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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.
A broken will is a broken heart; for will is the iron sinew in the heart; decourt merit and conceit of any good in thy self, but the uncleanness of a dog: And 2. break will, that that proud thing may fall in two pieces at Christs feet: And 3. Believe, stick by thy point, that though a Dog, yet thou art one of Christs Dogs, and then all is well: The best way to break the will; is 1. to offer Hell, and the coals of everlasting burning to it; yea, and when the soul is humbled, to humble it more: Christ knew, that this woman was lying in the dust, but he will have her below the dust ⟨p. 175⟩when he trieth her with such a humbling temptation; Many think the troubled conscience should not be further humbled: They say, (There is nothing for such a soul but the honey and sweetness of consolations in the Gospel) Nay, but often that which troubleth them, is subtle, & invisible pride; he'll not believe for want of self-worthiness: Oh I dare not rest on Christ, nor apply the Promises, because of my sinful unworthiness: Now if this be humility, its the proudest humility in the world,1 for the soul thus troubled, saith, I am not good enough, nor rich enough for Christ and his fine gold: and the truth is, he is not a good enough Papist to give a ransom of self-worth, for that great ransom of blood, which cannot be bought: but though thou shouldst buy Christ, the Father will not sell him: Christ is disposed to a sinner, as a f•ee gift, not as a wage or a hire: There is a difference between down-casting, and saving-humiliation; down casting may exceed measure in the too much apprehension of the Law-curses, and may be conjoined with much pride, and self-love: But right and saving humiliation, conjoined with Faith, cannot over pass bounds; it ariseth often from the sense of grace, rather then from the Law; God giveth grace to the humble, and he giveth humility to the gracious, under the sense of rich grace, 1 Tim. 1.15. Eph. 3.8. Tit. 3.3, 4, 5. 2 Tim. 1.9. Nothing humbleth us more then an opinion of the power