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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.
1. Because the Scripture saith to Abraham, and to his seed; that is, Christ was the Covenant made; and these words of the Covenant, Ps. 89.26. He shall cry to me, thou art my Father, my God, &c. are expounded, Heb. 1.5. And again I will be ⟨p. 72⟩to him a Father, and he shall be to me a son, and Joh. 20.17. Go to my brethren and say to them, I ascend unto my Father and your Father, to my God, and to your God: So Christ the heir of all things, and the second heirs under him, are all but one confederate-Family. 2. The covenant made with David and his seed, and the Fathers, is fulfilled to Christ and his seed, Act. 13.34, 35. As concerning that, he raised him up from the dead, no more to see corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David. 3. As the covenant of nature and works was made with Adam, and all his, and there were not two covenants; so here, the better covenant coming in the place of the former, is made with the second Adam and his children, Rom. 5.18, 19. 1 Cor. 15.20, &c. 4. All that serveth to make a covenant are here, 1. God demandeth of his son, that he lay down his life; and for his labour he promiseth, that he shall see his seed, and God shall give him many children, Isa. 53.10. 2. The son consenteth to lay down his life, and saith, Here am I to do thy will, thou hast given me a body: This is the formality of a covenant, when Christ consenteth to the condition. Now this covenant was manifested in time between the Father and the Son, but it was transacted from eternity. This is comfortable, that the Father and Christ transacted a Bargain from eternity, concerning thee by Name. There was communing between the Father and Son concerning thy heaven, Father, ⟨p. 73⟩