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The trial & triumph of faithThe tryal & triumph of faith
The trial & triumph of faith: or, An exposition of the history of Christs dispossessing of the daughter of the woman of Canaan Delivered in sermons; in which are opened, the victory of faith; the condition of those that are tempted; the excellency of Jesus Christ and free-grace; and some special grounds and principles of libertinism and antinomian errors, discovered by Samuel Rutherfurd, professor of divinity in the University of St. Andrews. Published by authority.The tryal & triumph of faith: or, An exposition of the history of Christs dispossessing of the daughter of the woman of Canaan Delivered in sermons; in which are opened, the victory of faith; the condition of those that are tempted; the excellency of Jesus Christ and free-grace; and some speciall grounds and principles of libertinisme and antinomian errors, discovered by Samuel Rutherfurd, professor of divinity in the University of St. Andrews. Published by authority.
London: printed by John Field, 1652
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
SERMON V.
Vexed with a Devil. 1[Greek or Hebrew] She is Devilled, that is, fully possessed: The malice of the Devil is a natural agent, and worketh as intently and bently as he can, as agens maximum quod sic, the fire putteth forth all its strength in burning, the Sun heateth and enlighteneth as vehemently as it can: A Millstone fallen from the sphere of the Moon down to the earth, useth no moderation or abetment in its motion: The malice of Hell being let loose, it worketh mischief by nature, not by will. Satan's possession is full, Peter saith to Ananias, Acts 5.3. Why hath Satan filled thy heart to lye against the Holy Ghost? As there is a fullness of God, Eph. 3.19. so there's a fullness of the Devil, as Rom. 1.29. being filled with all unrighteousness. It is no wonder that Cavaliers and Malignants work as their Father, the nature of the Father is in the son, modus operandi sequitur modum essendi, the manner of working, is suitable to the nature of the worker, hell works like Hell, Jer. 3.5. Behold thou hast spoken, and done evil as thou couldst, Esa. 5.18. They draw sin and iniquity, not with a rush or a thread, but with •ords of vanity, and with a cart rope, Mic. 7.3. They do evil with both hands earnestly. All that malice and Hell could do of cruelty ⟨p. 44⟩