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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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Obj. 1. But justification is one indivisible act of Grace, pardoning all sins, past, present, and to come, and is not a successive and continued act, in progress always, such as is sanctification; for we are but once justified. I answer by these following Assertions:
Obj. 1. But justification is one indivisible act of Grace, pardoning all sins, past, present, and to come, and is not a successive and continued act, in progresse alwayes, such as is sanctification; for we are but once justified. I answer by these following Assertions:
Asser. 1. There is a double Notion of justification, as D. Abbot teacheth us: There is a universal, and prop•••y so called, justification: ⟨p. 225⟩There is a partial and unproperly so called, justification: or give me leave to say: There is a justification of the person, of the estate; or a justification repeated, or rather a reiterated remission: I doubt if it be called a justification.1 The former justification doth include: 1. The Act of Atonement, made by Christ on the Cross, for all the sins of all the Elect of God, past, present and to come: this Act is not tied to believing, nor are we properly justified in regard of this Act. But, 2. There is a justification formal, of which Paul speaketh, Rom. 3. and 4. and Gal. 3, 4, and 5. Chapters, which goeth along in order of cause, time, and a required condition of apprehending Christs righteousness: and this justification of the person, while he believeth, is but once done, and that when the believer doth first lay hold on Christ and righteousness, imputed in his blood. There is, 3. A remission, and taking away of sin: Now according to these are we to consider of doing away sin, in a threefold Notion: for though justification essentially include remission and pardon of sin,