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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 in respect of transaction, in respect of passing of accounts from one head to another, in respect of that, there is reality of making of Christ to be sin,— If a Judge will think such a man to be a malefactor, & by reason of his thoughts that he is a malefactor, he will actually hang this man; Is there any justice in such an act? If God will but suppose Christ to have sin upon him, and knows that he hath it not, but others have the sins upon them: and upon this supposition will execute Christ: What will you call this? Isa. 53. He shall bear the sins of many: Doth a man bear a thing on him in a way of supposition? Or, where there is bearing, is there not real weight? The Lamb of God taketh away the ⟨p. 238⟩sins of the world, Joh. 1.29. Can it sink in a reasonable person, that a thing should be taken a•way, and yet be left behind? It is a flat contradiction: if a man be to receive money at such • place, and he doth take this money away wit• him, is the money left in the place where it was▪ when he hath taken it away? Although I ha•• searched the Scripture as narrowly as possibly I may, yet this I find, that throughout th• whole Scripture, there is not one Scripture tha• speaketh of imputing our sins to Christ: but still the holy Ghost speaketh of sin not imputed to us, and of righteousness imputed to us.
but in respect of transaction, in respect of passing of accompts from one head to another, in respect of that, there is reality of making of Christ to be sin,— If a Iudge will think such a man to be a malefactour, & by reason of his thoughts that he is a malefactor, he will actually hang this man; Is there any justice in such an act? If God will but suppose Christ to have sinne upon him, and knows that he hath it not, but others have the sins upon them: and upon this supposition wil execute Christ: What wil you cal this?