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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.
9. There's a mystery of Providence,1 that we see not, we know not what God is doing with us, when he is binding us: as the Sheep hath no notion of death in its fancy, even when the knife is at its throat, so are we
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10. Providence walketh long in uncertainties:1 ⟨p. 108⟩his way that ruleth, the world is in the clouds: Peace is within a step, yet cometh not full victory and deliverance near, and the enemy is well nigh subdued: and the Lord turneth the Scales, and layeth us low again: life is within the eighth part of a span to Ahab, yet God so timeth and placeth vengeance, that the arrow of God must pitch on no place, but between the joints of the harness, and Ahab is killed.
10. Providence walketh long in uncertainties:1 ⟨p. 108⟩his way that ruleth, the world is in the clouds: Peace is within a step, yet cometh not full victory and deliverance neer, and the enemy is well nigh subdued: and the Lord turneth the Scales, and layeth us low again: life is within the eighth part of a span to Ahab, yet God so timeth and placeth vengeance, that the arrow of God must pitch on no place, but between the joynts of the harnesse, and Ahab is killed.
- 110 Rul