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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

in that we know that no man canne be allowed or blessed of God but in an other mans name person even in the person of Christ We must all put on Christ if wee will have any blessing at Gods hands If all this were done by Rebecca Iacob at Gods appointment it was no sinne but a vertue To kill a mans sonne without Gods expresse commandement to rob a mans neighbour to put an offender to death beeing no Magistrate are grievous sins yet Abraham is highly praysed of God for his readines to doe the first the Israelites for the second Phinees for the last That this was done by Gods ordinaunce some learned men doe bring somewhat probable and likely but not certaine and demōstrative reasons as first the oracle of God shewing Rebecca that Iacob shoulde bee blest may seeme to prove this to be of God Secōdly that Rebecca was present whē Isaac spake to Esau argueth Gods providence Thirdly Isaac his blindnes doeth concur to further Iacob Fourthly he perceiveth the voice to be Iacobs yet is deceived and blesseth him F●ftly he discerneth not betweene kids flesh and venison being vsed to venison so that it seemeth the Lord tooke away the iudgement of another sence for Iacobs sake Sixtly seeing himselfe to be deceived he doth not cōplaine of Iacob much lesse revoke the blessing nay he confirmeth it to Iacob Finally there is a space given to Iacob to departe with the blessing and immediatly Esau commeth in Because of these reasons I say if Iacob and Rebecca did this without Gods appointment it was bonum but not benè the matter was good the manner nought but if it were doone by GODS commaundement which I dare not denie but it might bee but I will not affirme that it was because Gods worde doeth not affirme but if the manner was of God it was blamelesse altogither but howsoever it was I say and you see with Gamaliel that the counsell of GOD cannot bee hindered Have not the blessings of Englande diverse and sundrye wayes by the bloudie Guizes and Italian Gog and Spanish Magog beene mischievouslie assailed from time to time But praysed and praysed for ever bee that GOD that helpeth vs and powreth dailie his benefites vppon vs hee hath overthrowen the Spanish attempt and the Guisian practise hee hath prepared him deadly weapons hee hath whette his swoorde hee hath bent his bowe hee hath ordained his arrowes against the face of these persecutours so that they are falne into the pitte that they made for vs. The mischiefe is returned on their owne heade and their crueltie is falne on their owne pate Put them still thus in feare O LORDE that they may knowe themselves to bee but men And in asmuch as the counsels of GOD cannot bee hindered by any pollicie or power of man I wish with all my hearte that our learned and grave Fathers woulde somewhat refraine themselves from them that sue for reformation and let them alone for if this counsell or this worke be of men it will come to nought but if it bee of God they cannot destroy it lest they be founde even fighters against God And withall the veines of my soule I wish that they that seeke reformation would take heede that they make not the cause the worse by their vndiscreete zeale vnbrotherlie reproches vnchristian slaunders vnsaverie and vnlearned libels and almost Pharisaicall contempte of their fathers and brethren For my owne parte GOD is my witnesse whome I serve in my spirite in the gospell of his sonne that without ceasing I praye for the peace of the Church and for a learned ministerie You knowe that discorde in the Church is fire in a house and a continuall fever in the bodie The LORDE quench this fire and cure this fever Wee prayed for outwarde peace when our enemies were at hande and nowe GOD hath sente it doe wee nourish contentions inwardely and at home among our selves Inwarde dissention or contention is a gappe not onelye for the bloud-thirstie Papist to enter who hath no other desire then our destruction do other scope then our spoile but no other meanes but our contentions but it is a gappe to let in Satan he entreth at our vnchristian breaches But to speake somewhat more of Iacob and so to ende we see he stealeth his blessing but wee have many that steale the blessings which at none of theirs I cite them all to stande at the tribunal seat of the eternall iudge I leave the poore known theeves to the cōmon barres and here I first summon those sacrilegious persons that feare not to steale holy thinges that make a mocke of that iniquity Sacriledge will be sinne one day The conveying of publike things to privat vses wil prove theft one day Te comming in by Simony wil appeare to be theft Yea the stealing of the heartes of the people from the pastors will be prooved theft And you famous Merchantes other occupiers in this citty take heed that theft like birdlime cleave not fast to some of your fingers And you that are tutors of widdowes and Orphans goods beware that ye be not appeached of theft You that are servants take heede that ye come not in the number The causes of theft at first the perversnes of mās heart secondly incredulity thirdly vnfaithfulnes fourthly covetousnes fiftly ease and idlenes sixtly surfetting seventhly occasion I scarce make poverty one cause for such theeves are almost as worthy of pitty as of punishment A man may bee guilty of theft by dealing in it by concealing of it by counselling to it by commaunding or commending it Iacob was timorous in stealing his owne these are impudent in taking other mens Iacob was even forced to these meanes they runne to al wicked meanes Iacob did it but once it is their daily practise Iacob would soone have beene disswaded but even Gods word cānot disswade these men from spoiling and robbing the Church the fatherles and stranger I had left out the Abbey-lubbers in our Church who are mighty theeves Though the Abbeies be gone yet they remaine I meane such as will not worke whether it be civill or spirituall worke it is plaine theeverie to take the daies wages and not to do a daies worke for it The Lord our God enlighten our mindes and sanctifie our heartes with such a portion of his spirit and with that measure of his grace that we may be fully perswaded that this worldes repose is full of anguish the security of the worlde without foundation the feare of the worlde without comforte the travels of the worlde without fruit the sorrow of the worlde without profitte the desires of the worlde without successe the hope of the worlde without rewarde and the mirth of the worlde without continuance and the miseries of the worlde without remedies and that all the worlde is but vanity of vanities Againe that our heartes may bee inwardlie informed and thoroughlie certified that the lawe of the Lorde is an vndefiled lawe converting the soule c. The God of peace c. FINIS

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