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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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4. Sheep are simple,1 fancy leadeth them much, therefore they are straying creatures, Isa. 53.6. Psal. 119. vers. 176. 1 Pet. 2.25. there is nothing of the notion of death, or of another life in the fancy of Sheep, a mouth-full of green Grass carrieth the sheep on upon a Pit: and the mouth and teeth of Lions and Wolves. Fancy is often the guide of weak Believers, rather ⟨p. 138⟩then Faith; little care we by nature, what we shall be in the mixed Generation. Fancy and Nature cannot out-see time, nor see over, or beyond death: fair green-like hopes of gain are to us hopes of real good: we think we see two Moons in one heaven, there is a way good-seeming that deceiveth us: but black death is the night lodging of it. Alas, we are journeying, and know not our night Inns, and where we shall lodge, when the Sun is going down, poor soul where shall you be all night?
4. Sheep are simple,1 fancy leadeth them much, therefore they are straying creatures, Isa. 53.6. Psal. 119. vers. 176. 1 Pet. 2.25. there is nothing of the notion of death, or of another life in the fancy of Sheep, a mouth-full of green Grasse carrieth the sheep on upon a Pit: and the mouth and teeth of Lions and Wolves. Fancy is often the guide of weak Beleevers, rather ⟨p. 138⟩then Faith; little care we by nature, what we shall be in the mixt Generation. Fancy and Nature cannot out-see time, nor see over, or beyond death: fair green-like hopes of gaine are to us hopes of reall good: we think we see two Moons in one heaven, there is a way good-seeming that deceiveth us: but black death is the night lodging of it. Alas, we are journying, and know not our night Innes, and where we shall lodge, when the Sun is going downe, poor soul where shall you be all night?