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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.
But in the third Notion, holy walking as performed by that efficacious grace promised in the Covenant of grace; is an Argument on which we may build our peace, not as a cause, or a merit-deserving peace, but as a grace threaded upon the free promise of God:1 so the Saints have builded upon their sincere walking, as on a fruit of the Covenant of Grace promised to us, Jer. 31.33. Jer. 32. for so duties speak the mercies promised in the Covenant, 38. And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever: See Ezech. 36.27. Isa. 54.13. Upon this ground Hezekiah pleadeth with God, when he heard the sentence of death, Isa. 38.3. Remember now, O Lord, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth, and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight: And David ⟨p. 183⟩putteth his faith upon this, as a gracious fruit of grace promised in the Covenant of Grace: So David pleadeth, and in faith, Psal. 86.2. Preserve my soul; here is a prayer in faith, and upon what ground, for I am holy. Now this would seem Pharisaical, and merit-like, if holiness did not relate to the free promise of the Covenant of Grace, in which God hath promised, and tied himself by Covenant, to make his own children holy; and also is resolved upon a proposition of the covenant of grace. God hath both promised to cause his covenanted ones walk before him in truth, as did Hezekiah, as we have it, Ezek. 36.27. and he has promised to save and deliver the upright in heart: as is clear, Ps. 50.23. Ps. 34.15