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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.
for all now born since our Lord ⟨p. 259⟩died, I am persuaded, by the Doctrine of Antinomians, were never, nor can they be real and true objects of this consideration; For from that time that their sins were laid upon Christ to the last hour of their life, they are as righteous as Christ, and so washed and justified; Now their sins were laid upon Christ, as some Libertines say, from eternity, as others, from that day that he died on the Cross: 2. Sins taken away by Christs blood, saith Dr. Crisp, are no sins of the Saints: Christ did take them away, and bear their weight, even in the fault and sin it self, and not the guilt only, and not by supposition or mere imputation only, and that from eternity: But when Antinomians confess, that Christ acted no sin, so that in respect of the Act (the sinful act against the Law of God must be here understood) not one sin of the Believers is Christs, but only in respect of passing accounts from one head to another: This is all the truth we here plead for; because the Act (or somewhat answerable to that) done against the Spiritual Law of God is sin it self, and essentially sin; if this was never upon Christ, then sin it self was never upon Christ: now there is no other thing remaining in sin but the debt, guilt or obligation of sin that can be laid on Christ, and the truth is, the Scripture expoundeth the laying our sins upon Christ, to be nothing but God punishing Christ for our sins, as Isa. 5 3.4. The cause and formal reason, why Christ did bear our griefs, ⟨p. 260⟩and carry our sorrows is ver. 6. Because the Lord laid on him the iniquity of us all, and is so expounded, 1 Pet. 2. Whereas it is said, ver. 21. that Christ suffered for us, and an objection is removed, vers. 22. Why should he suffer? Did he sin? the Apostle answereth by concession of the Antecedent, and by denying the consequence, vers. 22. He did no sin (personally) neither was guile found in his mouth: But it followeth not that he should not suffer legally, and for others the punishment due to them; so his sufferings is expounded, v. 24. Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the Tree: Now how did Christ bear our sins? On the Tree; that is, by suffering, and