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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.
No man repenteth, and turneth from his evil way, no man smiteth on his thigh, saying, what have I done? Its but black Popery (the name being changed, not the thing) to think the by-past sins of the Land are by-past; and a sort of Reformation for time to come is satisfactory to GOD, Ex opere operato, By the deed done; Yea, the divisions in the Church are a heavier plague then the raging sword: ⟨image 6⟩These same sins against the first and second Table, the reconciling of us and Babylon, Pride, Bribing, Extortion, Filthiness, and intemperance unpunished, blood touching blood, and not revenged, vanity of apparel, the professed way of salvation by all kind of Religions whatsoever, are now acted in another stage, by other persons, but they are these same sins;1 if that head-ship that flattering Prelates took from Jesus Christ, and gave to the King, be yet taken from Christ, and given to men: if Christs Crown be pulled off his head, no matter whose head it warm, its taken from Christ both ways: I shall pray that the fatness of the flesh of Jacob, for this do not wax lean, 2and that the warfare of Britain be accomplished: But if the faithful watchmen know what hour of the night it is now, there be but small appearance that it is near to the dawning of Britons deliverance, or that our sky shall clear in hast, would God the year 1645. were with child to bring forth the salvation of Britain, It was once as incredible that the enemy should have entered within the gates of Jerusalem, 3as it is now that they can enter within the Ports of London, Edinburgh, Dublin: I speak not this to encourage Cavaliers, for certainly God watcheth over them for vengeance; but that we go not on farther to break with Christ; the weakness of new heads devising new Religions, and multiplying Gods ⟨image 7⟩(for two sundry and contrary Religions argue interpretatively two sundry Gods) According to the number of our Cities, must come from rottenness of our hearts: O if we could be instructed before the decree, that is with child of Plagues to the sinners in Zion, bring forth a man child; and before the long shadows of the evening be stretched out on us.