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A01303	The vvoman of Canaan A comfortable sermon of faith in temptations and afflictions. Preached at Saint Buttolphes without Aldersgate in London, the 15. of February. 1573. By Maister William Fulke Doctor of Diuinity and Maister of Pembrooke Hall in Cambridge.; Comfortable sermon of faith, in temptations and afflictions	Fulke, William, 1538-1589.	1611 (1611)	STC 11425; ESTC S102776	25,978	93

humility But heere wee may well doubt how the faith of this woman should bee so highly commended when it seemeth to presume against the word of God whereas true faith is alway grounded vpon the word of God And secondly seeing all the promises of God are Yea and Amen in Christ and be stedfast and established in Christ only when shee heareth by Christs owne mouth that the promised redemption pertaineth not to her how can shee continue her confidence in him I answer that first her faith was grounded vpon the word of God which because she knew most certainly to be an vndoubted truth she will not be brought from that by any thing that may seeme contrary vnto it And whatsoeuer shee heareth of Christ although shee doe acknowledge it to bee true yet shee is perswaded that it is so true that it taketh not away the truth of Gods former promises And seeing Gods general promises did appertaine to her that did beleeue them she retaineth hope against al hope And as Abraham beleeued that God would raise vp Isaac from death to life to fulfill his promise and therefore doubted not to obay the commandement of God in sacrificing him so this woman doubted not but God must needs find a meanes whereby his promises might be verified to her howsoeuer Christ was not sent but to the lost sheepe of the house of Israell And therefore as she doth not reason nor dispute against the word of God so she doth still simply continue her sute and faith Lord helpe me All which importeth as much as if she had said Although thou art not sent to offer thy grace vnto the Gentiles but vnto the Iewes onely yet in as much as God hath promised that whosoeuer putteth his trust in thee shall not bee confounded and I am one of those that put my trust in thee thou canst not send mee away confounded and therefore helpe mee for Gods promise must needs bee true Let vs learne heere so firmely to hould the generall principles of our saluation that wee admit nothing that may seeme contrary vnto them for of this we may bee assured that howsoeuer any thing may seeme contrary vnto them yet from God proceedeth nothing either in word or deed that is contrary And as for all the creatures of the world beside if they should oppose and set them-selues against them they are not able to preuaile Therefore Saint Paul saith with great confidence I am perswaded that neither death nor life neither Angels nor principallities nor powers nor things present nor things to come nether height nor depth nor any creature can seperate vs from the loue of God which is in Christ Iesus our Lord. For if God be on our side who can be against vs or if any be against vs how can they be able to hurt vs But if God himselfe seeme to be against vs whome haue wee then to comfort vs For the Iustice of God pronounceth Damnation to all that transgres his law But for asmuch as God of his infinite mercy hath promised saluation to all penitent sinners he hath found a meane by which both his Iustice is satisfied and yet no penitent sinner that beleeueth his promise shall be damned This onely meane is Christ our Sauiour who by his obedience hath throughly satisfied for all our disobedience and transgression as many as beleeue to haue remission of our sinnes by him Seeing therefore wee haue not onely the generall promises of God contayned in the ould Testament but also the full execution performance and establishment of them in Christ what shame is it for vs to bee found inferior in faith to this Cananitish woman which had no more but the first where-vnto neuerthelesse she cleaued so fast that by no meanes she would be drawne from them And surely euen the very generall promises of God are sufficient that our faith being builded vpon them should neuer be remooued for by them God hath so bound him-selfe vnto vs that by no meanes he can reuoke his promised saluation And yet for more confirmation and to take a way all scruple of doubt and wauering as the Apostle saith to the Hebrewes he hath established them with an oth that by two things immutable in which it is imposible that God should lie wee might haue consolation and comfort as many as flee for refuge to take hold of the hope that is propounded set forth vnto vs. Therfore the anker of our faith hath two most vnchangeable holds namely the promise of God and the oth of God in both which it is impossible that God should lye For as it is impossible that God should lye when he simply affirmeth so is it more impossible if there may be degrees in impossibilities that God should lye when hee sweareth And as it is impossible that God should lye or bee forsworne so is it impossible that any man or woman which taketh hold of Gods promises by faith should misse the performance of them whatsoeuer seemeth to bee lets or impediments vnto them For there can bee no lette or impediment so great as should bee able to compell God to lying or periurie which bee as great impossibilities as can be thought of For if the generall or vniuersall promises of God should not bee granted to any one person that embraceth them by faith God should bee no more true of his word and his oth which is as impossible as that God should be no more God For example seeing God hath said Whosoeuer calleth vpon the name of the Lord shall be saued If I poore wretch embracing this promise of God by faith doe call vpon the name of the Lord whatsoeuer lets or impediments be in the way it is impossible but that I shall bee saued Therefore if all the Angels in heauen should tell me on their owne credit or as it were by Gods cōmandement that I should be damned I must hold them all accursed rather then to grant that God should be a lyar or periured person And forasmuch as Christ hath said Whosoeuer beleeueth and is baptised shall be saued if I being Baptised into the name of Christ repose my whole trust confidence in him whatsoeuer can be obiected against me I must of necessity be saued For neither the iustice of the law nor the guiltines of my sin nor the accusation of the Diuell nor witnes of myne owne conscience shal bee able to condemne me so long as I depend vpon the promise of God For there is now no condemnation to them that are in Chrst Iesu For whatsoeuer can bee obiected out of the word of God howsoeuer contrary at the first sight it may seeme to be yet it is not indeed directly contrary to these and such like generall promises As these saying They that are in Christ walke not after the flesh but after the spirit If Christ be in you the body is dead vnto sinne they that are Christs haue crusified the flesh with the lusts

her For of all aduersities that can be laid vpon a man or woman this goeth neerest to make them thinke they are out of the fauour of God to behold that they are giuen ouer as it were a prey into the diuels possession The losse of children is one of the greatest griefes that can befall to louing Parents but the death of children may be counted an exceeding great benefit in comparison of this to see them possessed and torne in peeces with Diuels They that are dead are out of paine but they that are thus possessed seeme to be in paines of hell euen while they liue What might this poore woman thinke otherwise in this case but that she had hell in her owne house when shee had the Diuell tormenting her daughter at home whom she loued best in the world We see therefore how shee was tryed first by this temptation and experience teacheth vs how many are offended and driuen backe with much lesse temptation then this for if aduersity or affliction follow their new conuersion they waxe weary of their profession wish againe for the mery world which they enioyed and the pleasant life which they passed in Idolatry superstition and ignorance of GOD or else through infirmity and weakenesse of faith they thinke that they are out of the fauour of God that sendeth them such troubles which were wont to liue in quiet But this poore woman neither misliketh her profession nor mistrusteth Gods mercy for this most grieuous Temptation But contrari-wise by force of faith ouercometh all difficulties For whereas she was a Gentile or as S. Marke calleth her a Greeke which in the phrase of the scripture is all one and that which is more a Cananite whose auncesters being driuen out of the land of promise fled into Syrophenicia which country next adioyneth vnto Iewry yet all this did not let her but that she was perswaded that the Messias of the Iewes pertained also vnto her And therefore vpon assurance of this faith shee is bould to come vnto Christ and to make humble request vnto him for the reliefe of her misery But for as much as Christ had not yet preached amongst the Gentills and moreouer had expresly commanded his Apostles that they should not goe into the way of the Gentills no not so much as into the Citties of the Samaritans which partly professed the religion of the Iewes it may be marueiled vpon what confidence she came so bouldly to our Sauiour Christ and so importunatly desired grace of him that shee would haue no nay vntill she obtayned her request We must needs acknowledge that as she was instructed in the law of God so she tooke hould of the generall promises of God set forth in the law and the Prophets and in the Psalmes on which her faith was so liuely grounded that nothing in the world was able to remoue her from it For as the hope of the promised redemption was openly talked of among the Iewes so the promises of God concerning Christ their redeemer were comonly knowne among them as That all nations of the world should bee blessed in him That whosoeuer calleth on the name of the Lord shall bee saued That he shall deliuer the poore when he cryeth the needy also and him that hath no helpe He shall be mercifull to the poore and needy and shall preserue the soules of the poore he shall redeeme their soules from deceipt and violence and deere shall their blood bee in his sight That he that putteth his trust in him shall not be confounded Vpon these and such like generall promises of God contained in the old Testament her faith was builded and founded so stedfastly that no storme of temptation was able to ouerthrow it Which thing is very necessary for vs to consider that when our faith shall be tried and examined as this woman was we may know how to withstand all the assaults of most grieuous temptations as shee did That the tryall of our faith which is much more pretious then gold that perisheth though it bee tryed by fire might bee found vnto our praise honor and glory at the appearing of our Lord Iesus Christ. Let vs therefore make much of the generall promises of God let vs willingly embrace them diligently weigh them and dayly remember them for in them our faith being grounded it shall stand like a most sure bulwarke and inuincible fortresse against any thing that shall assault our euerlasting saluation Vpon this boldnesse and confidence this wretched woman commeth vnto Christ. For thus her faith concludeth seeing all nations of the world shall bee blessed in him the very Cananits are not excluded For although the Cananits were once cursed of God aboue all other nations yet by this blessed seed all curses should be taken away seeing hee is not restrained to one nation more then another but is the cōmon blessing vnto all nations And seeing he shall heare the poore that crye vnto him and succour the needy that hath none other helper hee must heare me also being so poore a creature and helplesse that cryeth vnto him And for-asmuch as whosoeuer putteth his trust in him shall not bee confounded hee cannot refuse my humble request that repose my whole trust and confidence in him Therefore shee is bold with open mouth to crie out vnto him O Lord thou sonne of Dauid haue mercy vpon mee These words are diligently to bee considered First that through confidence of faith although hee doe not call vnto her yet shee cryeth after him And the vehemencie of her request is expressed by the word of crying that she doth not speake vnto him but with open mouth shee crieth vnto him For a strong faith sendeth forth earnest requests as a feeble faith vttereth cold and formall prayers And concerning the forme of her petition it declareth that her faith was not a conceaued fantasie of her owne braine but an assured perswasion out of the word of God For seeing the Messiah was promised to be the sonne of Dauid and that all felicity was promised in the kingdome of Dauid according to the holy Oracle of God she calleth Christ the sonne of Dauid For shee had learned that God said of Messiah figured in the person of Salomon which was the sonne of Dauid I will bee his Father and hee shall bee my sonne Shee had heard the Prophesie of Esay that God promised that out of the old withered stumpe of Isay the father of Dauid a rod should come forth and a graffe should grow out of his roote the spirit of the Lord shall rest vpon him the spirit of knowledge and vnderstanding c. And that which Ieremy writeth of the righteous branche that God would raise vp vnto Dauid which King should raigne and execute iudgment whose name should bee The Lord our righteousnesse Vpon these or such like places of Scripture her faith was grounded by which shee had learned to call him