, __:~~-~- · rU1 Commentari'e vpon - \ ~:_:~ \ l . 1 · that giucs them; but they arc no b_Ic!hgs, in A and cfpccial!y, to IMcoh, that'.hee fhon!d be \ \ 1:cg_ard uf men that rcceiuc them andvfc them Lordouer hH f,rethrm.Bu~ fomc will fay,ir may l I amdfe. ~ ! fccmc to proouc othcrw1fe; for "''hile fnaccb I ~e-ft. How came it topaCfc, that Efaube- '!lined, h-ec was-alwaies humble and fubieCt to ing rl)t: elder brorhcr, loo!Cch his birth-right, Efou: and when he came to his O\\'nc counny I and l7leiTing both; how came it to be Iaacob;? from among the Aramitcs, as he met with EAnf: The cau(c \Vas his profancndfc,as ·we [~u, h~ fcnr prdCnrs to him:and when hdf~VYC m_aY. Ccc and rc:tdc in the next chapter; ._:·hc.rc it f h1.m, hcc w_ ~~Jt hefor~, yznd bowed h 1 mfllfe-'k;JJ/u IS Lud, (Hcb. 1 2 . : 6.) tk.tt hefoldchu brrrh.. }t'ound7· tuneJ, vm;/i l;eecmnc 11 eererohU ~ro1 nght for 4 portion of m~are: CU(Il fOr a mdfc t~ur. A~tfw. That prophccic of Iaaco6 and Ef•' of redde broth; and beeing fo profane, as to .f~u, that the ddcrfholfld/eruc theJonger muH comcmnc fo high an honour, hec muA. be connot be re!trained to the pcrfons of faac;b and I tct~t to h:I.Uc his blcning in the fcc?nd pl~n:. !=-fou, but referred to thcirpofieritic; c~)ecially And hence wcm1y obfcntc a g_ood mllruC11on. m the dayes of Dmtid and. Solom 8 n: for then Tilere is manya young man in chcfc our were the Edornites who came of E[ 3 H, in fubdaycs baptiz.cci, asE[au was circumcifcd, and B ieCHoncto the Jfraclites, the poftcritic ofolde Iiuing in theChurch, as hcd1d in Ifaacs hOufc; lfrael. Whereupon, Dauidfpeaking a!>a Kin(7 who? during rh: prim: of his ag~, is giucn to faith, PfaJ._6o. 8.Mpa/Jjhallbcm; wnP;-por,~: nothtng but to h1s plcaturc; that ts as good to ttcr Ed<Jm lvti!Jcajimy fooo~: meaningthcreby, him as ftettcobs redJ.c broth was to Efme _: t~ke that he would brmg the poll:eritic of Eflm into this pleafurc from him, and take away h1s hfc: abafc and low cfiatc offubicClion vnto him· herein is-all his ioy>& he dclightcth in nothing <Iccordingas we may fee v:crificd, 2 • Sam.8.r 4 : [o much, as to fpend his time in hunting, hawBut fomc will f-ay, that Ifaac when he blefking, Q.icing, ga~ning, wantonne!fe, and drinfed Efau pronoynced that he fhould h:tueafer- .king. Novv knowforccrtainc, this is aright ti!~foile, and th~far_ntffo ofthetnrthfliiJu(d hee, Efttu; anet yet many fi.1ch h:!.uc wee among vs, hH dw~lling plnce(Gen.z7.•';9.) whereas in Mawho thiukc ofthcmfc!ucs,thatthcyarc the iollachie the Lord faith ( Mala. 1.;.) hee hated ly fcllowcs, :>nd they on.cly carrie the bra~c Eflm. A~1q a token thereofwas this; that hehad mind:butas for/aacub,&fuchasma~cconfctmade hH mountaines wafle, and hU htritagea encc of thcirwo.ics and wo[ds; thole alas arc wilderncffifor dragons: mcaning,tharhe lhould filly fcllo\\'CS. Now, ""hat is to be faidc or C dwell iu a barren Land, How can thefe t\'\"O athought of thefc? Surely this, ifth_eydoenot greel Ar.f. Firfi, we may fay thus: Thatthc (and that in time) lookc to their ~llat~5;and to land ofEdomwas a fertile land; but yet in retbenlfclucs, it will co!hhcm their liucs; cucn fpcCl: of the Land ofCanaan, but a bar'ren and the life of their foules.Efa" loll his birth-right waflc land. Secondly; lfa-nc fpcakcs horc offhy his prqfancndfc: and fo will thrfc men doe dmnea, as it was in h1s timc;notas it was afterifthey continue in.this dlatc;.. they will blot "\t\'3rd: for it might be fertile inJfaacs timc,and their names out of the bookc ofllfc, and rootc yet after,become barren: for God will curfca ! thcmfelucs qtlitc out of the kingdome of heaLand by turning frllitrfub:tjfe iNto 6arrem 1 effe, ! uen. Therefore let all yC'ng men "''hatfoeuer for the wickJdncffi of th(m that dwell therein, Ithey be, high and !owe, take heed how they Pfal. 107. 34· liuc in fin ne, and goc on in their vvickcdndfc; And thus much for the example of lfaacs for if they take Efol!l courfc, and conrinuc in fairh. Now foilowe the cx·amples of the.faith profaucndfc, doubtlcffc they will haucE{rtm of laacoh. ende. How wonderfully doth Satan bewitch --::c-:--c-::-:-::-;:--;---=:-,--:--:----:-- them, thac while they goc on in finnc, they ~~~~~~~~%~ lhould think~ fo highly of thcmfclucs, •nd !o D ~~~~),~~-~-- ;~ bafely of thofc that make conf(iencc of their waies? Wherefore in the fcare of God let fuch betimcrcdrcffe their waics and courfCs; Icall: Iaacobs faith. wllcnGodscurfcisvponthcm, they crie too VER.SE 21. late for mcrcic. And thus much of the pmics 13yfaith fjaacob ~Ph en hee bleiTcd. The fourth point to be confidcred,is the na- 'WIU dying, b/effedboth thejons :~~cv~~f~;attcrofthi~ loc!lling, in the cndc of of lojeph' and worjhipped on Concerning thing! to come. th .J ojb ·j/affe The meaning o!thcfc words is this: That . eenue 0 1J '}} • • oldc lf.<ncthcir father did pronounce b!cllings I-N thele words the ho!J Ghofi byes down I vpon his fonnes, not only for the time prdi:nt, the notable:md wonhie example of lacob.r bur for the time to come; in bldTings temporo.l f.1ith: wluch is here commendcd by two I and fpirituall, (as we mo.y re:~dc Gen. z7. 28. aClions;'Fidl,his blcfling ofthe two fonncs 39.) v.-hnc he giueth to thcm.both the fatr.ef{e of lo{tph: Secondly, hi.s adoring or w~rjhipping I of the Land, nnd pl~m~'[_::_w::h~ca~t_'_n~n~d__:w::_i•::c:_:_:__~•fc_G::::::•d:.:·.:: l•:_'.::tl:.:: •c .:fi_:_d::_\_a.:_ct'-io_n_c_o_n_fi_d_er_t_h_e_!c.Lpl:o~i'[J";e'· 1. The ,____,__..___________ ~--------------'-=--'-'--
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