Heavenly pastime, or, Pleasant observations on all the most remarkable passages throughout the Holy Bible of the Old and New Testament newly allegoriz'd in several delightful dialogues, poems, similitudes, and divine fancies / by John Dunton, author of The sickmans passing-bell.

On Esau.

When hast thou 〈◊〉〈◊〉; Nay, what shall Esau do? L••st both his Birth-right and his Blessing too! 〈◊〉〈◊〉 hath poor Esau l••st but empty tears, And plain•••• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 cannot reach th•• old Man's ears? What wi•••• the Father's Di•••• and thine own. The Birth-right's 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and thy blessing's gone: How does one mischief overtake another? In both, how overtaken by a Brother? Could their imperious stomach but have stay'd, And if thy Father's had not been delay'd, Thou hadst not need have wept and pleaded so, But kept thy Birth-right and thy Bl••ssing too. Had thy unprosperous, thy unlucky hand Dispatch'd thy Ven'••on, as it did thy Land, Thy sorrows had not made so great a heap; That had not been so dear, nor this so cheap:

Had thine giv'n place but to thy Father's will, Th'adst thy Birth-right, and thy Blessing still.