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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.
11. The Designation was an act of Divine and voluntary dispensation, according to which the second Person of the Trinity, the Son of God, not the Father, not the Holy Ghost, was designed, and set apart to take on him our nature, place, and the Office of the Mediator to redeem us, in his own person: the Son was fittest to be the first, and original sampler of sons, the Son by natural generation was the most apt Person to be the perfect mould and pattern of all the sons by the adoption of grace,2 Gal. 4.4. the substantial power of God is in the holy ghost, the personal rise and fountain of all the excellencies of God, was in the Father: and so though there was no unfitness in either to be our King, Priest, and Prophet: yet the love, grace, mercy, righteousness of God and his infinite wisdom dwelleth in the Son: O what a bargain of love that (to borrow the word) the lot of matchless love, and free grace fell upon the Son: Son, my only begotten Son, thou must go down, 3empty thy self, and leave heaven, and go and bring up the fallen sons out of Hell ▪ Mankind like a precious Ring of Glory fell off the Finger of God, being his Image; ⟨p. 127⟩and was broken; the Son must stoop down, though it pain his back, to lift up the broken Jewell, and mend and restore it again, and set it as a seal on the heart of God: This was the rise of the Covenant from Eternity; that Christ gave his word as the prime Son, that all the derived sons should put their hands and hearts to the Pen, and sign and subscribe the Covenant of Grace; the Writs, Evidences, and Charters of our salvation were concluded, and passed the sign and seal of the Blessed Trinity, in Heaven from Eternity: The Gospel is not a yesterdays fable, its an old counsel of infinite wisdom.
11. The Designation was an act of Divine and voluntary dispensation, according to which the second Person of the Trinity, the Son of God, not the Father, not the Holy Ghost, was designed, and set apart to take on him our nature, place, and the Office of the Mediator to redeem us, in his own person: the Son was fittest to be the first, and originall samplar of sons, the Son by naturall generation was the most apt Person to be the perfect mould and patern of all the sons by the adoption of grace,