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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 15: 25. Then came she and worshipped him; saying, Lord help me]
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Christ had denied her to be His, but she will not deny but Christ is hers; See how a Believer is to carry himself toward Christ deserting, frowning. Christ first answered her not one word: 2. He gave an Answer, but to the Disciples, not to the woman; O dreadful, Christ refuseth to give her one word, that may go between her, and Hell, and despair: 3. The Answer that he giveth, is sadder and heavier then no Answer; its as much, As woman, I have nothing to do with thee; I quit my part of thee; Yet she is patient: 2. She believeth: 3. She waiteth on a better answer: 4. She continueth in praying: 5. Her love is not abetted, she cometh and adoreth: 6▪ Acknowledgeth her own misery: Lord help me; And putteth Christ as God in his own room to be adored: 7. She taketh Christ aright up, and seeth the temptation to be a temptation: 8. She runneth to Christ; she came nearer to him, and runneth not from him; she claimeth to Christ, though Christ had cast her off.
CHrist had denyed her to be His, but she wil not deny but Christ is hers; See how a Believer is to carry himself toward Christ deserting, frowning. Christ first answered her not one word: 2. He gave an Answer, but to the Disciples, not to the woman; O dreadful, Christ refuseth to give her one word, that may go between her, and Hell, and dispair: 3. The Answer that he giveth, is sadder and heavier then no Answer; its as much, As woman, I have nothing to do with thee; I quit my part of thee; Yet she is patient: 2. She believeth: 3. She waiteth on a better answer: 4. She continueth in praying: 5. Her love is not abetted, she cometh and adoreth: 6▪ Acknowledgeth her own misery: Lord help me; And putteth Christ as God in his own room to be adored: 7. She taketh Christ aright up, and seeth the temptation to be a temptation: 8. She runneth to Christ; she came nearer to him, and runneth not from him; she claimeth to Christ, though Christ had cast her off.
11. Patient submission to God under desertion is sweet: What though I saw no reason why I cry and shout, and God answereth not: 1. His comforts and his answers are his own free-graces; he may do with his own, what he