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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.
But Antinomians, and by name D. Crisp, teach us, that not only the guilt of sin, but sin it self, really, and inherently, was laid upon ⟨p. 236⟩Christ, in regard Christ was not by way of supposition only, or imagination counted the sinner, but made sin: And 2. In regard, not only the guilt of sin, but sin it self was laid upon Christ, for saith D. Crisp, the guilt of sin an• sin it self are all one. Gen. 42.21. When Joseph brethren were accused for Spies, they say, we ar• guilty concerning our brother, in that we sa• the anguish of his soul, when he besought us and we would not hear. Reuben expoundeth the meaning, vers. 22. Did not I say to you, sin not against the lad? But you would not hearken unto me, and therefore, behold, we are guilty. What is that? We did sin against the child. To be guilty therefore, and to commit a sin, is all one, they are but two words expressing the same thing. 2. Suppose a malefactor be asked, Guilty, or no• guilty? He answers, Not guilty: What doth he mean? He means, he hath not done the fact that was laid to his charge. When the Jury is asked, Guilty, or not guilty? The Jury saith Guilty. What do they mean? Do they mean any thing in respect of punishment? No: The Jury hath nothing to do with that, but only in matter of Fact; that is, whether the fact be done or not done—It had been extreme unjustice to punish Christ, if sin had not been on him, and if he had been at his Arraignment complete and absolutely innocent, even as if a Judge should hang a man, though there were nothing found against him. — Man is a broken debtor, and ⟨p. 237⟩Christ a surety:1 God is content to take Christs ••ngle bond, and looketh for no other pay-master •ut Christ: sin was really translated upon Christ, else it was false that the Lord laid on him the iniquities of us all; yea, by this transaction of •in, Christ doth now become, or did become, when ur sins were laid on him, as really and truly he person that had all these sins, as those men who did commit them really and truly had themselves—So Christ was made sin it self, we are made righteousness in him, this is no imagination: But as we are actual and real sinners in Adam, so here is a real act, God doth really pass over sin upon Christ, still keeping this fast, that Christ acted no sin; so that in respect of the act, not one sin of the believer is Christs: