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pei'tus:ut & in hoc & in futuro feculo iibi exi-
tium confciverit,ærernumque fibi fiipplicium
præparaverit. Quis igitur à malediflis non
abhorreat, ne duplici fupplicio multetur ?
Quin & eodem judicio Apoftoluslu-
xuriofos & maledicos, ae homicidas & adul-
teroscondemnayit. Nam Efau,, primoge-
nitis propter intemperantiam fe fpoliavit.
Habes& tu primogenita tua , quæ ne ocea-
fione luxus, atque intemperantiæ deperdas,
cave to. Magnus enim ille vir, nullare magna
fe perdidit, fed vili fe dedecoravit. Si
veritatem amiferis, ftultus ac fimilis Efau
fies ; Rem admirandam audi : quomodo verba
fa&is præftiterint, ipfaque fides naturàm
ac generationis ordinem luperaverit. Primogenituræ
donum, quod videtur auferri non
poffe , fermo fubingrediens ademit. Et quæ
Efau naturaliter fibi vindicabat, ea fidei ftu-
dio alfequutus eft Jacob. Fides & jufiuran-
dum unanimiter generationis vim demon-
ftrant. Et primogenita, quæ per carnem con-
ceduntur , fpiritaliter accepta finit : quæque
jusjurandum exuit, ea fides fufeepit. O rem
admiratione dignâ,quæ inter primogenituræ
venditorem,emptoremq; confequuta eft. Nâ
qui ea fe fpoliavit,quafi fenfus videtur fuifle
expers: & qui eadem fe veftiit, innocens pu-
rufque permanfit. Sed quomodo Efau primogenita
exuit,quæ deponi nequeunt?Aut quomodo
iliaJacob induit,quæadjungi non pof-
funtî Quod fi mercaturam iftam pueri illi
adeo fupra naturam exercuerunt,ut omnino
explicari convenienter nequeat; quis quæ-
ftionem illam aggredi audebit, qua ineffabi-
lis Unigeniti generatio continetur ?
Die mini rurfutu , curjacob primogenita
à Manaftè ablata, tranftulerit in Ephraim?
Nonne ideo, ut major illi gloria decufque
inde accrefceret ? Plena eft enim primogeni-
tura fignis admirabilibus, & myfteriis ; exi-
miis atque innumerabilibus. In ea deferi-
ptumcontinetur Baptifma; in ea fides obfi-
gnata eft : in ea noftra defîgnatur fortitudo:
in ea gloriofæ Virginitatis figura repræfen-
tatur. Hanc pretio Jacob mercatus erat ,
& gratis earn Ephraim tribuit. Et in hoc,
neque Manalfes culpandus eft , neque
Ephraim in admiratione habendus : fed po-
tius donantis audloritas & poteftas, in quera
noncadit reprehenfio,fufpicienda eft . Quis
igitur gentium primogenituram reprehende-
re tentabit ? Quodfijudæi id facere volue-
rint ; reprehendant primum , quod Manafle
ademta fit. Qui enim illam ab eo abftulit,
nonpeccavit, ut fuam in hoc poteftateip_>
oftenderet. Ademit antem illam ipfis, quia
peccaverant : ut juftum fuum in eo judicium
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fit Jacob, quamvis à Manafle, qui non pec-
caverat) primogenituram abftulerit j quomodo
quifquam ipfum reprehendere audebit
, qui primogenituram à Judæis } qui Do-
minum occiderant, abftulit ? Si igitur ju-
rifjurandi vis tanta fuit ,, ut ab Hfau po-
tuerit auferre primogenita j quum enim-»
juraflet folum , noluit perjurii notam incur-
rere : quibus tradetur fuppliciis, qui non
folum jurejurando fefe obftringit, fed
perjuriis, jusjurandum violât ? Si Efau ab
iis , quæ cum damno fuo pepigerat , re-
cedere noluit : quomodo tu paéla , quæ
pro falute tua fecifti , rumpere audebis ?
Si Hcrodes , quæ in fuam promiferat per-
niciem , fervavit : & tu à foederibus ,
quæ æternæ vitæ gratia pepigifti, refilies ?
Et quemadmodum oratio fefe infinuans,
primogenituræ munus abftulit : ita & con-
vicium fubintrans , cæde a&ionem coa-
taminare poteft . Lingua enim non minus
nocet , quàm gladius . Et cogi-
tatio impudica inquinat , ut adulterium •
Occulta fimulatio , laquei inftar , infi-
dias tendit . Et perverfum confilium^
quovis veneno pernieiofius eft fufcipicn-
>tibus . Si enim Efau folo fermone pri-
mogenitura fe fua exuit , eamque--»
deperdidit : quanto amplius & facilius
fervus inutilis temperantiam amit-
tet ? Et vanitatem diligendo , atque
mendacium quærendo veritatem. quis
fui promifli defpicit : verbifque fidem
abnegando , tenebris obducitur , exuen-
do fe iis , quæ ad fidem pertinent : fic-
ut contra , verbis fidem profite ns , .fide
fe veftit . Sermo interca dum exerce-
tur, ad effeflum fe operis producit : im-
probaque deliberatio , non minus quàm
opus malum damnatur. Afpedus illicitus,
improbum opus arguit : iracundia perinde
atque gladius ferit : beftialifque invidia_>
haud fecus- quàm telum vulnerat . Exi-
tii foveam calumnia ftruit . Cogitatio-
nes malas fugiamus : eogitata enim non_»
.aliter ac fafta cenfentur . Bonis cogita-
tionibus incumbamus , quibus operunu»
propofita eft merces apud euma qui con-
filia cordium explorât . Operis inftar eft
cogitatio : quippe in qua , tamquam in
eaufa omnium effe<ftiva , arbitrii noftri
ratio nititur ; Suum autem quæque res
habet contrarium . Tenebris lux contraria
eft , àmaro dulce , vigilia fomno .
Qui creavit omnia , nihil reliquit , cui
non adjunxerit contrarium .. Nam fi mor-
talis homo fuo ingenio componit inter
fe contraria , adverfufque labores
quiecera adhibet 5 xemediaque ac medi