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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.
2. The ground of it is Gods mercy; the two §2blind men, Mat. 20.30. put this in their Bill, they cry, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David. They will not have seeing eyes, but under the notion of mercy: David pained with sore sickness, as some think, or under some other rod of God, desireth to be healed, upon this ground, Psal. 6.2. Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am weak.
2. The ground of it is Gods mercy; the two §2blinde men, Mat. 20.30. put this in their Bill, they cry, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David. They will not have seeing eyes, but under the notion of mercy: David pained with sore sicknesse, as some think, or under some other rod of God, desireth to be healed, upon this ground, Psal. 6.2. Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am weak.
3. Faith looketh to temporal favours,1 as Faith with a spiritual eye, as Christ and his merits goeth about them, Heb. 11.22. By faith, Joseph when he dyed made mention of the children of Israels departure. 23. By faith, Moses come to age, refused to be called the son of Pharaohs daughter. Why? and that was but a civill Honour. Moses his faith looked at it in a spiritual manner.
3. Faith looketh to temporall favours,1