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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.
1Lost sheep] Lost, is either understood of the common condition of all men, and so because all are the Heirs of wrath, Eph. 2. All have sinned, and cometh short of the glory of God, Rom. 3.23. and so are lost: But the Scripture intituleth men by that which they are in their own esteem, as Mat. 9.13. I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to Repentance: this may seem to hold forth that there be some sinners, and some not sinners, but righteous, whereas none are righteous that sinneth not, Rom. 3.10. But God giveth to men the title which they give themselves, and so lost here, is such as are lost in their own esteem; for Christs intention in coming in the flesh, and dying is to seek and to save the lost, Luk. 19.10 In this sense, Mat. 9.13. and 1 Tim. 1.15. Christ came to save sinners, otherwise, all the house ⟨p. 151⟩of Israel are lost, Jer. 50.6. My people have been lost sheep, Ezek. 3.4. Neither have ye sought that which was lost: Nor is this to be meant of the lost considered, as redemption is purchased, in this notion, Christ died for his enemies, Rom. 5.10. the just for the unjust, 1 Pet. 3.18. and so for the lost: But we are here lead to this,2 that these at whose salvation Christ hath a special aim, and whom he actually converteth are first sinners, And lost in their own eyes, as is clear,