is,tbat byrhism~anes it the Idumeans and the Ifraelites.. .Anfw. It is a might appear<, that whenGodr~e~esany mamfc~Vntruth•. For it was not pofsible for man into the couenaot ofeternall life, tt protwo nations to frrme m the wombe ofReb"_ ceedes not of any dignitie in the man whom '"• vnlelfewee <onfidered them' as they were God calleth but from his mercie and alrome <omprehended vnder the two heads to wit goodpleafu(e, that his decree of fauing theethe very perfonscf{acob& Efan. And where~ led: might remaine tirme and fure for euer. as they fay ;that Efau in porfon oeuer ferued Hence it is maniteil:,that there is anvnchangcfacob,but onely in his pofl:eritic, the anfweris able decree ofekd:iun of fame men (for hee t/1;-t [acobs freedome aod prerogatiues were that rakes all,andexccpts none,cannot be faid fpmruall, and nottemporall , which by faitll to choofe) to II!Iuation, depending vpon the he faw a farreotf, bnt enioyed not: and therealone will of God; a.nd therefore nece!farily fore proportionally EfaH was dcbafed to the by the law ofcontrartes, there ts anoppofite D conditton ofa feruantin refpect ofhisyonger decreeofreprobation 1 for tn thatGod ordatbrother,notfo much tnrefp, et ofhis outward neth fame to ere:nall faluation' hee tetlifies etlate and condition;as.in regard ofthe couethereby, thathts purpofetsropa£feby fame nlntmade with his aunceftoursfrom which without.ihewin~ofmercr· Ill. The.author of he was barred. And .though it bee granted, thisdtlltnd:ton, ts God himfelfby his purpofe thlt by )'.coband Efau two nations and not before allrimes,which purpofe hee made matwoperfos,arc robe vnderflriod,yet ;II comes Aifeft ~y tctlimony giuen to.Rtbecca, faying, to one head: forthe red:iuing ofthe nation of theelderfha/1firuetheyounger: thatis, the firft the r_fraelites into the couen"ant, and thcexborne and mor~ excciiC!~t accordmg to the cludmg of the nation of the Edomites, both !lcfh, 01all1ofe his btrth-rtghtand theblcfsmg defcendtngof{acob and Efa~t,Cerue as well to ofhis f•thcr,. and in refptfl oftitle to the eoprooue Gods erernall election and reprobati~ nenant,be fi1btetl to the yonger. And becaufe On,as the receiuing and rdect:ing ofone man. this tetlimonie concerning the freedomc and Others fay that thefe words ( hm~ehatedEfa~: feruitudc of /acob & Efa.• might feeme infufarc thus to be vnderftood '1 hauc le!fe Ioued ficient to prooue theeled:ion ofthe firfr, and Efan then 'facob. But how' then fhall wee fay thereicd:ion of the fecoiJd, therefore Pa•l that 'P<III bath fitly alleadged this text to ---'----------------~---------- ~----·prooue ! ___
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