( I :~;;,~: !--- if we read dlc' Hiflofic, t\tC J}.a!l t~c, tharFfoii ;.A Sc'co~i<Hy; confickr rht !i1~nn'c-f how iAbf;b t at his father~ cbn1maun?.cm~tl.t;v~.·c'Ot ~md hun.:. re('ciucs his fat·htrs bJctring: :1amh)nhis Hdt:t . red, and tookt: pain-cs, ~rrd gor hi·SF:.tther-veni~ bi~tbcr E{aJlt ga:J~Jcnt. ; . ,',,,., _, fon, and wid hull nothing but trutll. But I.icok Here \\'C tnay fee a tiotabk rd~·rhb!anl.."~ of) ncucr went to lnultf but-gets a Kid drCffed,anct Gods man:ncrdf blefling vs: \~:iH u '.\ e loO.kt ,, comes to h1s Enher with i:,and w'hilt !fC calkcs fot' a blc!Tif1g ~r·Gods hand,\\ c JnulttWH1.)!11e wir..hbis FJthcr dothJfoully glbafc: and He 1 fo iil our ownc ga\'mcnr~; itl 'thr.rottcn r~ggcs of ~h:tt-.iln.:lllreafon ~t might ICcJi1c, thnt Eftmdeour'ov.·nc dght~eufnd1t ; bt1t we muH l'l;lt' 'tiftl I fcd!cd tile better blclling: yTtQodv,·ill hauc it C!niH.~ g:umci'lr, the long v, hi1c.: wbc of hd ~l otherwifc 3 and chc prin,cipodlbkffiilg belongs J·ighteOtlfilcf1C. And fo com~ni~1 gvnro God,:J~ to lttacob. vVbcrcin WC may l.lOtC, tRaEGods f[rtac f:.lid of tht! (:Juour ot ·F.fuu gar:n<.·n~~~ I fpcciall iouc eo aINJn,whcrtby•hc fCcciUes him vdiich Iancofr hJd put on, (~en. 2 7.-:. 7· ::: 8.) imohis concnauc,is-not Qrounded on~ mans be.:. Bebold, the[mcllof mJ {oimc J5 t!A the fr,;c/1 of d hauiour, but on his ov;Jle gbod\.viHaiidplea... fJcld; G"odgiP-c thecrbercforc of' the dcwc of hfd:.. fure. t.. ·! ' iten, andrh~fatn~Jfe of d;e ctinh, ti!:dplcnttcof! Sccoodly, in that lac3.6here had -th.~princi1 whcarc and lvine: So \\'ill God f~y vnto vs,that pall bldting: v>e Ican1C that tht-'{"o~~fr:ll of B the righrcoufoejfo of' Cbrift, '1,\'hich we .haue put God doth Ouc:rru!e the \o\!tfl of·m::tn.·Fbr,Father on by faith, Uafrveet{me!ling {tmour I.Jr h£( no::. Jf.,ac had purporcd w haue bldfcd E[.nwirh /fbrils, Eph.;. z. Now rccing •ll rhe b!c01ng; the chiefcHblctli.ng:but yet Gbds coUnfe~l w:.s wecnioy, com<! to vs in ChriH, and our acccp .. contrary, and the fame oucrrules lfiats \Ntll. tance with God, is in his righteou(nclTe; \·\ Ce For, though lfoac had taufc to fufpcCt that it therefore nmll: labotlr to pl1c on Chrifl: cuet'i was not Efau, both bccaufc hc'ed.mc fo fOone, dayby becOmingnew crc<:turcs:we :uuH feekc asalfOforchatthe voice ,was ·apparCnf not to to refcmblc him in knowledge, rig8tcoufbc Efatu 1 but laaco{Hvotee:yct Gods counfcll ne!lC, and holindfc : fo fhall ·our affuranci? I oucr.rulcd his ,will: .jnd .Yvhen he cain.ceo han. of Gods bletTings in~·rcafc vpon vs more and die his fonnes hauds',1Je oould not Oifterne bemore. twcene a Kiddes skinn.e,1and the skinne of a L:.t11y, marke th:lt ho\'•(oel!~r f..racob waS I man: whats the cau(c hereof? Surely it \>Vas bldfed othcrwiCc thcnlfartchad purpofl:d; yet] Gods will and counfdl, that ftlflcob.·fliould after the blclfing ispronountcd, it mi1tl: needs f haue thcchicfefi bidling: ahd therefore he oHand; for, fo V1 :henEfou c<Jme,lfiMc f.1id vnro ouer-rulcs l.foacr "''•iH,and blindeshis fe.nfes,& him, I htm-e blejjfd laMob; ther~fore hieJba/1bei makc~him toblclldacobwith the chiefe!lOici- C blejfod! Erh. •(· n. Euen fo, the Miniflers of fing. Gods word, in the a!fembly of the Churcl~; The confidcrationhe.reofis pr'ofitablevnto whohauepowdto pronounce Gods blclling vs:for it is a rccciued opinion withmany at this vpon the pcopl&!lib\vfoeuer they be but weakc day,that God did pllrpofeto fauc all mcn.Now men, and mayll:>e deeeiued, becing fnbi.ctl: to ·whenqudtion is made, \.Vh}r then 'arc not all error, as oth<:r men arc : yet when they pro... men faucd?Thcy anfwct,becatifemcn will not, nouncc GoJs blcffing vpon their congreg:ttiO though God will. But this opinion is crfo.. lt1 the rhiniftcrie of the word; if they doe it id neous: for, it makes rn~ns will to6uer.. rule finccritie of heart, andvprightncffc ofconfciGods counrcll: asifthey lho~1ld }ay;·G_od wilence, ·tlm blcffing fhall fhnd. And ro on the lcth it not, b.ccaufe mc1~ wtil it ilof:,...Or clfe contrary, lookc· whomc tHey ctirfc, for iu~ ( "''hich is worfc) God willech it, bU·t·i·ftorittaufc mit of G'ods word; their curfc flull mcth not to p:!f\~, becau(e men wiJl no~ doe it. !land. , ·' Bur Gods willsnd c·ounrcll is the highefl and Further, as lfanc b!efi"cd, but kncwe not I chicfcfi caufe of all: aod lookc whatfocucr bee whom; fO the Minifi:ers ofGod in the d!fpeilwilleth th<lt bringt::dt hcetopaffc: and becaufc i3tion ofthe word ,they mufi blcife Gods peaall menarc not faued, th'C.reforc v\·e !nay flfcly D pic,though they know nbt who they :!re p!!.rti1 thinkc, and fay, that Gbd did nell-cr dcc.rce to cularly, that doercceiucit. faue all men, Thus much of lf.'1.1CJ blefl}i_lg.laacob.No"' J I Now funhcr,.morc particularly of /4dcoir come to his bleffingof Efo:s.: for he a!fo w~s I blcfling -i firH, it m::ty be askcd,Ho0 c~uld labk!fcd,asthe text faith; ye[ i:~ the fecond place I cob be bJc!fed, fccing he came.dit'femblingly though he were the elder brother. Qf:.e(J. flow J and lying to his father. .. \ 1 could Efius be bleifed at all, fce111g Ifaac had ':Au{W. \>Vc mu'fl h\owc, rhat)liOwfoeuer but one blc!Ting:> A11jlv. Ef.mwasonely blt.f .. ! Ia:'lcob fought the blcffing l:5y frau,dt, yet hcc fed \\'tth remp01all bletllng~, and not\\ tth fj)l- 1 1111ght be blcffcd:for-hee failed n)or,neither did nruall, Obu>ff. But fome \\Jil fay, Efnu \o\.:\S a l :lmi{\'c infeckingfortheblcffing,butonclyin badm.U1,j,l1d\\'Jckcd; no\.v Jt isfaJCI, that to the mam1cr of fcekioo it: it v~as his dmic to the tmpt!U all tbmgs trfr 1mptt1c · how then fcck:ir, thoHghnot~ftcr th<ltthanllcrwhich could rhc bdlov.mg of tcmpo1~1l dungs~ bc I he d1d:hc fhould rather hauc {hied that lci!"urc blcllings to h1m? An f. Tcmp01.Jllth1ngs be- , nnd time.' wherein God had eaufed· lfdac to flo\o\•cd 011 \he \".1Ckcd .:'1.1 c blcHlng1>, and no 1 bicffc lum, withom his finne in fceking it. blcffings: they 3rc bldln1gs in rcg<~u.l of God I - - - - ---- Mn1 3------:·-.--- th~tl -- - · ·- - --,---------- --·-- -------
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