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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.
Doct. A justified believer is to confess his sins, to have a sense and sorrow for them, though they be pardoned. The word is clear for both confession, and sorrow for sin: though Antinomians make it a work of the flesh in the justified person, either to confess sin, or to sorrow for it, or to crave pardon for it: For confession there is commandment, practice, promise, Num. 5.6. Speak unto the children of Israel, when ⟨p. 200⟩§1a man or a woman shall commit any sin that men commit to do a trespass against the Lord, and that person be guilty. Then they shall confess their sin, that they have done: This is not a duty of the unconverted only, but tying all the children of Israel, men and women, Jam. 5.16. Confess your faults one to another: Now its not confession to men only, as if they were sins only before men, which the justified person committeth, and not sins in the Court of heaven before God, as Libertines teach therefore it is added, Confess — and pray one for another, that ye may be healed, for the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. Then justified persons are to pray for pardon of sins confessed. I take it to be a precept, that as many as say, Our Father, to God in prayer, should also say, Forgive us our sins as we forgive them that sin against us; and so pardon of sins, by a justified person, and a son of God, is to be asked when we pray for Daily bread, and the coming of Christs Kingdom, Hos. 14.2. Take with you words, and turn to the Lord, say unto him, Take away all iniquity: This must be a confession, that a people turned to the Lord are in their iniquities.
Doct. A justified beleever is to confesse his sins, to have a sense and sorrow for them, though they be pardoned. The word is clear for both confession, and sorrow for sin: though Antinomians make it a work of the flesh in the justified person, either to confesse sin, or to sorrow for it, or to crave pardon for it: For confession there is commandment, practice, promise, Num. 5.6. Speak unto the children of Israel, when