A57982:301
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.
13. Faith doth here contradict the temptation, and modestly refute Christ, if Christ say, Thou art a transgressor from the womb: Ans. I confess Lord, But Christ died for transgressors: 2. If he say, Thou art under a curse: Ans. With a distinction, Its too true Lord: So I am by nature, But Christ was made a curse for me: 3. If he say, Thou hast holden me at the door: I confess Lord it is so; But if Christ ⟨p. 191⟩say, I came not for thee, thou art a Dog, to such belongeth not Christ the bread of children: you may then Answer, O Lord, with all reverence to thy holy Majesty: Its not so, I am thine, thou didst come for me, the bread belongeth to me: When a sinner dare not dispute his actions with Christ, yet he may dispute his estate:2 The state of Son-ship is not sin, and therefore we must adhere to this, as Christ did, when he was tempted; If thou be the Son of God, &c. He refused to yield that, if then Christ himself should say, Thou art a Reprobate, expound it as a temptation; far more if Satan, if conscience, if the world say it: you are not to acknowledge these to be Heralds sent to proclaim Gods secrets; Job would not believe his friends in this: Then to be tempted, to deny your son-ship and claim in Christ may be your temptation, not your sin; injections of coals to try, may come immediately from God, as well as from Satan: 2. It is good (say Antinomians) To lay the Saints under a Covenant of works, 34because it doth this good, to make us make sure our evidences, that Christ is ours: yea some desire a wakened conscience, that the terrors of God may chase them to Christ: But 1. that is a murmuring at Gods dispensation: Let Christ tutor me as he thinketh good, he hath seven eyes I have but one, and that too dim: 2. We are not to make sad, whom God hath not made sad, Eze. 13.22. Nor to make a lie of Grace: Nor ⟨p. 192⟩§1§2§3