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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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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 ⟨p. 161⟩thinks good, and grace is no debt: Hear O Lord for thy own sake, Dan. 9.19. 2. Infinite Sovereignty may lay silence upon all hearts; good Hezekiah, Isa. 38.15. What shall I say? he hath spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: It is an act of heaven, I bear it with silence.
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 doe with his own, what he ⟨p. 161⟩thinks good, and grace is no debt: Hear O Lord for thy own sake, Dan. 9.19. 2. Infinite Soveraignty may lay silence upon all hearts; good Hezekiah, Isa. 38.15. What shall I say? he hath spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: It is an act of heaven, I bear it with silence.
- 11. Patience.
2. She believeth, Isa. 50.11