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Yea, when they see their Parents displeased with their ways, yet they have not so much desire to give them content as Esau had, nor do not so much as labour in any manner, though never so poorly, to give them any satisfaction at all. Woe, woe unto such children; what can he expect from God, that is a viler son than Esau was? Let such shame themselves by his example, and now receive reproof with meekness, and greatly repent of their undutifulness, if ever they purpose to attain pardon. And now, let all children that desire to enjoy in themselves the comfort of being the children and chosen of God, strive to outstrip Esau in filial obedience and duty. Let them for conscience sake to God, put on a larger measure of love, and a greater reverence to their Parents, labouring to please them in all things, in the Lord, & out of conscience, to submit themselves unto them, & honour them because God hath required it at their hands, and to labour to forbear all sin, as in an holy regard to God, so in part also, out of a fear to vex and kill their godly Parents, whose tender affection to them cannot but cause that their wicked carriage shall prove a mighty corrosive unto their souls. Be as good as Esau, yea in this matter be you far better than he, content not thy self to be even with a miserable ⟨p. 18⟩Esau in dutifulness to your Parents. Another thing in Esau we have recorded in Scripture, which is commendable, and that towards his brother Jacob, for though he went against him with four hundred men, intending to take a sharp revenge by killing him at least, if not his wives and children too,¹ yet when he saw his brothers loving, and kind, and humble carriage, in sending him a rich present, and in bowing down and saluting him with his face to the ground seven times; his natural affection prevailed against his former unruly passion, and he handled him very courteously, and ran to him, wept on his neck, kissed him, gave him kind words, invited him to his country, and would have left off his servants with him to do him service, and so returned, and did him no hurt at all.

Yea, when they see their Parents displeased with their wayes, yet they have not so much desire to give them content as Esau had, nor do not so much as labour in any manner, though never so poorely, to give them any satisfaction at all. Woe, woe unto such children; what can he expect from God, that is a viler son than Esau was? Let such shame themselves by his example, and now receive reproofe with meekness, and greatly repent of their undutifulnesse, if ever they purpose to attain pardon. And now, let all children that desire to enjoy in themselves the comfort of being the children and chosen of God, strive to outstrip Esau in filiall obedience and duty. Let them for conscience sake to God, put on a largor measure of love, and a greater reverence to their Parents, labouring to please them in all things, in the Lord, & out of conscience, to submit themselves unto them, & honor them because God hath required it at their hands, and to labour to forbeare all sin, as in an holy regard to God, so in part also, out of a feare to vex and kill their godly Parents, whose tender affection to them cannot but cause that their wicked carriage shall prove a mighty corrasive unto their soules. Be as good as Esau, yea in this matter be you far better than he, content not thy selfe to be even with a miserable