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A17722	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.; Treze sermons de l'election gratuite de Dieu en Jacob et de la rejection en Esau. English	Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564.; Fielde, John, d. 1588.	1579 (1579)	STC 4457; ESTC S107264	201,134	366

she had regard vnto Gods election and that she alwayes held that which had byn said that Iacob must be preferred we haue here to iudge that she was not passionate and affected as women that would lightly set themselues against their husbands when they see that some of their children shall not bee so much esteemed they will the more set their affections vpon them But wee cannot iudge so of Rebecca and why so Because we see as I haue already said that she alwayes referred her self to God ment to obay that which he had pronounced She would vndoubtedly that both the children might haue beene reserued in the Church but seeing shee sawe the one shut out and that there was none but the lesser and inferiour that God allowed off she yeelded thereto Nowe heere we see that our Lorde sometimes will suffer those which haue the more vertues and greater giftes of the holy Ghoste yet neuerthelesse to fall and that they who were not yet so aduaunced as they should outgoe them I meane in some respect For if wee make comparison of Isaack with Rebeca it is certaine that hee hauing beene brought vp in the house of his father hauing receiued so great instruction in his youth had generally a greater faith then Rebecca But beholde a particular action wherin he fayleth and wherin his vice sheweth it self And yet Rebecca who lately crawled out of a den of idolatrie as we knowe that in her fathers house there was nothing but superstitions the countrie was altogither corrupted this poore woman although she knew not God in her youth yet notwithstanding she was so wel taught and instructed of the holy Ghoste that she out-went her husband Nowe for this cause they too whom God hath reached out the hande betimes and whom he hath lifted vp to be as mirrors vnto others let thē learne alwayes to walke with greater carefulnesse And why so For there needeth but one wrye step to make them to fall so grosely that euery one wil be ashamed of them And therefore let vs learne that allbeit our Lord haue generally framed and fashioned vs by his holy spirit in such sorte that euery one hath vs in admiration that yet in particular cases we may offende Therefore let vs alwayes stand vpon our watch Moreouer they which are the moste excelent whē they shall come to faile in some poynt let them not make a buckler of this that they haue done so many good deedes and worthy of praise let them not alleadge their valiant deedes as they say but let them acknowledge them selues for such as they be and say Wel I perceiue that God would haue me to acknowledge that I am a weak man and farther that I should acknowledge in general that it is not in men to vphold thēselues for there needeth but one faulte alone to cause vs to be cut off frō the church And whē God hath cast vs of what shal become of vs So let vs learne al these thinges in the person of our father Isaack when we see that he was so blinded and that he neuer remembred that he was as a rebel to God in esteeming that which God had reiected and despising his younger sonne too whome notwithstanding God had giuen this testimony That he must rule in his house Now in the meane tyme although that Rebecca had bin wel guided in her affection and that shee had sought to obay God yet it could not be but there must be some quarel betwene thē as oftentimes it falleth out And this is that which Moyses saith That Isaack loued Esau and Rebecca loued Iacob and when hee speaketh so it is as if hee woulde shewe that there was some strife in the house and that they coulde not agree togither to say that the husbād the wife shuld loue their children alike as by nature they ought to haue bin enclyned thereto or rather that they knewe that the wil of God was that they shoulde haue loued the yonger Now we are warned in this behalfe that albeit our affections be wel grounded tend to a good ende that notwithstanding there ●●e alwayes crossings which are blame woorthy As for example I seeke to followe God and fully to conforme my selfe vnto his will but there are resistings it must needes be that I must incurre displeasure of the one and purchase an enemie of the other if I discharge my dutie Likewise it is true that the beginning shal be good when I shall desire too doe well and that I shall onely looke vnto God but eueranon it wil befall vnto vs that in our good zeale we shall be too excessiue that we shal haue carnal passions in vs To be short they which shal be the best guyded and who haue greatest perfection it is very certaine that they shal yet passe measure in this place and that they shal shew themselues men and so much the more ought we to suspect our passions and albeit wee see that the end be not good yet we shall not cease to fall therin Againe we also haue a good warning to leaue all contradictions For it is not without cause that the scripture exhorteth vs so oftē vnto this vnion to be of one minde and of one mouth And why so For when we agree in such sorte eche one stirreth vp his neighbour helpeth to bring him vnto god But contrariwise whē we are quarrelling in contention and strife not onely one letteth and hindreth another as it is cōmonly said there needs but one restife Horse to hinder the whole teame but yet ther is a worse matter to wit that when wee striue for the seruice of GOD wee cease not to forgette our selues in some respects and many things escape vs the which we woulde not let slip if we were out of strife contention This therfore is the matter we haue to learne And these examples are dayly seen amongst vs in the church For the best seruāts of God they that are indewed with most excellēt graces yea who striue for the trueth yet neuertheles cannot alwaies so bridle themselues that they be not quarrelling showe themselues men and yet God alloweth their zeale and that which they doe And why so For bicause they haue a good beginning and they haue a right end but as I haue said there is alwaies infirmitie mingled therewith Let vs therfore say I alwaies marke this in this example of Isaack and Rebecca Againe wee haue farther to note that if some times we shall not agree so as we ought as were meete conuenient as we ought to bend enforce our selues that yet neuerthelesse wee must make no deuorse betwixt our selues neither bee quite separated asunder For although this was a notable vice that Isaack Rebecca were thus diuided in the loue which they bare vnto their children yet they cōtinued to serue God Isaack did neuer pretende to abolishe this oracle that is to say this same answere

further that which is heere giuen vs let vs apply for our helpe too make vs run on the more swiftly but if there bee any thing that hinder vs yea though it were our very eye as our Lord Iesus Christ saith that our eye may rather bee plucked out and wee rather desire too enter into the kingdome of Heauen blinde then hauing al our senses sounde to go into euerlasting destruction So then to conclude let vs rather loue hunger thirst then to cramme and stuffe our bellies and in the meane time not to regarde euerlasting lyfe For wee must not bee so snared in these corruptible and transitorie thinges that wee can not alwayes lift vp our senses and affections on high to the end through hope to be Citizens of the kingdome of heauen But nowe let vs fall downe before the maiestie of our good God in acknowledging our offences praying him that it will please him in such sorte to make vs to feele them that it may serue to make vs there to open them and that wee may learne in such sorte to fight against all temptations that if wee must indure many pouerties and miseryes in this worlde howsoeuer it bee that this doe not turne vs to wickednesse and make vs to decline from the right pathe but that euery one maye heere resiste bothe him selfe as also all his desires and all his passions and that wee may serue our GOD in such sorte that if it will please him to proue our patience in leauing vs destitute of meanes and of the commodities of this worlde that wee may beare all with a quiet and peaceable courage vntill wee be receiued into this blessed inheritaunce where we shall not lacke any thing what soeuer it bee but there wee shall haue the fulnesse of all ioy and happynesse That not onely c. ❧ The sixth Sermon of Iacob and Esau Genesis 26. 1 Now there was a great famine in that land farre greater then that first famine that was in the daies of Abraham Wherefore Isaack went vnto Abimelech the King of the Philistines into Gerar 2 For the Lorde appearing vnto him had sayde Goe not downe into Egypt but dwel in the land which I shall tel thee 3 Be a straunger in this land and I will be with thee and blesse thee For to thee and thy seede I will giue all these countryes that I may establish the othe which I haue sworne to Abraham thy father 4 I will multiply thy seede that it may bee infinite as the starres of Heauen and I will giue vnto thy seede all these Countryes and all the nations of the Earth shall repute them selues blessed in thy seede 5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voyce and obserued my ordinaunce my commaundementes my statutes and my lawes WEE sawe yesterday howe Iacob forsooke his meate for that spirituall benefite which GOD had promised vnto him and heereby it appeareth that he had more care of his soule than of his body Here we haue an example though not altogither like in Isaack his father yet cōming very neere it For we see how Isaack had more regarde to the spirituall inheritance than to all that concerned this brittle and transitorie life Hee was oppressed with famine there is no doubt but that it was not his ease to goe into Egypt But when he was let by an expresse commaundement it was a signe that his courage tended thitherwardes because his commoditie likewise drew him God staieth his iourney and hee obeyeth Wee see then that Isaack lefte not onely a messe of Pottage but hee seeing that hee coulde endure much woe for a yeeres space notwithstanding hee withhelde himselfe and sought no refuge in Egypte and remayned in the land of Gerar which specially coulde not be altogither exempted frō pouertie which was a parte of that countrie For it is impossible when there is any famine but that the neighbour and neere places must also feele it It may easily be gathered that then there was no dearth in Egypt So that Isaack heere sheweth vs that although temptations be great if we bee destitute of that which is necessary to maintaine vs that yet notwithstanding we must alwaies hold vs to the wil of God and rather forget all our cases and prepare our selues patiently to suffer al wante and necessitie than to seeke our commodities as it were against the will of god This is the first poynt that we haue to marke in this history Nowe it is sayde There was a great famine in the land a greater then that former that was in the dayes of Abraham For there had beene twoo that Moyses already had rehearsed vnto vs Assoone as Abraham was arriued into the land of Canaan hee was faine to depart this was a very hard combate vnto him seeing that God had shewed him that land that he had cōceiued great ioy for that he shuld be put in possessiō therof now a little after he must be chased out and become as it were a poore vagabond and go downe into Egypt because he found not any succour else where The secōd time he also withdrewe himselfe into the lande of the Philistines which was of the very same countrie that was promised vnto him and vnder the Kinge of Gerar not he of whom now mention is made for all called him Abimilech which is asmuch to say as My father the king this was not only an honorable title but also expressed that kings gouerned not by tyranny did deuoure vp their subiectes but had a fatherly care ouer them whom God had committed to their charge When then it is saide that this famine came as the other this is to shewe vnto vs that altogither like as God had proued the faith of Abraham and his constancie so likewise he would call his sonne to the like tryall For as Isaack was heyre of the promise so also must it needes be that he succeed his father in that which was promised to the childrē of God For we must shewe by the effect that we so esteeme heauenly benefites to which God hath called vs that we passe through the worlde and that we faile not howsoeuer we be afflicted after diuers sundry maners Marke then wherto Moyses hath regarde when he compareth these two famines that is to shewe vs that when Abraham was tempted it was not onely for his owne cause but his sonne also muste be like him But by the way we are called the sōnes of Abraham and of Isaack it behoueth then that our faith be examined as it shall seeme good vnto god It is very true that wee shal be more confounded and that is because we haue not receiued so great a measure of strength Marke therefore the cause why God supporteth our infirmitie but yet this is not to the ende that our faith shoulde bee idle So then we are heere warned by the spirit of God that beeing in this worlde wee must be subiect to many miseryes and