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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
Sermon 12: And his Disciples came and besought him, saying Send her away, &c.
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. Posit. 1How often doth the promises of the ⟨p. 124⟩Gospel lye at a distance to us,2 and we have four doubts touching them; 1. They are not mine. In dispensation God dealeth otherwise with me, §1then with the rest: so David, Psal. 22.4. Our fathers trusted in thee, they trusted in thee, and thou deliveredst them; and why should he not deliver thee also? v. 6. alas, its not so: But I am a worm and no man, so Esa. 49.13. Sing O Heavens, be joyful O Earth, and break forth into singing, O Mountains. What is the matter, that the Skies and Stars are bidden sing Psalms? for God hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted. Yea, but no mercy for me, v. 14. But Zion said, the Lord hath forsaken me, and my God hath forgotten me; whoever find mercy, Gods dispensation §2saith, I shall find none. 2 For unworthiness and sin, I am uncapable of mercy; the forlorn son dare not believe his father will make him a son in his house: why? there is all his reason, Luke 15.18, 19. Father, I have sinned against Heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son, make me as one of thy hired servants, such was Peters reasoning; Lord depart from me, for I am a sinful man. 3. §3I know not how the promises shall be made good to me, but Joseph had a word, that the Sun, Moon, and eleven Stars should honour him, but how that could be performed he saw not; when he was sold as a slave, and that was far from honour, yet was he to believe his dream should be ⟨p. 125⟩fulfilled: and so Abraham did adhere to the Promise, when God commandeth the Son of Promise to be killed,