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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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3. As there is much; yea, an exceeding weight of Glory in heaven, so its convenient that the §3way to Heaven be strewed and covered with Roses of renewed acts of free-grace, and Christs repeated expressions of new pardon, one expression coming after another; that since the Saints pray daily forgive us our sins, it is in the wisdom of God fitting, that as Glory in heaven is one continued act of happiness for all eternity, so the Grace that maketh the old and sinful man a new creature, should be one continued act of Grace; and as many streams and rivers are one water, and one spring in the fountain, and many lines one, in the centre; and thousands of generations of men, are but one man, in the first father Adam; so multiplied acts of Grace in the Saints, from the first moment of their conversion, to the period, and first hour of their glorification are but one fountain ⟨p. 220⟩Grace in God, revealed in the Mediator, Christ: and there can be no reason why our first conversion should be free Grace, and the perseverance of the Saints in Grace, and all their steps in the way should not also be grace: Grace is not only singly in the Saints, but Grace and peace must be multiplied on them.
3. As there is much; yea, an exceeding weight of Glory in heaven, so its convenient that the §3way to Heaven be strewed and covered with Roses of renewed acts of free-grace, and Christs repeated expressions of new pardon, one expression coming after another; that since the Saints pray dayly forgive us our sins, it is in the wisdom of God fitting, that as Glory in heaven is one continued act of happinesse for all eternity, so the Grace that maketh the old and sinfull man a new creature, should be one continued act of Grace; and as many streams and rivers are one water, and one spring in the fountain, and many lines one, in the center; and thousands of generations of men, are but one man, in the first father Adam; so multiplied acts of Grace in the Saints, from the first moment of their conversion, to the period, and first hour of their glorification are but one fountain ⟨p. 220⟩Grace in God, revealed in the Mediator, Christ: and there can be no reason why our first conversion should be free Grace, and the perseverance of the Saints in Grace, and all their steps in the way should not also be grace: Grace is not only singly in the Saints, but Grace and peace must be multiplyed on them.