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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.
That which I aim at is this,1 by the received Divinity of the Jews, and of the Gentiles who knew God, Christ was a King by the Covenant of Grace, and the special party of the new Covenant, as was David. This may be made more evident, if we enquire a little in the Covenant: 1. What it is: 2. Who be the parties. 3. What promises. 4. What condition. 5. What properties. 6. Some uses, with all Brevity: The Covenant is here a joint and mutual bargain between two,2 according to which they promise freely such and such things each to other; hence God and man made up a solemn bargain in Christ: 2. They both consent: Christ forced not his Spouse to marry against her will, nor was God forced to make a covenant. Love and Grace §1was that which lead Christs hand at the pen,§2 in signing the covenant with his blood. 3. As a §3cluster of Stars maketh a constellation, a body of Branches a Tree, so a mass of Promises concurreth in this Covenant. Where ever Christ is, clusters of Divine Promises groweth out of him, as the Motes, Rays, and Beams from the Sun, and a family (as it were) and a society of Branches out of a Tree. 4. There is here giving and receiving; Christ offereth and giveth, such and §4such favours, we receive all by believing, except the grace of Faith, which cannot be received by Faith, but by free favour and grace without us in God: Grace first and last was all our happiness; If there had not been a Saviour (to borrow ⟨p. 64⟩that expression) made all of Grace, grace it self, we could never have had dealing with God.
That which I aime at is this,1 by the received Divinity of the Jews, and of the Gentiles who knew God, Christ was a King by the Covenant of Grace, and the speciall party of the new Covenant, as was David. This may be made more evident, if we enquire a little in the Covenant: 1. What it is: 2. Who be the parties. 3. What promises. 4. What condition. 5. What properties. 6. Some uses, with all Brevity: The Covenant is here a joynt and mutuall bargain between two,