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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.
Now for the promises, they flow from God to us, but all along they fall first on Christ; they are of two sorts,1 1. Some only given to Christ, not to us; as the Name above all names to be adored, and set at the right hand of God, is properly promised to Christ, Angels share not with him in this Chair, Phil. 2.9.10. Heb. 1.5.13. There is promised to Christ a seed a willing people, the ends of the earth for his inheritance, Isa. 53.10. Psal. 110.2. Psal. 2.8, 9. Christs locks and his hair are bushy and thick. Cant. 5.11. He is not bald, nor grey haired, but he hath a seed like the Stars for multitude that no man can number, Rev. 7.9. but all those hairs grow out of a head of gold; and his off-spring of children is as numerous as the dew of the morning dawning, Psal. 110.3. Mica. 5.7. though the devils locks be more numerous; but its woeful, that Christ and his children standing upon Mount Zion, being a huge Army, and a pleasant sight, yet thou art none of that numerous house, all round about thee, are graced of him, and thou livest and diest in the house, but lay not in the womb of the morning, and shall not abide in the house with the sons.
Now for the promises, they flow from God to us, but all along they fall first on Christ; they are of two sorts,1 1. Some only given to Christ, not to us; as the Name above all names to be adored, and set at the right hand of God, is properly promised to Christ, Angels share not with him in this Chaire,