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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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25. But she came and worshipped.] An heavier temptation cannot befall a soul tender of Christs love,1 then to cry to God, and not be answered, and to cry and receive a flat and downright renouncing of the poor supplicant; yet this doth not thrust her from a duty, she cometh and worshippeth, and prayeth. Its a blessed mark when a temptation thrusteth not off a soul from a duty: and 1. when the danger and sad trial is seen, its good to go on. Christ knew before, he should suffer, and when they would apprehend him, yet he went to the garden to spend a piece of the night in prayer. It was told Paul by Agabus, if he went to Jerusalem the Jews should bind him, and deliver him to the Gentiles; it was his duty to go, thither he professeth he will go, Act. 21.13. What mean ye to weep, and break my heart, I am ready not only to be bound, but to die for the name of Jesus: dying could not thrust him from a duty. Esther ran the hazard of death to go in to the King: yet conscience of a duty calling, she ⟨p. 167⟩goeth on in faith; If I perish, I perish. 2. In §2the act of suffering: Christ on the Cross prayeth, and converteth the Thief: Paul, with an iron chain upon his body, preacheth Christ before Agrippa and his enemies, and preaching Christ was the crime: Paul and Silas with bloody soldiers must sing Psalms in the stocks. 3. Indefinitely, after the trial, and when the temptation is on, yet the Saints go on, Psal. 44 §317. All this is come on us, there is the temptation: the duty, Yet we have not forgotten thee, neither dealt falsely in thy Covenant, Ps. 119.23. Princes did speak against me, there is a temptation: yet here is a duty: But thy servant did meditate on thy Statutes, vers. 81. My soul fainteth for thy salvation, but I hope in thy Word, vers. 110. The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I erred not from thy Precepts, ver. 157. Many are my persecutors, and mine enemies, yet do I not decline from thy Testimonies,