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Thirteen sermons of Master John Calvin, entreating of the free election of God in…Thirteene sermons of Maister Iohn Caluine, entreating of the free election of God in…
Thirteen sermons of Master John Calvin, entreating of the free election of God in Jacob, and of reprobation in Esau A treatise wherein every Christian may see the excellent benefits of God towards his children, and his marvellous judgements towards the reprobate, first published in the French tongue, & now translated into English, by John Field, for the comfort of all Christians.Thirteene sermons of Maister Iohn Caluine, entreating of the free election of God in Iacob, and of reprobation in Esau A treatise wherin euery Christian may see the excellent benefites of God towardes his children, and his maruelous iudgements towards the reprobate, firste published in the French toung, & now translated into English, by Iohn Fielde, for the comfort of all Christians.
London: printed by Thomas Dawson for Thomas Man and Toby Cooke, 1579London: printed by Thomas Dawson for Thomas Man and Tobie Cooke, 1579
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The speech here at the first sight is simple, but ⟨image 68⟩it carrieth much with it: For it was not enough that he had said that Esau, without any further thinking of the matter had emptied his dish & was gone: but Moses saith, that he did eat & drink, that he took his refection wholly at his ease, and that he was well filled, as though his birthright had been nothing unto him. And this is the conclusion which he setteth down.
The speach heere at the firste sight is simple, but ⟨image 68⟩it carryeth much with it: For it was not enough that hee had saide that Esau, without any further thinking of the matter had emptied his dish & was gone: but Moyses sayth, that he did eate & drink, that he tooke his refection wholly at his ease, and that he was wel filled, as though his birthright had beene nothing vnto him. And this is the conclusion which he setteth downe.
That he contemned his birthright. But before we come to this, it is said that he did eat, that he drank, & rose up, & went his way: wherein it is showed that Esau was abashed at nothing, but he was as a Dog, that did nothing but shake his ear, after he had eaten & drunk. Then he went his way and pleaded not the matter against his brother, as they which repent themselves, and are better advised, when they have done any unadvised act. They consider, Alas what have I done? What shall become of me? How far have I overshot my self? Esau thinketh nothing of all this: but he leaveth his brother after he was full: he rose up, & had no care of any thing. Now therefore we have here to behold how the Devil, when he hath taken possession of a man, maketh him so senseless & blockish, that he hath no feeling of sorrow in himself, no remorse nor scruple, although he see that he be as it were cut off and banished from the kingdom of God, yet he is no whit moved with it. But this which I have touched ere while is yet better expressed: that is, that always we fall from one evil to another: & when the devil hath ⟨p. 61⟩