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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.
12. The parties of the Covenant are, God and Man; Oh how sweet! that such a Potter, and such a former of all things should come in terms of Bargaining with such clay, as is guilty before him! Now the parties here, on the one part, is GOD; on the other, The Mediator Christ, and the children that the Lord gave him. Observe, 1. In the covenant of Nature and Works: God and his friend Adam were parties contracting: And in the second covenant, God and his fellow Christ, and all his are parties; a covenant of Peace cannot be between an Enemy and an Enemy as they are such; those who were Enemies, must lay down wrath ere they enter into covenant; contraries as contraries cannot be united: God being the sole author of this covenant, did lay aside enmity first; Love must first send out love, as fire must cast out heat: Its true, this covenant is made with sinners, (as God made the covenant of nature with Adam ▪ yet righteous) but an Union covenant wise could never have been, except God had in a manner bowed to us, and grace proved out of measure gracious.2
12. The parties of the Covenant are, God and Man; Oh how sweet! that such a Potter, and such a former of all things should come in terms of Bargaining with such clay, as is guilty before him! Now the parties heer, on the one part, is GOD; on the other, The Mediator Christ, and the children that the Lord gave him. Observe, 1. In the covenant of Nature and Works: God and his friend Adam were parties contracting: And in the second covenant, God and his fellow Christ, and all his are parties; a covenant of Peace cannot be between an Enemy and an Enemy as they are such; those who were Enemies, must lay down wrath ere they enter into covenant; contraries as contraries cannot be united: God being the sole author of this covenant, did lay aside enmity first; Love must first send out love, as fire must cast out heat: Its true, this covenant is made with sinners, (as God made the covenant of nature with Adam ▪ yet righteous) but an Union covenant wise could never have been, except God had in a manner bowed to us, and grace proved out of measure gracious.2