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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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2. She believeth, Isa. 50.11. There's a high and noble Commandment laid upon the sad spirit: He that walketh in darkness, and seeth no light, let him trust in the name of the Lord▪ & stay upon his God: 2. Fill the field with faith, double or frequent acts of Faith, Psal. 22.1. My God, my God; why hast thou forsaken me? Two faiths, are a double breast-work against the Forts of Hell.
2. She believeth, Isa. 50.11. There's a high and noble Commandment laid upon the sad spirit: He that walketh in darknesse, and seeth no light, let him trust in the name of the Lord▪ & stay upon his God: 2. Fill the field with faith, double or frequent acts of Faith, Psal. 22.1. My God, my God; why hast thou forsaken me? Two faiths, are a double breast-work against the Forts of Hell.
3. In the greatest extremity believe,1 even as David in the borders of Hell, Psal. 23.4 Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; its a Litote, I will believe good: its a cold and a dark shadow to walk at deaths right side, Job 13.15. Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: See Steven dying and believing both at once, Christs very dead corps and his grave in a sort believing, Ps. 16.9