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A05404	A sermon preached at Paules Crosse by R. Lewes, Baccheler of Divinitie, concerning Isaac his testament, disposed by the Lord to Iacobs comfort, though it were intednded to Esau by his father; shewing, that the counsel of God shal stand, albeit the whole worlde withstande it.	Lewes, Richard.	1594 (1594)	STC 15556; ESTC S119665	22,088	50

A SERMON PREACHED AT PAVLES Crosse by R. LEWES Baccheler of Divinitie concerning Isaac his Testament disposed by the Lord to Iacobs comfort though it were intended to Esau by his father shewing that the counsel of God shal stand albeit the whole worlde withstande it AC OX AT OXFORD Printed by IOSEPH BARNES Printer to that famous Vniversitie M.D.XCIIII TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFVLL AND MOST WORTHIE KNIGHT HENRY VNTON his most loving and munificent Patron Grace mercy and peace in Christ bee multiplied THERE is no ende of making many bookes Eccle. 1● and much reading is a wearinesse to the flesh and in our carelesse daies bookes may rather seeme to want readers then readers to want bookes whether men desire to tast and see howe gratious the Lorde is in learned and Godly discourses Psal 34. or otherwise feede their own fancies on the chaffe and huskes of vnlearned and vnsavory pamphlets fitter for children then men for infidels then Christians for swine then for the prodigal sonne This consideration well digested Luke 16. had wel nigh induced mee to resolve with Licimus that neither learned nor vnlearned shoulde reade any of my doinges not the one because they are of that stupiditie that they conceive not ones meaning not the other as beeing so wise that I may dispare of satisfiyng their exact iudgementes And doubtlesse had not my good friend Master Wright your Worships most diligent and learned Preacher at what time you most honourably managed your worthy embassage in Fraunce of late had not that paineful member of the Church and common-wealth in peace and warre devoted to Mars as well as to Mercury when need required Gods glory craved his service had not that tried souldier of Christ in the vniversity citie and country yea and in the field among the pikes having pervsed this sermon greatly animated mee to publish it I woulde never have brought stickes into the woode and cast water into the sea as I doe Another speciall motive that altered my determination was this that I might some way testifie my most gratefull minde towards you my very singular good Lady for your sundry rare vndeserved favours heaped multiplied vpō me If any of Gods Ministers have iust cause both to love and honour their loving and liberal benefactors patrons thē may that learned Preacher Master Iennings that grave Devine Master Sheward that zealous Trumpettor of Gods word Master Wright with others of good note in that famous vniversitie but chiefly I acknowledge your worship as a true patterne of all patrons All men see your magnanimity prudence temperance affability constancy and zeale to Gods glorie but wee feede daily on your vertue and magnifie God for such a stay at home and such an ornament abroad as is a spectacle of iustice sobriety and true Godlines The Lorde alwaies blesse you with all his blessings and blesse vs with you to the vnspeakeable benefite of Gods Church for whose good he hath raised you vp Your worships most bounden R. LEWES This xviij of Iune Gen. 27. verse 1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10 And when Isaac was old and his eies dimme so that hee coulde not see he called Esau his eldest sonne and said vnto him my son and he answered him I am heere Then he saide beholde I am now olde and knowe not the day of my death Wherefore nowe I pray thee take thine instruments thy quiver and thy bow get thee to the field that thou maist take me some venison Then make me savory meate such as I love and bring it to me that I may eat and that I may blesse thee before I die Now Rebecca hearde when Isaac spake to Esau his sonne and Esau went into the fielde to hunte for venison and to bring it Then Rebecca spake vnto Iacob her sonne saying behold I have heard thy father talking with Esau thy c. WHen Esau for a portion of meate had most prophanely securely solde his birthright as appeareth Heb. 12. verse 16. Gen. 25. vers 34. and when he had so degenerated out of kinde that hee made a covenant even by marriage with the inhabitantes of Canaan whō God had accursed when he thus forsooke the promis of salvation and made no more reckoning of his birthright then if it had not beene woorth a strawe Beholde Right Honourable worshipful and in our Lord beloved old Isaac his father not onely beareth with all this but so doteth on Esau his deere son that being blind in his eies but farre more blinde in his affection he both loveth esteemeth Esau yea he preferreth him before Iacob the chosen of God It was overmuch lenity in Isaac to tolerate the enormities of Esau to suffer him to take two wives yea to take thē among the Canaanites but as in these points to bewray his infirmity so to promise Esau that blessing which God had promised to Iacob it savoureth marveilously of the corruption of flesh and bloud Yet for all his weakenes very rare and notable was the faith of Isaac who beeing a poore waifaring man when he received that promise from God thou shalt bee Lord and heire of this country when notwithstanding hee had not so much as water to drinke yet in despite of Satan and mauger the world he remaineth stedfast in this that God will not deceive him and albeit his house of clay whose foundation is dust doe fall and moulder in the earth yet the truth of God shall continue and have his full power and vertue Thus leaving his sence and living by faith he addresseth himselfe to make his last will and testament wherein his commendation of faith is somewhat obscured by the dimnes of his affection which he followeth so farre that he fighteth against God overthwarteth his decree and wrongeth his sonne Iacob though hee never thinke of it In this testamēt may be weighed 1. the cause 2. the evēt the cause is either outward or inward the outward is efficiēt or finall the efficient is either principal or subordinat the efficient principall cause is God the efficient subordinate cause is Isaac who is aboute to set his house in order before hee die the finall cause is that there might arise no controversie betweene his sonnes after his departure the inwarde is either material or formall material an heire to be ordained the forme standeth in the institution of Iacob and substitution of Esau In the institution of Iacob wee see who is blessed and by what meanes the party that is blessed is Iacob the means are the persuasive pollicie of Rebecca and Iacobs bold adventure The perswasions and motives of Rebecca are A Tuto ver 13. thou maist safelie doe it on me be the curse A facili it is easilie done by putting on Esaus garmentes verse the tenth fifteenth and sixteenth Abvtili thy father will blesse thee before hee die not with an ordinary but with a most singular blessing By Iacobs bolde adventure in putting his mothers counsell in execution in

prophecied so plainely of Christes comming and blest all his sonnes with singular blessings He shewed that when his body was in Aegypt his hearte was in Canaan the promised land Semblably Ioseph following Abraham Gene. 48 Isaac and Iacobs steps did set things in order before he died and tooke an oath of the sons of Israel his brethren to cary his bones out of Aegypt building vpon the promise of God which he repeateth at his death that God will doubtles visite them bring them out of that land into the lād which he promised Abraham Isaac Iacob Genes 50. Moses endeth his life cignea cantione or rather cautione Deute 31. with a sweet song and a heavenly sermō made to the children of Israel appointeth Iosua to succeed him in his place David the king drawing neer vnto his death charged Salomon saying Take heede to the charge of the Lord thy God to walke in his waies keepe his statuts his commandements his iudgemēts his testimonies as it is writē in the law of Moses 1. Reg. 2. that thou maist prosper in al that thou doest in every thing wherevnto thou turnest thee c. And thē he appointeth Salomon to succeed him When the sentēce of death is denoūced by Esay vnto Ezechia 2. Reg. 20. hee is cōmanded in the name of the Lord to set his house in order before he die This practise of holy mē served aswel to shew their faith as to cut off occasiōs of strife which els might ensue And thus the Saints of God doe expresse the assurāce of their faith ☉ the proofe of their love aswel in death as in life whereas the wicked as they live without love so they dy without faith as they live without fear so they die without hope as they have bodies without life so have they souls without God And among that rabble even blinde Baalam himselfe who saw lesse then his Asse Numb 23.10 and knew nothing of the law yet will not faile to saie I wish my soule to die the death of the righteous and my ende to be such as theirs shal be I desire to be ioined with the race of faithfull Abraham but who causeth the wicked sometimes to have these affections and to vtter such speeches who but the Lord who setteth them vpon the earth and wresteth out this cōfessiō of them Why Balaam thou hast let out thy ●ūg to hier vnto wickednes hast set thy soule to sale vnto covetousnes and art possessed with Satan saist thou thus of the death of the righteous what shal the faithful themselves say who know by experience the most happy cōfortable truth of thy saying who as they live in the faith so they depart in that hope assurance The wicked have a glauncing glimpes a sodden lightning a momētany motion even a small tast of the things that are heavēly eternal but in the hearts of the Godly they are sealed with Gods spirit cōfirmed with his promises writē with a pen of yrō with the print of a diamond yea ingraven in the table of their souls As for the testamēts of the wicked who as coales do kindle heat and wood the fire so have they kindled their natural corruptiōs fostered the flame of their cōsciēce How should they testifie their faith seeing they have none or tende to quietnesse vnity seeing they never sought it yea though their stolne waters may be sweete their bread pleasant for a time Pro. 9.17 yet the curse of the Lord is in their houses whē as the habitatiō of the righteous is blessed Prover 3. vers 33. Before thou make resting on Gods promises thy laste will and testament with Isaac see thou first make obeying Gods commandement due restitutiō with Zacheus if thou have defrauded any man by forged cavillatiō by byting vsury or by bloudy cruelty and oppression it is good to make a testament but it is better to make restitution neither is thy testament good without restitution When thou leavest the worlde wilt thou not leave wickednes but at thy last gaspe deale so vniustly and conclude thy life with such vnrighteous dealing as to enrich thy children with the goods of other men Doest thou so take thy farewell of the worlde as if thou fearedst not the iudgement of God no not when thy soule is presently summoned to his tribunall seat Doest thou thinke that thou shalt not give an account of thy stewardship O vniust servante art thou so bewitched by Satan that thou saiest in thy hart tush God doth not see it the Lord doth not regarde it Wil not the Lord take the matter into his hands seeing the poore committeth himselfe vnto the Lord as to the helpe of the fatherlesse Wil not the Lord hear the desire of the poore seing he hath prepared their harts wil he not bēd his ear vnto thē Thinkest thou that the vnrighteous Māmonistes shal inherite the kingdōe of heavē The hope of the vngodly is like the dust that is blown away with the winde like a thin fome that is scattered abroade with the storme as the smoke in the aire and as the remembraunce of him passeth that carrieth but for a day Touching the necessity of a testament if the Philosopher denieth him to be a good man who in a civill sedition is a neuter how can hee bee a g●od man that seeing dissention will arise in his familie after his death yet will not by opening his minde and testifying his wil cut off the cordes of domesticall variaunce and discorde and procure the pleasaunt harmonie of concorde to continue amonge his children The matter of a testament is the disposing of thinges which are possessed either to the benefitte of the Church but these testamentes are deade with the testators in olde time and I woulde the Church might have her owne or to the vse of the poore or to the behoofe of our friendes or to the commoditie of our children Both our heires and goodes are to bee considered if our children bee our heires nature alloweth it if our friendes thankefulnesse accepteth it if the poore charitie commendeth it if the Church or scholes of learning religion approveth it The goodes that are lawfully gotten may liberallie be bestowed on these good endes and as they are called goodes so I would to God the rich would doe some good with them but that which is vnlawfully taken by vsurie or extortion ought speedilye to bee restored after Gods will in his testament and not otherwise disposed according to mans will in his testamente Is the most perfect testament of God which commaundeth restitution both violated in his life by vniust exaction and gainesaide at his death by an iniurious testament The partridge gathereth an hoorde of other birdes egges sitteth vpon them and hatcheth them but when they are flush they flie away from her for they know that of right they belong not to the