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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	father_n	jacob_n	joseph_n	2,306	5	9.7122	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06932	A new postil conteinyng most godly and learned sermons vpon all the Sonday Gospelles, that be redde in the church thorowout the yeare ...	Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567.	1566 (1566)	STC 1736; ESTC S101291	689,601	1,060

owne commoditie makyng them of angry woordes moste comfortable wordes She denieth not the wordes of Christ but graunteth them to be trewe Thou sayth she callest me dogge I grant I am a dogge neither doo I desire to be in better case then dogges are Let the children haue those thinges that are most fyne plesant and daintie Onely lette me haue the crummes that fall frome the table and are not regarded of the children This shall right well suffise me Here snareth she Christ in his owne woordes And by this meanes commeth it so to passe that she whyche dydde humble her selfe to be compared vnto dogges is nowe receaued of Christe amonge the children This is a most singular and notable example sette foorthe vnto vs to declare that we ought to be not waueryng but constant in Faythe and continually to call vpon yea as I may so speake euen make wearye Christ with oure prayers and not to leaue of tyll we haue obteined oure desire Lette vs be moued nothinge at all with the contumelious and reprochefull woordes of Dogges Ethnyckes Paynymes c. For dogges are not wythoute maysters neyther are they wythout theyr meate And the Heathen also haue a GOD. With thys harde holde and stronge fayth of the woman is the Lorde Christe taken and ouercome so that he aunswereth and saythe O woman haste thou so muche strengthe in thee to resyste suche so many and so great tentations Uerily great is thy faythe Be it vnto thee accordyng to thy desyre and faithe For it semed vnto hym a rare thynge and seldome founde in any other As touchyng the Iewes he knewe ryght welle that they were offended streyght wayes euen with one worde when he sayd that they must eate his fleshe or els they could not be saued But thys woman not withstandyng all these vnkynd wordes and ouerthwart answers of Christ continued styll in her promyse nothyng doubtyng but surely beleuyng that at the last she should obteyn her desyre But one thyng is not here to be passed ouer I meane the cause why Christ shewed him selfe so hard to this woman Ueryly not to the end that he would not healpe her nor graunt her her requeste but that by this meanes the womans fayth myght be proued and sette foorth vnto other for an example and that the Iewes whych were chyldern and heyres myght learne of thys Cananite whyche was no heyre howe they shoulde beleue in CHRISTE and repose all theyr affiaunce confydence and truste in hym For thys is the thynge that Christe requyrethe wherein also hee chiefly delyghteth Therefore hauynge triall of thys womans faythe he coulde no longer hyde and kepe secrete hys mercy and louyng kyndnes from her but sayde Go thy way Bee it vnto thee accordyng to thy desyre And by this meanes he makethe not only her daughter whole but he also of his owne free will promiseth moreouer to geue vnto her what so euer shee wille or desire yea and geuethe vnto her also the dignitie and right of the sede of Abraham And all these thynges are brought to passe thorough faith so that now she is become the daughter of Abrahā an holy womā And herof may we lern that though God somtyme when we pray vnto hym do make delay in grauntyng vs our desyres yet we should not be weary but continue still in prayer faythfully beleuing that he wyll at the laste graunt vs our requestes and abundantlye satisfie our desyres For although he seemeth sometyme by outwarde apparance to neglect not to respecte nor regard our prayers yet in his heart he beareth alwayes an heartie good wyll toward vs whiche in his tyme he wyll openly declare and bryng all thynges vnto good effecte so that we cease not to pray vnto him nor geue ouer our suite as we may se not onely by the example of this woman but also of many other Ioseph beyng in prison .xiii. yeres cryed vnto God for helpe But the more he cried the worse wente it with hym And soo goeth it nowe adayes with the Christians When they haue long cryed and called vpon God they feele no reliefe or ease of their paynes at all but the longer the worse euen as it came to passe with Ioseph If God had sooner delyuered Ioseph it had ben to the greate ioye and comforte of Iacob his father but then shoulde the dignitie of Ioseph neuer haue ben so greatly beautified and auanced His abode was longe in pryson but it was abundantly recōpenced For after this his so long emprisonmēt he was made the myghtiest lord greatest gouernour in all the lande of Egypte nexte vnto the king Neyther do we rede in the holy scriptures that any of a subiect captiue came vnto higher dignitie vnder hys prince then Ioseph Euen so ●ouyngly and fauourably wyll God deale with vs although he heareth not streight waies our prayers nor granteth vs our requestes Let vs holde faste his promyse with a constant faithe Lette vs not waxe wearie of praying but stylle contynue in supplication and prayer vntyll he haue mercy on vs. For he wyll at the last vndoubtedly come and perfourme his promyse For thys hys worde must always abyde true Whatsoeuer ye shall aske the Father in my name he will geue it you Our nature can abyde no delayes but woulde haue oure prayers hearde and graunted out of hande We must therfore enarme our selues with strong Faith against suche tentations Let it so be that God a long tyme semeth to denye our requestes and maketh delayes a great number of yeares yet must we diligently take heede that wee by no meanes suffer oure faythe and hope to be taken away from his promise For the end wyll be he wyll geue vs more then we haue asked as we may see in the storye of this woman If she hadde asked mo thynges without doubt CHRIST wold neuer haue denyed them vnto her By this example therfore we are taughte that it is not alwayes for our profite when we praye streight wayes to be hearde When we be in greatest danger and almoste paste all hope then God heareth vs out of hande As when we be in peryll of drownyng or in daunger of ennemies There is no taryance to be made where peryll with destruction is at hande But where the matter maye be deferred there lette vs knowe that GOD doothe it to exercyse and to trye oure Faythe yet so that hee wyll in his tyme come and healpe as the Prophete Abacucke saythe If the Lorde make any tariance see that thou paciently abyde his commynge For he wyll surely come and not tary In these oure dayes also he seemeth to make delayes He suffereth the Pope and the Turke to doo what they wyll agaynste vs. We crye and lament He heareth not and maketh as though he knew vs not In the meane season we are myserably handeled as though we had no God at all But the matter wyll one daye