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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.
The Father and Christ are both in this business; Heaven, Hell, Justice, Mercy, Souls, and deep Wisdom, are all in this rare piece, and yet men think more of a Farm, and an Ox, Luke 14.18.19. and of a Pin in the State, or a Straw, or of the bones of a crazy livelihood, or a House.
The Father and Christ are both in this businesse; Heaven, Hell, Justice, Mercy, Souls, and deep Wisdom, are all in this rare piece, and yet men think more of a Farm, and an Oxe, Luke 14.18.19. and of a Pin in the State, or a Straw, or of the bones of a crazy livelyhood, or a House.
3. Touching the Promises, 1. There is no good thing, but it is ours by free promise,1 and not by simple donation only; this covenant turns over Heaven, Earth, Sea, Land, Bread, garments, sleep, the World, Life, Death, into free grace; yea it maketh Sin and crosses, golden Sins and crosses by accident, through the acts of supernatural providence toward us, 1 Cor. 3.21. Rom. 8.28. working on and about our sins. 2. All good cometh to us now, not immediately, but through the hands of a free Redeemer; and though he ⟨p. 74⟩be a man who redeemed us, yet because he is God, there is more of God, and Heaven, and free Love, in all our good things, then if we received them immediately from God, as Ravens have their food from God, without a Mediator, and devils have their being only by creature-right, not by covenant-right.