Book III, 35: On JACOB

How Iacob's troop'd: Laban pursues with one
Great Troope; and Esau meets him with another.
Laban resolves to apprehend his Son:
Esau, to be reveng'd upon his Brother:
Me thinks I see how Jacob stands supplide,
Like Vertue with a Vice on either side:
Laban pursues him, to regaine his Gods:
Esau, t'avenge his Birth-right and his Blessing:
What hope has Iacob now? 'Twixt both, 'tis ods,
There will be either Death or Dispossessing:
God takes delight to turne our helper, then,
When all our helps and hopes are past with men.
Laban encounters Iacob: He requires
His Gods: And Esau's neare at hand, by this:
Laban's appeas'd; and quencht are Esaus Fyres;
T'one leaves him; T'other meets him with a Kisse;
Iacob's in league with both: The Soule that shall
Have peace with God, has League and peace with all.