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A72181	[A commentarye vpon the prophet Malaky. M.D.LIII]	Gilby, Anthony, ca. 1510-1585.	1553 (1553)	STC 11885.5; ESTC S125398	35,692	100

all other to be entreated and taughte amonge the vnlearned yet because I haue my selfe thereby attayned to suche fealynge of the myghtye god hys maruelous woorkynge to suche a feare of hys maiestie reiecting and refusynge electyng and chewsyng whome it lyketh hym Euen as the potter may make and breake withoute resistaunce of the vyle claye which he with his handes formeth and fashyoneth as the Prophete speaketh Therefore haue I thoughte it my dewty not to enuy vnto anye but to vtter the same vnto other my brethren children of the same father seruaunte of the same Lord and pottes made of the same moulde and mettall that I am and by the same onlye workemaster Nether do I thyncke the vnlearned so vnmeete to receyue heauenlye doctryne as we doe make them Onlesse it be throughe their negligence whyche wyll no more dylygently teach them for lyke as they denie this doctrine to the vnlearned in the Latyne tonge thoughe some suche hath as muche fealynge of the excellencye of the knowledge of God in Iesu Christ as any Doctor that euer I dyd knowe yet I saye as they do denye this and saye that it is perylous for the vnlearned so haue they within this fewe yeares denyed the word of God the testament of oure heauenlie father to the laye men vnlearned in the tounges And yet wee all doe see and knowe at thys daye the Lorde oure God bee praysed that there be manye vnlearned in the tonges eyther Latyne or Greeke who hath attained to such a deap knowledge of God his wil pleasure opened in his scriptures that they maye be cōpared not with the meanest but wyth manye of the great learned sorte And I pray you had it bene well donne that suche bees hadde benne prohybyted theese flowers of these comfortable pastures Because that some poysoned spythars hadde gathered poyson in the same Nay Doutelesse For by the same reason Christe shoulde not be preached at all Because he is a stomblynge stone vnto some and the sauour of death vnto deathe But Consyder that it hurteth onlye the wycked and thē it driueth towarde theyr Iornayes end to the pytte of hell whether they be learned in the Latyne tonge or no for amonges both the learned and vnlearned wee muste knowe that there be both good and bad holy and wycked electe and reprobate wherfore vnto nether ought the truthe of God hys holye woorde to bee denyed But that it maye be a testemonye towards condempnacion to the one and the gladde tydynges of saluacyon to the comforte of conscyences to thother it oughte vnto al to be offered opened and publyshed Wherefore by the good will of GOD we entende to speake of thys greate matter none other wayes neyther in anye other sorte then the open-scriptures shall approue oure sayinges And wee doe saye wyth the holye Apostle Sayncte Paule as it is wrytten Blessed be God the father of oure Lorde Iesus Christe whyche hathe blessed vs wyth all spyrytuall blessynges in heauenlye thynges vnto Christe lyke as hee hathe elected and chosen vs in hym him before the foundations of the world were layd that we shoulde be holye and blamelesse before hym by loue who hath predestinate vs that hee myghte freelye chewse vs to bee hys chyldrene by Iesu Christ Ephes i. And thoughe there come some wycked men which were long before apoynted to thys iudgement whych do tourne the grace of oure god to lasciuiousnes and wantonnes as holye Iudas sayeth yet knowe wee that wee are chosen by Iesu Christ that the glorye of hys grace his fauoure and mercye towardes vs myght be praised For we are the electe and chosen kyndred and hys people by purchase that we shuld shewe the vertue of hym whyche hathe called vs forth of darcknes into thys marueylous lyghte For thys Electe people onlye was Christe sente into thys worlde To theym onelye is the woorde of saluatyon sent as Peter sayeth to the electe by the for knowledge of God the father i. Peter i. Then to knowe what thys election of God is and what in the scriptures it doothe sygnyfye We describe and defyne Eleccyon to be the fre choise of the good wyll of the almyghtye God appoyntynge and prescrybynge in the booke of lyfe before the begynnynge of the world whome he wyll haue to be saued and accompted amonges the iuste Thys choyse this chewsynge this afore appoynted purpose and ordynaunce of God is a boundantlye set forthe in the fyrste chapter to the Ephesians That thys commeth of the fre wyl of god and hys only grace freely wythout our deseruynge Contrarye to the vayne oppinion of the scole men the same chapter and the nexte chapter followyng dothe playnelye testyfe Ephe. i. ii And moste euydentlye the Lorde in hys Maiestye speaking to hys seruaunte Moyses Exodi .xxxiii. declareth all thys to stand of hys mercy sayinge I wyl haue mercye vpon whome it lyketh me and I wil shewe mercye where it shall be my pleasure for so is the meanynge of those wordes I wyl haue mercy vpon whom I wyll haue mercye Paule also declarynge thys place the worcke of God betwixte theese two chyldren Iaacob and Esau Romaynes .ix. Sayeth thus of thys free Election when Rebecca was wyth chylde wyth one and the same father Isaac before the chyldrene were borne when they hadde neyther done good nor badde that the purpose of god whiche is by Election myghte stande it was saide to her not for the cause of woorkes but by the grace of the caller the elder shall serue the yonger As it is wrytten sayeth he Iaacob I loued but Esaw I hated Of the boke of lyfe Moses speaketh Exodus xxxii And Christe hym selfe Luke x. Sayinge to hys Apostles Ioye you and be gladde for youre names are wrytten in the booke of lyfe in the heauens And in the lxix Psalme it is spoken agaynst the wycked Let thē not be wrytten amonges the Iuste and put theym foorthe of the booke of lyfe And agaynst the false Prophet Ezechyell xiii He shall not be in the counsayle of my people nor wrytten in the booke of the house of Israell Nowe it is to bee noted and marked dylygentlye that thys woorde eleccyon is taken after twoo sortes in the scrypture some tymes as it sygnyfyeth absolutelye the free choyse wyl and appointment of God wythoute the respecte of the reuelacyon of the woorde and message of saluacyon And thus speaketh the holye Apostle Sayncte Paule of eleccion sayinge of the carnall Iaacob They were ennemyes concernynge the gospell for your cause but concernynge the eleccion they are beloued for theyr parentes For the gyftes of God and hys callynge are suche that he can not repente Euen as you once were mysbeleuers from god but nowe haue attayned mercye by theyr mysbelyefe that they shoulde attayne mercye also Thys eleccion expresseth absolutelye the course of god hys woorkeyng wythout the respect of reuelacion of the word or anye of oure woorkes folowyng Vnder thys fyrste kynde of eleccyon were those hundreth

coloured and all heyrye and roughe and hys name was Esau the other dyd come forth holding hys brother by the foote and therefore was he called Iaacob Esau was an hunter and a tylman but Iaacob was an heardman and vpon a tyme when Iacob had made him potage Esau cometh from the fyelde all wearye and fortyered and sayeth to hys brother Iaacob giue me some of this red potage where vpon he hadde hys second name Edom. But Iaacob knowyng by the appoynted wyll and pleasure of the Lorde of all thys necessitie to be laid vpon Esau that he shuld thus become subiect vnto hym taketh thys occasyon of extremyty to serue god hys worckynge and demaundeth hys byrthe ryght who geueth it hym wythout delaye So that Iaacob nowe by righte hathe recouered the enheritaunce wherfore he did wrastle in the wombe And the Lorde God is hielye to be magnified renoumed and praysed who hathe exaulted hys chosen Iaacob and reiected thys rough Esau thys redde blouddy Edome whiche dyd no more passe vppon hys byrthe ryght then of a messe of pottage thoughe afterward whan it was to late he did seke for it wyth teares and could not haue it by the iust iudgmente of the almyghtye Thus muche for the declaration of these two parsons and theyr names Now must we behold the two kindes of people which did spring of these two brethren and had theyr names of theym euer after Of the Edomites and theyr encrease from Esau their father and howe manye Dukes and captaynes dyd come of hym we may reade Gen. xxxvi Their begynnyng was from the mount ●ei● Iosue xxiiii A roughe and cruell people They dyd lyue by the swearde as Isaac theyr father dyd forse and prophecye Gen. xxvii Cruell against theyr brethren Numeri xx xxiiii Agaynst whō Esaiah xxxi Ieremi xlix Ezechiel xxv xxxv And the hoole Prophecy of Abdiah is wrytten onlye to vtter the wrathe of God agaynst such crueltye as dyd appeare in the father and chyldren bothe Esau and hys of sprynge wherefore the Lorde sayeth I haue sworne by my self that Bozra the cheife cytye of Idumea shall be a wyldernesse a shame and reproche a desert and cursse and all the other cities shal be for euer desolate and destroyed and so shall Idumea bee destroyed as Sodome and Gomorra wer Iere. xlix Agayn Shame shal come vpon the for the malyce that thou vtterest to thy brother Iaacob yea for euermore shall thou pearyshe and that because of the tyme when thou dyddest sette thy self agaynst hym and the lyke threatenynges Through the whole Prophecye of Abdiah Of Iacob and hys posteritye it is writtē and of his .xii. sonnes wherof came the .xii. trybes or kynreds Gen. xxxv And thorow oute the whole Byble we may learne howe god cheuseth calleth leadeth and tryeth this Iacob and his posteritie to make them an example of a spirituall Iaacob and a peculyer people whiche he then had determyned to chewse vnto hym selfe to worshyppe and serue hym in spirite and truthe to haue their heartes circumcysed frome all fleshelye lustes too make theym Israelites that is to say ouer commers of God by faythe constancy pacience and hope in God hys owne promyses Wyll you know then wherin God hath loued Iaacob In manye things doubtlesse First when he made hym in his mothers wombe he dyd chewse hym before hys brother Esau Gene. xxv Roma ix God broughte hys brother by necessytye into subieccyon vnto hym God caused hys father to blesse hym God ledde hym into his iornay when he fled from his brother God dyd encrease hym and blesse hym euer more whan Laban thoughte to bee gyle hym God dyd delyuer hym from Laban when he dyd pursue after hym God dyd gyue hym the victorye when the angell dyd wrestle wyth hym geuyng hym the name of Israell pronouncyng that he had preuailed against God God defended hym from the malyce of hys brother and caused hym to fynde fauor in hys syghte God encreased Iaacob wyth xii sōnes which replenished the whole land of Canaan whēce he dyd dryue forth the enhabitauntes gaue it to theyr chyldren in possessyon Namely the land of the Cananites Hethites Amorites Pheresits Gebusits and Gyrgosites God did plage Egipt for Iaacob sake He drowned Pharao and hys armye in the red see god caused the seas to stande lyke walles and made pathes for hys Iaacob God caused the floudes of Iordan to stoppe and stay their course and to ryse vp lyke moūtaynes to make passage for hys people the children of Iaacob To passeouer howe god fed them .xl. yeares in wyldernesse that they neyther wanted garment to their body neyther shoe to their foote how he sent them Manna from heauen and spredde the ayre wyth quayles when they desyred chaunge of meate how he did gyue them and drinke forth of the hard stone God dyd gyue hym a law to leade his lyfe and to teache hym parfyte wisdome aboue all nations Yea the Lorde hys God neuer lefte hym neyther dyd forsake hym but alwayes went before him in a fyry pyller by the nyght season and in a cloude by the daye tyme. As for the battayles which the Lorde hath foughten frome heauen for Iaacob and hys chyldren they are wythout nombre And the wonderfull actes whych frō tyme to tyme God hath wrought for his chosen Iaacob they can be contemed in no bookes nor wrightinges God dyd speake face to face vnto hym he sent for hym his Prophets and messengers and at the length God sent downe hys own sonne to take fleshe for hys sake of hys seede and linage What coulde he do more for Iaacob that he hath not done Reade the whole boke of Exodus Deutero Iosue Iudges and kinges and a brief rehersall of God his greate worckes .ii. Ezra ix And especially note the loue of God toward Iaacob Exod. xix where the Lorde appearing with thondre fyre and smoke saieth vnto the house of Iacob you shal be myne before al people you shal be vnto me a priestly kingdome and an holye people The whiche sentence is alledged in the newe Testamente .i. Peter .ii. Of the spirituall Iaacob sayinge You are the chosen kinred the kingly priesthode the holye people a people wonne for thys purpose that you shuld shew forth hys power whyche hathe called you into thys maruelous lyght Whych sometyme wer not hys people but now are the people of God Whiche once were withoute hys mercye but nowe haue you attayned mercye Wherefore as it was then said to the carnall Iaacob and outewarde Israel I haue loued Iaacob he asketh wherin I haue loued him forgetful of my benefites euen so nowe vnder thys complaynt of the carnall Iaacob the spirite of God doothe charge vs and condempne our ingratitude whiche wyl be accompted the spiritual Israell and the true Iacob not after the letter and flesh but in spirite and truthe Where we doe knowe that the almyghtye maker of heauen and earthe so loueth vs that hee is contente we should