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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.
Truth Lord, the Dogs] Behold where humility sitteth: 1. Christ cannot put humility lower, §1it sitteth in the dust, Luk. 15.19. I am not worthy to be called thy son:1 O great Paul ▪ What is less then nothing, and less then the least of all? Eph. 3.8. Unto me who am less then the least of all Saints, is this grace given, 1 Tim. 1.13. I was a persecutor, a blasphemer: 21 Cor. 15.9. I am the least of the Apostles; humility is no daring grace, it dare scarce seek to be a door keeper in heaven; it setteth it self in hell: 2. Though humility be well born, & of §2kin to sweet Jesus, who is lowly and meek: Yet Christ, and Christ only is humility's free-hold: The humble soul knoweth no Land-lord but Christ,3 and is only Graces humble Tenant: there is none to him but the Lord Jesus with his rich ransom of blood, 1 Tim. 1.16, 17. So there is much humility in heaven: if it were possible that tears could be in heaven▪ the humble Saints that are there should not see Christ reach out a Crown to set on their head, but they should weep and hold away their head; yea, the glorified are ashamed to bear a crown of glory on their head, when they look Christ on the face, and so cannot but cast down their crowns before the Throne, Rev. 4.10. 3. All the Saints §3truly humbled cry up Christ, and down themselves: and in their own books are far from