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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.
God knoweth when, and how to level and smooth all his favours, and remove all their knots, in a sweet proportion, to the main and principal end, the salvation of his own: There is a crook in our best desires, and a rule cannot admit of a crook, even in relation to the creature, far less to him who doth all things after the counsel of his own will.
God knoweth when, and how to levell and smooth all his favours, and remove all their knots, in a sweet proportion, to the main and principal end, the salvation of his own: There is a crook in our best desires, and a rule cannot admit of a crook, even in relation to the creature, far lesse to him who doth all things after the counsell of his own will.
Truly Lord, the Dogs] See and consider this woman, whose faith was great, as Christ saith, and so was justified: she confesseth,1 and esteemeth her self a Dog, and so an unworthy and profane person.
Truely Lord, the Dogs] See and consider this woman, whose faith was great, as Christ saith, and so was justified: she confesseth,1 and esteemeth her self a Dog, and so an unworthy and prophane person.
- 1Doct. A justified soul is to confess sin and to be sorry for it. Confession of sins made by the justified proveth to be a duty.Doct. A justified soul is to confesse sin and to be sorry for it. Confession of sins made by the justified proveth to be a duty.