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would have been worſe to him then the appearance and villany of ten thouſand Thieves.
Hope, Why art thou ſo tart my Brother? Heb. 12. 16. Eſau ſold his Birth-right, and that for a meſs of Pottage; and that Birth-right was his greateſt Jewel: and if he, why might not Little-Faith do ſo too?
A diſcourſe about Eaſu and Little-faith.
Chr. Eſau did ſell his Birth-right indeed and ſo do man beſides; and by ſo doing, exclude themſelves from the chief bleſſing, as alſo that Caytiff did. But you muſt put a difference betwixt Eſau and Little-Faith, and alſo betwixt their Eſtates. Eſau's Birth-right was Typical, but Little-faith's Jewels were not ſo. Eſau's belly was his God, but Little Faith's belly was not ſo. Eſau's want lay in his fleſhly appetite, Little-faith's did not ſo. Eſau was rules by his luſts. Beſides Eſau could ſee no further then to the fulfilling of his Luſts, Gen. 25: 32 For I am at the point to dye, ſaid he, and what good will this Birth-right do me? But Little-faith, though it was his lot to have but a little-faith, was by his little-faith kept from ſuch extravagancies; and made to ſee and prize his Jewels more, then to ſell
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