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land_n	famine_n	joseph_n	pharaoh_n	1,487	5	10.4663	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06772	The fortresse of the faythfull agaynst [ye] cruel assautes of pouertie and honger newlye made for the comforte of poore nedye Christians, by Thomas Becon.	Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567.	1550 (1550)	STC 1721; ESTC S109202	62,711	184

and on his fatherlye prouidence as they dyd if the same integritie of maners and innocencie of lyfe apeareth in vs that shined in them Euse. This beneficence and liberalitie of god towarde Isahac ought to encourage al men to tary at home in their own contreis and houses to be contente wyth theire estate callinge and not to stray a brode for liuinges as many idle braynes do nowe a daies leauinge theyr wyues and theire children in greate care and miserie and manie of them neuer returning vnto thē Neyther ought men to doubte but that god whiche is almyghty and able to do what soeuer hys good pleasure is wyl as wel prouide for them at home in their poore cotages as in the haulles of Princes The blessinge of the lorde maketh men ryche as for carefull trauaile it doth nothing therto Phil. When Isahac sent his sōne Iacob to Mesopotamia y ● he might take to wife one of y ● doughters of Labā Iacob as he passed forthe on his iourney made a vow sayd If god wyl be with me wil kepe me in this iourney which I go and wyll geue me bread to eate clothes to put on so y ● I come againe vnto my fathers house in safetye thē shal y ● lorde be my god this stone which I haue set vp an ende shall be gods house and of all that thou shalte geue me wyll I geue the tenthe vnto thee Here Iacob desireth gods assistēce in his iourney that he may go and come safe And as touching worldly goodes he desireth no more but foode and raiment And so nothing douting of goddes helpe he goeth forward on his iourney according to the cōmaundemēt of his father Nowe behold the louing kyndnes of god toward Iacob God which neuer leaueth them socourles that calle on hys holye name appeareth vnto Iacob in his slepe and promiseth that he wyl geue him his seede the lande that he slepeth vpon and that his posteritie shall be great and many that they shall be as the dust of the earth and shal spread abroude to the weaste to the easte to the north and to the south yea and that in his sede all kinreds of the earth shall be bless●d Chri. Here are mo benefites promised to Iacob then he asked Phil. Yea mo then he durst haue required of god Euse. But what of the requestes cōcerninge his iourney Phil. Ye shal heare Wher as Iacob desired god to be with him and to kepe him in his iourney god sayd vnto him on this maner Behold I am with the and wyll be thy keper in all places whither thou goest and wyl bring the againe into this lande neither wil I leaue the vntil I haue made good al that I haue promised the. According to goddes promise Iacob had a prosperous iourney trauailynge into Mesopotamia Of whose cōminge when Labā heard vnto whom he was sente of his father Laban for very ioye ranne to mete him enbrased him and kissed him and brought him to his house Theo. Thys was good lucke Chri. Good lucke in dede Phi. So worketh god for hys seruauntes which hath all mens hartes in his hande Theo. But what entertainement had Iacob afterwarde Phil. Iacob taried wyth Laban twenti yeres in the which tyme God dyd not only sende him bread clothes accordinge to hys requeste but also such wiues as his harte desired wyth manye goodly children Yea God so blessed Iacob that he was excedinge ryche in gold and siluer in maide seruauntes and men seruauntes in sh●pe Camels Asses goates kyne c. And afterwarde God brought him home again into his contreye bothe saffelye and wealthely Who will now distrust the promyse of suche a Lorde so liberall so bounteous so beneficial Euse. This historie is greatlye cōfortable for al godly traua●lers by cōtreies hereof may they learne y ● god wil not forsake thē nor leue thē socourles but sēd thē al things necessary in their iourney defēd them frome theire ennemies and safely bryng them whō agayn if they cal on his holy name caste their care on hym Chri. So sayth the Psalmographe he shall giue his Aungels charge ouer the to kepe the in al thy wayes They shal beare the in theire handes that thou hurte not thy foote against a stone God shall defende the vnder hys wynges thou shalt be safe vnder hys fethers His faithfulnes trueth shal be thi sheld buckelar Thou shalt not be afraid for ani terrour by nyght nor for y ● arrowe y ● flye●th by y ● day Againe my helpe cometh euen from y ● lord which hath made heauē earth He wil not suffer thi foote to be moued he that kepeth the will not sleape Behold he that kepeth Israel shal neither slomber nor sleape The Lorde hym selfe is thy keper the Lorde is thy defence vpon thy ryghte hande So that the sunne shall not burne the by daye neither the moone by nyght The Lord shal preserue the from all euyl yea it is euen he that shal kepe thy soule The Lord shal preserue thy goinge oute and thy comminge in from thys time forth for euermore Theo. Thes●e be swete and comfortable scriptures Phil. I graunt to the faithefull whiche depend altogether on God and on hys fatherlye prouidence But the vnfaithfull whiche truste on them selfes on their owne wysdome and pollicy fele no sauour nor swetnes in them as saynt Paule saith a naturall man perceaueth not the thinges that belōg to the spirit of god for they are folyshnes vnto hym But let vs beholde mo histories which shal declare set forth goddes hi● prouidence singular liberalite toward his seruauntes y ● we mai learne perfectli to hāge on the lorde our god Ye reade in the first boke of Moses that in the time of Iacob whom we spake of a litle afore there was a great dearth in al contreis in somuch that in the lāde of Canaan there was no vitaile to be gotten for money Now behold the prouidence of god God aforeseyng this plage of famine to the entente that his seruauntes shulde not peryshe in tyme of honger for lacke of fode wonderfully sent Ioseph afore into Egipte And although his brothers solde him in to a straunge land by this meanes sekyng his destruccion yet god turned thys his seruitude vnto his honour and the euel that they dyd to theyr brother vnto their profite wealthe and commoditie For god exalted Ioseph and set vp his honour aboue all the lordes and princes of Egipte euen nexte vnto the Kynge was he in dignitie in somuch that he hadde the rule of all the kynges dominions did what semed him good in his owne eyes such fauour founde he in the syght of the kynge thorow goddes working Now when this dearth was also felte in the lande of Canaan and Iacob w t his familie in great daunger thereof Iacob hearinge that corne was to be sold in

Egipt for thorowe Iosephes wisedome was there corne inoughe layde vp in the store houses of euerye Citye in Egipte sente his sonnes thither to bye corne for theire money that they might liue and n●t die To be short seyng the historie is knowen when the sonnes of Iacob came thither for vitaile there was Ioseph their brother in hie authoritie whō they iudged eyther to be dead or elles to liue lyke a bonde slaue and drudge not able eyther to do him selfe good or any other In fewe they had vitailes home with them and their money also with manye precious gyftes and at the laste a cōmaundement geuen them y ● they shuld bringe their father and hys houshold wyth al that he had and prouision shulde be made for them euen in the best partes of the lande of Egipte Yea the kynge him selfe sente char●ttes oute of Egypte to fetche Iacob and all his familie and bad them not regarde theire stuffe for the good of all the lande of Egipte is youres sayth he Iacob and all his were honorablye brought thyther liberally and gently enterteyned of the kynge quietely and wealthelye placed in the lande of Egypt And all this came to passe by the prouidence of God whiche afore seynge thynges to come worketh wonderfullye for the sauegarde and healthe of hys seruauntes For the cause that Iacob and hys chyldren found such fauour in the syght of kynge Pharao was not fortune nor chaunce but goddes prouidence againe that Ioseph was exalted vnto such dignitie the cause thereof was not Iosephes fayr face nor yet his goodly personage but gods good wyll whiche gaue him suche wisedome as none had the lyke in all Egipte neither was there any in al the dominions of kynge Pharao founde lyke vnto Ioseph whom the kyng might make gouernour ouer his realme And al these thinges wrought god for the preseruaciō of his seruauntes as Ioseph himselfe said to his brethren I am Ioseph your brother whom you solde in to Egipte Nowe therefore be not greued therwyth neyther let it seme a cruell thinge in your eyes that ye solde me hither For god dyd sende me before you into Egipte for your wealth and to saue your liues For this is the second yere of dearth in the lande and fyue mo are behind in whiche there shall bee neyther earing nor heruest Wherfore god sente me before you to make prouision that ye myght continue in the earth and to saue your lyues by a greate deliueraunce So nowe it was not you that sente me hither but god which hath made me a father vnto Pharao and lorde of all his house and ruler thorowe oute all the lande of Egipte God hym selfe also spake vnto Iacob in a vision by nyght saying I am god the god of thy father feare not to go doune into Egipte for I wyll there make of the a greate people I wyll go doune wyth the into Egipte and I wyll also bringe the agayne Chri. O the vnspeakeable good wyll of god toward all them that trust in hym What other nacion saith Moses is so greate that goddes come so nye vnto as the lorde our god is nye vnto vs in all thynges so ofte as wee call vnto hym The Lorde our god is a mercifull god he wyll not forsake vs neyther destroye vs nor forget the appointement of our fathers whiche he sware vnto them The lorde oure god cherysheth vs euen as a father doth his sonne Wyll a mother forget the child of her wombe saythe god and not pitie the sonne whom she bare And thoughe she doth forget yet wyl not I forgette the. Behold I haue written the vp vpō my handes c. Theo. The last historie which you rehearsed neighbour Philemō is very cōfortable and teacheth vs that although the plage of famine be caste vpon any realme the wicked therof peryshe for honger yet wyl god so prouide for them that fear him cal on his holy name that they shall want no good thyng Phil. Wel noted neighbour Theophile So wold I haue you both heare and reade the histories of y ● holy scriptures y ● ye shuld perswade your selfe that what soeuer confortable historie ye finde in the sacred byble is ther written for your cōfort And to proue your saying true heare what god sayth by the Prophet Behold my sernauntes shal eate but ye shall honger Behold mi seruauntes shal drinke but ye shal suffer thirst Behold my seruauntes shall be merye but ye shall be confounded Beholde my seruauntes shall reioyse for a very quietnesse of hearte but ye shal cry for sorowe of herte and complaine for vexacion of mynde Eusebius The sayinge of Kynge Dauid dothe not muche differ frome this Beholde the eyes of the lorde are vpon them that feare him and vpon them that truste in his mercie that he maye deliuer their lyues from death and noryshe them in tyme of honger Salomon also sayth the lorde wyl not let the life of the ryghteous suffer honger Phil. After god had deliuered the Israelites out of Egipte with an out stretched arme and broughte them into the wyldernes of Sin where they sawe neither meate nor drynke for god was determined to proue them whether they wer faithfull or not they grudged againste Moses and Aaron sayinge wolde to God we had died by the hand of the lorde in the land of Egipt whē we satte by the fleshe pottes and when we dyd eate breade oure bellyes full For ye haue brought vs oute into thys wyldernesse to kyll the hole multitude wyth honger Ye se the vnthanckefulnes of this people for whō God had wrought so manye wonders and to whome God had shewed so greate tokens of louynge kyndenes euen as a father dothe to his childe Ye haue hearde howe they murmured agēst Moses Aaron Goddes laweful ministers whiche is nothynge else then to murmure agenst God him selfe Ye se theire vnfaithfulnes howe they are altogether swarued frome God and from his holy prouidence so that they are worthy no benefite at the hande of God but what thē Is God false of his promise yea rather euē for his promis sake where vnto God hathe euer cheife respecte whyche he made to theire fathers Abraham Isahac and Iacob he wonderfullye sente them downe meat from heauen euē māna so fed thē as y ● wise mā sayeth y u hast fed thine own people with angels foode sent thē bread redye from heauen wythout theyr laboure beynge very pleasaunte good of taste And to shewe the riches and swetnes vnto thy childrē thou gauest euery one their desire so that euerye man myghte take what lyked hym beste Theo. If God for his promyse sake fedeth the vnfaithfull no les vnthāckefull Israelites frome heauen we that beleue his promises and hāge onlye on him and on hys fatherlye prouidence may be sure not to wāt but abundantlye to haue what so euer is necessary for vs