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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
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Then the more Grace of Christ, the more clearness of saving knowledge and sound reason; Grace maketh more solid wisdom then Art or Learning; by this David excelled all his Teachers, and the Ancient ones: In Satan's fools the right principle of wisdom is extinguished; the Prophet spake it of States-men, or rather State fools, Jer. 8.9. Lo they have rejected the word of the Lord, and what wisdom is in them? As there be pollutions of the flesh, so are there pollutions of the mind and spirit, 2 Tim. 3.8. Men of corrupt mind, 1are men of rotten minds; false opinions of God are rottenness in the understanding. 1 Tim. 1.7. The spirit of a sound mind, vers. 13. Hold fast the form of sound words: There are some words that come from a sick mind, as Tit. 1.13. The Apostle holdeth forth, that there be some sick of the Faith, as there be some sound of the Faith, ⟨p. 48⟩Prov. 2.7. The Lord giveth sound wisdom [Greek or Hebrew] its Essence and being: Tushija, Pagnin, Substantiam: R. Levi, reservabit rectis id quod est; Ra. David saith, Because wisdom and the Law of God is an abiding, and (as Aben Ezra saith) A living thing that endureth to eternity; whereas indeed humane wisdom, and false opinions of God, are passing-away things, the lye liveth not a long age: wisdom is a Tree of Life, Psal, 119.80. Let my heart be sound in thy Statutes: [Greek or Hebrew] perfect, wanting nothing, a fool wanteth the best part of his heart: State-wisdom, not lying level to Christs ends, but commensurated with carnal projects, is but folly.
Then the more Grace of Christ, the more clearnesse of saving knowledge and sound reason; Grace maketh more solid wisdom then Art or Learning; by this David excelled all his Teachers, and the Ancient ones: In Satans fools the right principle of wisdom is extinguished; the Prophet spake it of States-men, or rather State fools,