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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
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And made her lay head and hair, yea, and heart also, under the soles of Christs feet; no doubt she thought basely of her self, and her hair, remembering that grace put these feet to a sad and tiresome journey, to come in the world to seek the lost, & to be pierced with nails for her: There's courtesy in free grace, being the marrow and flower of unhired love, to kill high thoughts of a self destroying sinner.
And made her lay head and hair, yea, and heart also, under the soles of Christs feet; no doubt she thought basely of her self, and her hair, remembring that grace put these feet to a sad and tiresome journey, to come in the world to seek the lost, & to be pierced with nails for her: There's courtesie in free grace, being the marrow and flower of unhired love, to kill high thoughts of a self destroying sinner.
Observe also, that not to dare to come to Christ, and believe and pray, because of unworthiness, such as is in Dogs that are without the new City, Rev. 22.15. Is but a very temptation: And Christ under the notion of tempting and trying, offereth that to the woman, that she was too daring and bold, being a Dog, to presume to ask for the children's bread; hence have we to consider how far the conscience of sin ought to stand in our way toward Christ; hence these considerations: 1. Conscience of sin is to humble any, that is, to make out for Christ, Act. 9. (Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?) Spoken by ⟨p. 177⟩Christ, brought Paul down off his high horse,1 and laid his soul on the dust, Rom. 3.19. Now we know that what things soever the Law saith, it saith to them who are under the Law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God: Its a speech taken from a malefactor Arraigned and panelled upon his head: When the judge Objecteth, What say you? this and this Treason is witnessed against you: Alas, the poor man standeth speechless, and dumb, his mouth is stopped,