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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 that the Gospel maketh Adultery to be no sin to Believers, is a blasphemous Assertion: Then commit Adultery, murder, whore, steel; O Believer! these are not sins to thee, but Christs sins, not thine: O turn nor the grace of God into wantonness: The Believer hath no conscience of sins: that is, he in conscience is not to fear everlasting condemnation, that is most true, because Christ hath delivered him from that wrath to come, Rom. 8.1. Joh. 5.24. Faith of eternal life by Jesus Christ cannot consist with fear of eternal condemnation, for then with a legal, and an Evangelic Faith, one person should be obliged to believe things contradictory, and yet both Faiths oblige us to give credence and assent: But that the Believer hath no conscience of sin, that is, that he is to believe there's nothing in him that is sin, is to believe a lie, 1 Joh. 1.8, 9, That he is to confess no sin, and to be grieved in conscience for no sin, and to sorrow for no sin; that he is to be wearied and laden with no sin, that he is to groan under the burden of no sin, as failing against the love of him that gave a ransom for him; this is a blasphemous dedolencie of conscience, yea, of a conscience past feeling. Beloved ⟨p. 275⟩in the Lord, The Gospel forbiddeth sorrow, fear, and Agony of conscience in a Believer, apprehending eternal wrath, such a one once truly believing in Christ as the Saviour of sinners, and his Saviour, and now believing the contrary, must believe that his Lord is really changed, that he hath forgotten to be merciful, that he hath falsified, and altered his his Covenant, Oath and Promise: this were to make God a Liar; But the Gospel forbiddeth not, but commandeth that the justified person sorrow for sin; yea, it commandeth carefulness to forbear clearing of the offender, as being in Christ, and desiring to flee to Christ; indignation against himself, in not forgiving himself, fear of offending love and Law in Christ, vehement desire to have peace confirmed, zeal for God, revenge to afflict the soul, 2 Cor. 7.10.11. And in this sense its blasphemy to say that the Gospel taketh away all conscience of sin: Believers humbled for sin, are to be taken off all Law-thoughts, and fear of eternal condemnation, and all thoughts that sorrow is a Penance and satisfactory to offended justice; as we are ready to conceit of our Evangelic rejoicing and holiest works: