Selected quad for the lemma: land_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	abraham_n	call_v	canaan_n	1,554	5	10.1521	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02024	Little Timothe his lesson: or, A summary relation of the historicall part of holy scripture plainely and familiarly comprized in meeter, for the helpe of memory, and instruction of the ignorant in the writings of God. By E.G. Mr. in Arts, and practitioner in physicke for the Kings hospitall of St. Bartholomew, in the city of Glocester.	Graile, Edmond, b. ca. 1577.	1611 (1611)	STC 12171; ESTC S117271	36,912	121

feathred Foule The sixth the beasts and creeping things and then that liuing Soule Which that one God in persons three made as by consultation With purpose that the same should bee the glory of his Creation Euen man fram'd out of earthly dust yet Gods owne image bearing Thereby right holy wise and iust earth farre aboue earth rearing And for his aide who was alone of Adams rib made Eue That both as of one flesh and bone might mutuall comfort giue Thus hauing finish'd all with speed and blest them and protested That each thing made was good indeed the seuenth day he rested Man made in perfect state most pure Cap. 2 in paradise was placed As Lord of euery creature with power aboue them graced There had he euery fruit for meat that then in Eden grew Saue one whereof when he did eat death death should then ensue But this strict charge did not restraine cap. 3 the Serpent Eue beguiled And Adam shee so both to paine with shame were thence exiled Now wretched man was wrap't in woe and in his loines his heires For cursed and corrupt they goe yet to preuent despaires God promised them to restore vnto a state more stable And Eue vnto her husband bore his two sonnes Kain and Abel cap. 4 Kain was accur'st for bloody deede against his better brother But Habel slaine God in his steed gaue Sheth vnto his mother Section 2. FRom Sheth did spring a righteous line cap. 5 of iust and holy men Henoch a rare and pure Diuine God tooke away as then His grand-child Lamech did beget Noah and then began The sonnes of God their face to set Cap. 6 on daughters faire of man Thence Giants came a mungrel kinde on whom the Lord did frowne And for their sinne and wicked minde did threat the world to drowne Noah alone one earth did liue vprightly him God sent And did an hundred yeeres them giue and twenty to repent Meane while built Noah as his charge an Arke three stories high The wicked world liu'd still at large and dream'd that Noe did lie Till fountaines burst and open stood cap. 7 heauen windowes all for raine Which quickely caus'd a fearefull flood for downe it powres amaine And all the earth with ruine fils men beasts and birds must die When as the flood aboue the hils flow'd fifteene cubits high For twelue months space wel neere it rag'd and then was Noah bidden To loose those creatures few which cag'd and in the Arke were hidden So Noah his wife his sonnes and theirs came foorth in number eight The vncleane creatures all by peires the cleane by seuens streight He offered sacrifice God smell'd cap. 8 a smell of rest wherefore He promised though man rebell'd to drowne the world no more And gaue the Raine-bow for a pledge and also did make good Aboue the beasts mans priuiledge cap. 9 giuing their flesh for food So hauing now his couenant made of mercy grace and peace Blest Noah and his sonnes he bade they should mankinde increase Of Iapheth did the Gentiles spring cap. 10 the Canaanites of Cham cap 9. 22 Who cursed was for opening his fathers sinne and shame Now all the world in speech was one cap 11 and did to build conspire A Babel and confusion they gained for their hire Section 3. FRom Shem the sonne of Noah came an holy race and fruitfull Continued euen to Abraham the father of the faithfull Who left his land his kindred all and fathers house most deare When him the Lord his God did call to goe he knew not where cap. 12 From Vr he went to Canaan with Sarai and with Lot To settle there he scarce began but that by famine hot To Aegypt he was forc'd to flie where fearing much his life Before King Pharaoh fainingly he did deny his wife cap. 13 To Bethel he goes backe againe where strife began to grow Twixt Lot and him for wealth amaine did in vpon them flow Old Abraham with humble heart to yonger Lot gaue place And after that in loue tooke part cap. 14 and rescued him in chase So Melchizedek did him blesse but childlesse still he staid Till Ismael and that increase Cap. 16 was but by ●arai's maide Yet God by speciall promises Cap. 13. 16. 15. 5. 17. 6. himselfe did often tie As heauens stars and sand of seas his seed to mu tiplie And for assurance thereupon a seale he did ordaine Cap. 17 The signe of circumeision on each male to remaine And as a friend did entertaine him full familiarly As once for al appeared plaine when Sodoms sinnefull cry Cap. 18 Did pierce the skies and God down came and if but tenne good men Could there be found for Abraham the Lordhad spar'd it then So fire and brimstone fearefully from heauen fell apace And furnace-like the smoake did flie Cap. 19 poore Lot preserued was And vnto Zoar fled for life where in a drunken moode On 's daughters hauing lost his wife he got a cursed broode Section 4. cap. 20 THence Abraham went to Gerar land where he againe for feare His wife denied and by Gods hand Abimelech did forbeare Long had he waited hope was past yet still he did beleene cap. 21 So God remembred him at last and Sarah did conceiue And in her old age Izhaak bare her selfe becomming nurse Marke heere a good old Ladies care the child was neare the worse This onely sonne and onely heire of promise God commands Must now be slaine and burnt with fire and that by Abrahams hands Well he obei'd and call'd his men wood knife and sonne he tooke On to the place they goe and when was bent the fatall strooke God staid his hand and in the steed of Izhaak there was tied cap. 22 A Ramme by th'hornes and thus indeed good Abrahams faith was tried His sonne thus spar'd his godly care was next about to spie For him a wife and therefore sware cap. 24 his mans fidelity Who full religiously perform'd the office on him laid And with Rebeckah soone return'd a faire and vertuous maid Whom Izhaak married but still she barren was they praid cap. 25 God heard and granted all their will and further to her said That in her wombe the babes that stroue were twinnes and nations twaine The yonger should preuaile aboue the elder should remaine A seruant Esau was his name and as he venison sought And wearied backe and hungry came his yonger brother bought His birth right for a messe of broth God Izhaak blest meane while For which his enemies were wroth Cap. 26 and plaied parts most vile When age came on and eies waxt dimme then solemnely he ment To blesse his sonne requiring him Venison for that intent About goes Esau with his bow but Iaacob doth preuent him The meanes his mother did him showe cap. 27 and cunningly present him In Esaus clothes and skinnes of kids vnto his father who Mistrusts the voice and therefore bids come