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CHAP. XXIII. Giveing an Account of Gods design in preferr∣ing Jacob. (Book 23)
AND now unhappy Esau! where are the privi••ledges of thy Birth, where is the right of th•• Primogeniture, and the Blessing thou doest expect Who art thou? In vain is it for thee to say thou 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Esau, and the Eldest Son of Isaack, Iacob hath sup••planted thee, and when thou didest hunt he foun•• at home what thou soughtest abroad. Iacob sayin•• that he was Esau and the Eldest Son, knew we•••• enough that in effect and according to the right 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Nature, he was Iacob and the Younger Brothe•• Nevertheless Isaack stood in admiration even to rapture, and at first he could hardly imagin, that I••••cob had deceived him: but at last in the extasie his astonishment, God shewed him as St. Austin b••••lieved, his manner of conduct in Iacobs proceedin•• He saw the just intentions of this unmalitious dec••••••ver: And at length he discerned that the Benedic••••on he had given him was valid.
Iacob is then the Elder Brother, and from hen•• forth his Brethren shall be his Servants. It is in 〈◊〉〈◊〉 for Esau to ••ear his Heart with a thousand sighs, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to no purpose for him to lament and roar lik•• Lion.
His sorrows and roarings may well excite 〈◊〉〈◊〉 pitty in his Fath••rs Soul. But this poor old M••n 〈◊〉〈◊〉 no other thing to give him but some drops of Dew, and at best but some humid and clammy pours which ••atten the Earth.