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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.
Obj. 3. To do any thing in conscience to a commandment is to be under the Law, 1and contrary to the Covenant of Grace, ib. Er. 33. Ans. The Law of Grace or Gospel hath Commandments, as Rom. 6.12. Let not sin reign therefore in your mortal bodies, And this is backed with a reason taken from the promise of Grace, v. 14. For sin shall not have dominion over you: 2for you are not under the Law, but under Grace, so Phil. 2.12. Work out &c. for vers. 13. Its God who worketh in you, Though we have no Physical dominion over the assisting grace of God ⟨p. 80⟩so as I can forcibly command the wind of the Spirit to blow, when I please, yet have we a certain Moral Dominion by virtue of an Evangelic promise, so as faith is to have influence in all acts of sanctification, & to look to the promise of assistance, which he who cannot lie hath promised, though he be not tied to my time and manner of working; yet do I sin in not praying, and in not believing, even when his wind bloweth not: Gods liberty and freedom of grace doth not destroy the Law of either works, or grace, and free me from a duty.
Obj. 3. To do any thing in conscience to a commandement is to be under the Law, 1and contrary to the Covenant of Grace, ib. Er. 33. Ans. The Law of Grace or Gospel hath Commandements, as Rom. 6.12. Let not sin raign therefore in your mortall bodies, And this is backed with a reason taken from the promise of Grace, v. 14. For sin shall not have dominion over you: 2for you are not under the Law, but under Grace, so Phil. 2.12. Work out &c. for vers. 13. Its God who worketh in you, Though we have no Physicall dominion over the assisting grace of God