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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 VII.
Son of David, O Lord, thou son of David:] In this compellation, consider why Christ is called the son of David, never the son of Adam ▪ never the son of Abraham? Its true, he is called frequently the Son of man, but never when any prayeth to him: and he is reckoned in his Genealogy, Davids son, Abraham's son, the son of Adam; but the son of David is his ordinary stile when prayers are directed to him in the days of his flesh. The Reasons are, 1. Christ had a special relation to Abraham being his seed, but more special to David, Because the Covenant was in a special manner established with David as a King, and the first King in whose hand the Church, the feeding thereof as Gods own flock, was as Gods depositum and pawn laid down; the Lord established the Covenant of Grace with ⟨p. 62⟩David, and his son Solomon, who was to build him a house, and promised to him an Eternal Kingdom, and Grace, and perseverance in Grace, and that by a sure Covenant, the sure mercies of David, Esa. 55.3. 2 Sam. 7.8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16. 1 Chron. 22.9, 10. 2 Sam. 23.5 Yet hath he made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things and sure, for (this is) all my salvation, and all my desire, Psal. 89.3. I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant. 4. Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy Throne to all generations, vers. 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27.28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37. Gabriel the Angel speaketh the same to Zechariah, Luk 1.32.33 So vers 68, 69.