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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
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6. Yea, the Scripture is most clear,1 that the fairest face that is now shining in glory, was once even in the Kingdom of Grace, and in the state of justification; blacked with sin, and sin-burnt by reason of sin dwelling in them, 1 Kin. 8.46. For there is no man that sinneth not. This is a black put on the faces of all men dwelling on the earth, amongst which you must reckon justified, and pardoned souls, Eccles. 7. v. 20. For there is not a just man upon earth, thr• doth good, and sinneth not: Then there's a Thorn in our fairest Rose, Davids Sun shines not so bright, but there's a cloud going over it; in every justified mans good he doth, in every sacrifice he offereth, there's some dung; The sun hath looked on him; Augustine had the same controversy, but on another ground with Julian, who also of old, conceited that justified souls were free of inherent sin, as Libertines now ⟨p. 210⟩teach, but Augustine saith alway, That sin dwelleth in the regenerate, but it is not imputed, and concupiscence after Baptism is removed: Non ut non sit, sed ut non imputetur: Not that it is not, but that in the Court of justice it is not reckoned on our score: by which it is more then evident that justification is not such an abolition of sin, in its ro•• and essence, as shall be in the state of glory, •hen root and branch shall be abolished,2 and not only shall justification free us, as it doth in this life from all Law-guilt, and obligation to wrath, which is but Actus Secundus, the second Act of sin, the effect, not the essence of sin, but also sanctification being perfected, all indwelling of sin shall be removed; sin in the justified hath but house-room, and stayeth within the walls as a Captive, an Underling, a servant, it hath not the keys of the house to command all, nor the Sceptre to rule: All the keys are upon Christs shoulder, far less hath it a Law-power to condemn, therefore saith Augustine excellently, Cont. Julian, lib. 6. c. 5. Sanat vitatum à reatu statim, ab infirmitate paulatim: God healeth the sinner from his guiltiness (its a Law word, and a Law cure) presently, but from his infirmity by degrees, by little and little, and Gregory, Moral. lib. 29. c. 2. Quid in hac vita omnes, qui veritatem sequimur, nisi aurora sumus?