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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
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Matth. 15.23. But he answered her not a word: And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away, for she crieth after us. 24. But he answered, and said, I am not sent, but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel, 25. Then came she, and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
Matth. 15.23. But he answered her not a word: And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away, for she cryeth after us. 24. But he answered, and said, I am not sent, but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel, 25. Then came she, and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
WE now enter into the Dialogue between the Woman and Christ: The first trial is, The woman crieth: But Christ answereth not a word: I show first wherein the temptation standeth: 2. The reasons of it,1 and in what cases Christ answereth not: 3. Bring the uses; for the first, Gods temptations and Satan's, and the flashes, agree in this, that all temptations are of one colour, to wit, white, and seeming good, even when the skin of temptations is black as Hell, yet there is white in it, as (Curse God and die, that thou mayest be hidden in the grave from misery) the reason is, temptation were not temptation, if it had not a taking power to break in upon reason; this is clear in Satan's temptations, he knows man is a fallen ⟨p. 110⟩and broken creature like himself, yet that there▪s reason left: and that must have a fair object, the first black apple must be good to the eye: so the Devil suiteth a wife ever in his whites, though if you would wash the Devil and the lie, the bones are always black: Now this §1woman seeth that which she looked not for, and the affections must be stirred: Is this the Lord, the hearer of Prayers? 2. Is this he that biddeth us pray, and promiseth to hear? 3. Is this the meek Lamb of God, of whom its sil, He shall carry the Lambs in his bosom, Isaiah 42.11. And a bruised reed he shall not break, a smoking Flax he shall not quench: He answereth me not one word: yea, he denieth me to be his, as its hereafter, he reproacheth me with the name of a dog: nature would say, I repent that ever I came to him, let my daughter suffer twenty, one hundred, a Legion of Devils, I have done with Christ, I come no more at him: