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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.
Grace is mercy given for nothing, and the promise is made to the humble: In the judgment of sense,1 every one is to esteem another better then himself, Phil. 2.3. Peter is to have a deeper sense of his own sinful condition, then of the sinful condition of Judas the Traitor; Though Peter being graced of God, owe more charity to himself then to Judas; when Judas is a known Traitor, yet should not humility decline to that extreme, as to weaken Faith, and to say, because I am unworthy of pardon, therefore its presumption to believe pardon of sins.
Grace is mercy given for nothing, and the promise is made to the humble: In the judgment of sense,1 every one is to esteem another better then himself, Phil. 2.3. Peter is to have a deeper sense of his own sinfull condition, then of the sinfull condition of Judas the Traitor; Though Peter being graced of God, owe more charity to himself then to Iudas; when Judas is a known Traitor, yet should not humility decline to that extream, as to weaken Faith, and to say, because I am unworthy of pardon, therefore its presumption to believe pardon of sins.
- 1How we are to esteem every man better then our self in the judgement of sense, not of charity always, far less of verity.How we are to esteem every man better then our self in the judgement of sense, not of charity alwayes, far lesse of verity.
Beware of Pride, the Elephants neck and knees that cannot bow, God must break: God knoweth the proud afar off,