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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.
SERMON XIX.
Obj. But the Gospel from the Law of love, not the Law it self, 1forbiddeth the believer to sin, neither teach we (say they) that the Gospel maketh sin to be no sin, but it only maketh it to be no more my sin, but Christs, and counted on his score, who was wounded for my iniquities, and was my surety, and therefore his payment is my payment, so as we have no more conscience of sins.
Obj. BVt the Gospel from the Law of love, not the Law it self, 1forbid•eth the believer to sin, neither teach we (say they) that the Gospel maketh sin to be no sin, but it onely maketh it to be no more my sin, but Christs, and counted on his score, who was wounded for my iniquities, and was my surety, and therefore his payment is my payment, so as we have no more conscience of sins.
- 1Obj. Den Doctrine of John Baptist. p. 43.Obj. Denne Doctrine of Iohn Baptist. p. 43.
Ans. Its true, the Gospel speaketh no contradictions, and maketh not sin to be no sin,1 or Davids adultery not to be a violation of the seventh Commandment: indeed, it maketh Peters denial of Christ not to be Peters sin, in a legal and forinsecal way, but that Peter believing in Christ, who justifieth the ungodly, shall not be condemned for that, nor for any other sin, that, and all his other sins with that, are counted upon Christs score. But the denial of Christ, in another relation, is the sin of Peter only; to wit, according to the Physical inherency of it, in that it proceeded from Peters lust, and body of sin dwelling in him, and not any way from Christ Jesus, and in that its against Christs express commandment, who charged Peter to confess his Lord and Master.