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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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4. The standing and prorogated intercession and advocation of Jesus Christ, every day, upon occasion of new committed sins, 1 Joh. 2.1, 2. and the golden Altar that hath been hot these 1600. years, Rev. 8.3, 4. with the fresh prayers of the Saints, must have a daily use, so long as Christ is in the Office of the great, true, and exalted high Priest, now passed into the holy of Holiest; and better it is that Christ act Grace again and again, in heaven, as we sin again and again, on earth, then that the act of our high Priests intercession had been all but one act on the Cross, and the way to heaven was made long, and falls there must be in the way, to the end that I might lodge many nights and months by the way, with my guide Christ, and my expenses and charges in the way might be free-Grace.
4. The standing and prorogated intercession and advocation of Jesus Christ, every day, upon occasion of new committed sins, 1 Joh. 2.1, 2. and the golden Altar that hath been hot these 1600. yeers, Rev. 8.3, 4. with the fresh prayers of the Saints, must have a daily use, so long as Christ is in the Office of the great, true, and exalted high Priest, now passed into the holy of Holiest; and better it is that Christ act Grace again and again, in heaven, as we sin again and again, on earth, then that the act of our high Priests intercession had been all but one act on the Cross, and the way to heaven was made long, and falls there must be in the way, to the end that I might lodge many nights and moneths by the way, with my guide Christ, and my expences and charges in the way might be free-Grace.
5. Faith hath its work in our gradual mortification, we believe that Christ shall perfect what he hath begun, so it was needful that Winter, and months of Spring and Summer go before our harvest and reaping of the fruits of the tree of life.