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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01300	A comfortable sermon of faith, in temptations and afflictions Preached at S. Botulphes wythout Aldersgate in London, the .xv. of Februarye. 1573. By Maister VVilliam Fulke, Doctor of Diuinitie.	Fulke, William, 1538-1589.	1574 (1574)	STC 11422; ESTC S102773	20,597	48

crooms or chyppinges of the same fall downe to refresh her a poore whelpe that lay vnder the table Here also we may note the true humility y followeth this certayne perswasion of Gods mercy This woman confesseth her selfe to be no better then a Dog and yet she trusteth in the mercy of god By this place also we may perceiue what horrible punishmeÌ„t the Iewes deserued at Gods hand whych eyther negligently or disdaynfully loathed those dainties of Gods table offered vnto them which other poore wretches so grÃ©edely desired and could be content euen with the crooms that fel from their table And we our selues also haue two matters here to consider first the vnspeakeable goodnes of God which of cur Dogs hath made vs his own childreÌ„ by adoption and of such as had no place in the house of God but of greatest fauour to lye vnder the table of hys children hauing conuerted vs from Dogs into his children hath aduaunced vs to sit at his own hye table with his Children euen with Abraham Isaac and Iacob as he sayth in the Gospel Many shall come from all partes of the world and syt down with Abraham Isaac and Iacob in the kyngdome of heauen when the children of the kingdome shal be cast out into vtter darknes wher shal be weeping and gnashing of teeth The second thing that we haue here to consider is that we being turned froÌ„ Dogs into Gods children do not retayne styl the nature of Dogs that is to returne againe to their filthy vomite which they haue once cast out that being extolled to such dignity that we are made partakers of Gods heauenly table we do not behaue our selues vnreuerently vnthankfully vnholyly but as it becoÌ„meth the children of God the table of God the presence of God with al reuerence obedience thankfulnes to expresse the nature of Gods children vnto which honour we are called Ye know the punishment of him which presumed to syt downe at the mariage feast with out his wedding garment he was pulled out by the eares and thrust into vtter darknes wher shal be weeping gnashing of teeth And the same penaltie remayneth all hipocrites which entruding themselues into the Church of God neuer care for repentance newnes of life holynes righteousues wherunto we are called of God not to vncleanes filthynes Remember that whych was read in the fyrst Lesson this day at Morning praier coÌ„cerning Esau who because he was a prophane felow that made no more accompt of hys birthright in whych was encluded all the hope of the Church but that he sold it for one messe of potage as the Apostle saith to the Hebrues he was afterward depriued of the blessyng and coulde not bee restored vnto it although hee sought it wyth teares Remember also the Iewes who beyng compted the Children of God for the couenaunt that God made with their fathers because they did obstinatly refuse the grace when it was offered would not beleue the promise wheÌ„ it was exhibited they are broken of from the stocke of Israel we that were straungers braunches of the wylde olyue by kynde are graffed into the tree by fayth But so that if we fall froÌ„ fayth as S. Paule saith God shall no more spare vs then he did spare them yea we shall be bro ken of they graffed in againe For God is able to graffe them in againe Let vs therfore continue in faith and shew forth the fruits of faith for by the fruits the trÃ©e shal be knoweÌ„ Hetherto we haue heard how the fayth of this woman hath bene tryed to the vttermost which hauyng thrÃ©e repulses euen of Christ himself yet ceaseth not to put her trust in him Now let vs sÃ©e what successe she had in the ende Although she had neuer so many repulses and discouragementes yet because she continued styll constant and vnmoueable in faith she departed not away confounded She obtained her request she enioyed the promise that who soeuer putteth their trust in him should not be confounded Let vs therefore with inuincible courage of faith hold fast vpon Gods promises and it is impossible that we shall mysse of eternall saluation But some wyl peraduenture obiect she sued here but for a temporall benefite namely the recouery of her daughter what pertayneth this to eternall saluation I answer Thys temporall benefite was to her a confirmation and assurance of euerlasting saluation which she had conceiued by fayth Which thing the answer of Christ playnly declareth who doth not onely graunt vnto this her faith the deliueraunce of her daughter from the deuill but generally what soeuer she would O woman sayth he great is thy fayth be it vnto thee euen as thou wylt First he commendeth the greatnes of her faith by which he is ouercome that he can no longer withhold his grace froÌ„ her Secondly he sayth Be it vnto thee what soeuer thou wyâ—t Who doubteth but that she would as well haue remission of her synnes and assurance of eternal lyfe as the health of her daughter rather to Therfore he sayth Be it vnto thee euen as thou wylt As though he would say wyth this fayth thou mayest obtaine whatsoeuer thou wilt Let vs therfore bryng such a fayth to God and we shall obtaine whatsoeuer we wyll If it were true would some man say that I might haue whatsoeuer I wold I wold wish to haue this Church full of gold or some such lyke matter But ye must remember that Christ here speaketh of faith which is grounded onely vpon Gods promises and therefore whatsoeuer ye wyll aske by fayth that God hath promised you shall obtayne Moreouer they that be endued with true faith wyl wish nothing that is contrary to Gods glory and therefore there is no such vayne wishyng nor woulding with them And therfore what soeuer God hath promised vnto them they make their full accompt to obteine it that which he hath not promised they require but vnder con dition if it may stand with hys wyll and the setting forth of his glory Wherefore as we are taught by thys example let vs in all temptacions and afflictions flÃ©e vnto the generall promises of God with inuincible courage of faith For thereof we shall be sure to preuayle in the ende howsoeuer it please God to try our fayth in the meane time For fayth doth not onely ouercome the whole world as S. Iohn sayth which is in dÃ©ede a noble victorye but fayth preuaileth euen with God him selfe when he proueth and trieth vs by most great temptacions Let vs therefore folow the faith and confidence of Iacob when he wrestled wyth God For by fayth wee wrestle wyth God when he proueth our fayth by temptacion Therefore as Iacob answered when the Angell which represented God that wrestled with him required him to let him depart because it waxed day I wil not let thee go quoth he before thou blesse me So let vs boldlye answer God when he wrestleth with vs assailing our fayth by sundry temptacions we wyll not let thee go before thou blesse vs. For thys example hath God left in wryting for our comfort by this example he hath commaunded vs by the Prophet Hosea to trust in god For Iacob by fayth had power wyth God and had power ouer the Angel and preuayled whereby he was called Israel that is one that preuaileth with god And we if we be true Israelites by fayth must preuayle with god Therefore let vs not faynt in any temptacions but rather as S. Iames sayth let vs reioyce when we fal into sundry temptacions knowing that the tryall of our faith worketh pacience which if she haue her perfect worke we shall be perfect and sound not faynting in any thyng Wherfore as temptacions encrease let vs encrease our confidence prayers Let vs say with the Prophet Dauid Euen as the eyes of seruantes looke vnto the hand of their Maysters and as the eyes of a Mayden vnto the hand of her Maistres so our eyes waight vpon the Lord our God vntyll he haue mercy vpon vs. Finally let vs follow this woman of Canaan whose fayth could not be ouercome by three repulses euen of Christ him selfe but in the ende obtayned euen that she would For God by teÌ„ptacion sÃ©eketh not our ouerthrow but our greater victory that the tryall of our fayth which is much more precious then gold which though it be purged with fyre yet perisheth not might be at the last to our praiâ—e honour glory at the appearing of our Lord Iesus Christ To whom with the father and the holy Ghost be all honour glory power and dominion both now and euer AMEN Esay 29. Esay 8. Leuit. 15. Num. 19. Mark. 7. Math. 8. Genes 12. and 8. and 12. Ioel. 2. Psal. 72. Esay 28. 1. Pet. 1. 2. Sam. 17 1. Cro. 22. Esay 11. Iere. 23. and. 33. Esay 22. Math. 8. Luke 4. Math. 11. Hebr. 12. 1 Pet. 1. 1. Pet. 1. 1. Cor. 10. Genes 23. Iohn 2. Luke Psal. 50. Iohn 10. Ioh. 17. Galat. 3. Math. 18. Math. 17. Mark. 9. 11. Gene. 2â— Gene. 21. Gene. 17. Isay. 28. Rom. 8. Ioel. 2. Rom. 8. Rom. 8. Gala. 5. Rom. 4 Mat. 24 Rom. 10 Mark. 7 Math. 8. 2. Pet. 2. Mat. 22. 1. Thes. 4 Gene. 25. Gene. 27 Hebr. 12. Rom. 11. Mark. 9. 1. Iohn â— Gene. 22. Hose 12. Iames. â— Psal. 123 1. Pet. 1.

rootes the spirit of the Lord shal rest vpoÌ„ him the spirit of knowledge vnderstandyng c. And that which Ieremy writeth of the righteous braunch that God would raise vp vnto Dauid which king should raigne and execute iudgement whose name should be The Lord our righteousnes Upon these or such like places of Scripture her faith was grounded by which she had learned to cal him the soÌ„ne of Dauid Wherby she declared that she acknowledged him to be the same which was described set forth in the scriptures that she looked to obtain at his hands those things which were promised of him in the scriptures In which it was promised that he should heare the cry of the poore when thei made their humble supplication to hym that he shuld succour the afflicted who had none to help them that he should take vpon him al our infirmities and beare all our diseases that he should preach sight to the blynde lyms to the lame lyfe to the dead deliuerance to al that ar afflicted This request of hers therfore being in the compasse of those thinges which wer promised to be graunted by him she is bold to call cry vnto him saying O Lord thou sonne of Dauid haue mercy vpon me my daughter is miserably tormented with a diuel And note that she desireth hym to bee mercyfull vnto her wher as her sute chiefly coÌ„cerned her daughter For not onely the naturall loue of her daughter made her to accompt the miseries of her childe to be her own griefe but also she acknowledgeth that God in plaging of her daughter plageth the mother also therfore she desireth Christ to haue mercy pity compassion of her self as wel as of her daughter And further note that she challengeth nothing by desert merit or worthynes but onely of some comfort of deliueraunce So thys poore woman no doubt reioyced not a litle wheÌ„ she heard that Christ was come into those quarters but when she commeth vnto him whom she was glad that she had found she findeth no comfort at al in him but great discouragement discomfort if any thing could discourage a strong lyuely faith We sÃ©e therfore what a strong temptacion her faith endured But it is maruel how she could retain such constancie of faith when he that is the onely Author and finisher of our faith euen Iesus Christ disdayneth to speake to her in whose woord all our hope and trust consisteth But here we must vnderstand that Christ by this his silence did not reiect her sute but rather inflamed her with greater feruency to continue the same For although he suppressed his audible voyce for a tyme yet in tyme of thys silence he spake vnto her by two most effectuall kindes of speaking First by his general promises contayned in the Scripture which sounded so lowd coÌ„tinually in the eares of her hart that by them she was assured the Christ called her vnto him although by his teÌ„poral and particuler silence he sÃ©emed to reiect her from hym Secondly although he spake no word with his touÌ„g yet by his spirit he spake continually to her soule setling sealyng the truth of Gods promises so stedfastly in her hart that she knew it was vnpossible for her to mysse of hys grace at the length although for the tyme she sÃ©emed to be refused of hym And so vndoutedly almighty God dealeth often times euen with his best beloued childreÌ„ when he differreth the answer of their request for a time so that he seemeth to hold his peace notwithstaÌ„ding that he hath promised to answer theÌ„ when they pray In which perplexitie they must remember that how so euer he seemeth to keepe silence by not grauÌ„ting their request yet he speaketh to them continually in his promises contained in hys holy word by which they must be assured that God wyl be mercyfull vnto them albeit that he withhold his promised help for a season So Christ at one time speaketh and holdeth his peace not to extinguish the faith of this Cananite but rather to enflame her earnest affection in praier which thing we sÃ©e tooke effect in her Then if so smal light of knowledge as was possible to be in her according to the state of the tyme her own condition wrought such constancie of fayth if so litle sÃ©ede of doctrine brought foorth suche aboundant fruit what shame is it for vs in so cleare light of the gospel not to see with the eyes of our faith the vnmoueable vnchaungeable truth certainty perish before he send his deliueraÌ„ce For God can no more forget our delyuerance in due time then he can deface his own glory And touching the meane tyme in which he suffereth vs to be afflicted that all shall turne to our euerlasting coÌ„fort for thereby he trieth our faith patience obedience and other vertues And the tryall of our fayth as S. Peter saith beyng much more precious then golde which is tried in the fire yet perisheth shall be found to our prayse honour glory at the appearing of our Lord Iesus Christ. And lest we should doubt to faint in troubles we are taught that God is faythful wyll not suffer vs to be tempted aboue our strength but in al perplexities most desperate cases wil open a way howe we shall auoide them For as he sendeth vs affliction and temptation with the one hand so he wil send vs strength and comfort with the other hand And this was liuely figured in the wrestlyng of God wyth Iacob where the Lord by wrestling striuing wyth him seemed to fight with him with one hand and by geuing him strength not onely to abide temptacions afflictions but also to preuaile and to ouercome them he declared that he did sustayne him with the other hand Let vs not therefore be discomforted if God him selfe sÃ©eme to wrestle wyth vs to fight against vs by sending vs great troubles and temptacions for hys purpose is in thys most noble combate both to geue vs strength to ouercome and also the prayse of the victory as s. Peter testifieth in the place euen now alled ged Such a noble champion was this simple woman that by fayth contended euen wyth Christ him selfe and in the end obtayned the victory Declaring therby that altthough she wer a cursed Cananite according to the flesh yet she was a true Israelite by fayth whych preuailed euen with God him selfe Such so wonderful are the works of God that when al the glory of our saluatioÌ„ is properly his own yet he vouchsafeth to geue vs such strength of faith that therby we are receiued into part of that praise which is due vnto him but yet so that al the glory redoundeth againe from vs vnto him onely to whom properly it belongeth Wel hetherto we haue heard that our sauiour Christ refused to speake one woord wyth hys mouth yet inwardly he spake by his spirite to her mynde

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