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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.
SERMON XIII.
OF Israel]. It was then a privileged mercy that Christ was sen• to the Jews; 1. The Jew is the elder Brother, and the Native heir of Christ: Christ of their blood and house, Rom. 1.2, 3. Rom. 9.3. They were Christs first Bride. Alas, they killed their husband: there's a born Jew in Heaven, in soul and body: its sweet to have any relation to Christ. 2. The ⟨p. 132⟩§1§2Catholic Covenant of Grace made with the great Sister the Church Universal, was first laid down in pawn in their hand; they put their hand first to the contract, in subscribing the marriage contract, Jer. 2.3. Israel was holy to the Lord, and the first fruits of his increase: O sweet! the fallen race of mankind was Christs corn-field, and his wheat: The Jews were the first sheaf of the field, Deut. 7.6. They got Christs young love and (to speak so) the first §3handsel of Free Grace in a Church way. 3. Christ in the Jews flesh, (yet not excluding Ruth, Rahab, and other Gentiles of the Blood-Royal) acted the whole Gospel; a born Jew Redeemed the lost world, offered a sacrifice to God for sinners, a born Jew is heir of all things, is exalted, a Prince to guide and rule all, and shall judge Men and Angels: 4. The Lord §4