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Proud Esau, after he had sold his birth right and had confirmed the ba•gan with a solemn oath, did eat & drink regarding nothing his own foolishness, nether rightly did he esteem (for the time) the honour & dignity which he had lost. But after, when he perceived that his father (even against his promise and determined purpose) would still bless Jacob,¹ he ••ett, he fumed, he accused Jacob, he reasoned with his father, he begged but one blessing and that with tears, with roaring and lamentable cries: but all was in vain, he found no place of repentance: the door of mercy was shit up by his former contempt, he bowled and cried, but not for his sin & former unthankfulness, he begged ⟨p. 45⟩blessing, but his eye being fixed upon this present world, he remained accursed before God, burning in hatred & imagining murder and the death of his brother, whom God had honoured with his spiritual benediction. This history (as by the Apostle we are taught) is not written for Esau only, but for ensample and admonition to a•l those that prefer the profane and contemptible pleasures of this earth to the benediction & inheritance promised to Abraham and unto his seal.²

Prowde Esau, after he had sold his birth right and had confirmed the ba•gan with a solemned othe, dyd eate & drinke regardyng nothing his owne folishenes, nether rightly dyd he esteme (for the tyme) the honor & dignitie which he had lost. But after, when he perceyued that his father (euen against his promesse and determined purpose) wolde stil blesse Iacob,¹ he ••ett, he fumed, he accused Iacob, he reasoned with his father, he begged but one blessing and that with teares, with roringe and lamentable cries: but all was in vayne, he founde no place of repentāce: the dore of mercie was shit vp by his former contempt, he bowled and cryed, but not for his syn & former vnthankefulnes, he begged ⟨p. 45⟩