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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.
3. Posit. Christ is on both sides,1 he holdeth up, and throweth down, in one and the same act; he denieth the woman to be his, and is on her side to grace her, to believe that he is hers. Christ putteth his child away, and he desireth that his child should not be put away from him; he is for Jacob in his wrestling, and as if he were against him, saith, Let me alone. Christ here doth both hold, and draw; oppose, and defend at once.
3. Posit. Christ is on both sides,1 he holdeth up, and throweth down, in one and the same act; he denyeth the woman to be his, and is on her side to grace her, to believe that he is hers. Christ putteth his childe away, and he desireth that his child should not be put away from him; he is for Jacob in his wrestling, and as if he were against him, saith, Let me alone. Christ here doth both hold, and draw; oppose, and defend at once.
- 13. Pos.
I am not sent] He doth not here deny the interests of the Gentiles in the Messiah, but his meaning is, I am not first and principally sent; 2. in the flesh, and personally as man for the Gentiles, to preach the Gospel to them, and to work Miracles for them, but principally as the Minister of Circumcision, to the Jews; therefore Mat. 10. he forbiddeth his Disciples ⟨p. 126⟩to go to the Samaritans, but rather to preach to the house of Israel. First then a word of Christs sending, which includeth these three: 1. Designation. 2. Qualification. 3. Special Commission.