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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.
6. I doubt, if justified souls are to be refuted in their complaints and fears for the indwelling of sin, providing, they fear not eternal wrath, which fear is contrary to faith; and so they fear not, and sorrow not, for that God hath changed the Court, and the wind of his love turned in the contrary air, and he hath forgotten to be merciful.
6. I doubt, if justified souls are to be refuted in their complaints and fears for the indwelling of sin, providing, they fear not eternall wrath, which fear is contrary to faith; and so they fear not, and sorrow not, for that God hath changed the Court, and the wind of his love turned in the contrary air, and he hath forgotten to be mercifull.
7. Faith chargeth us to believe that Grace shall at length finally subdue sin, and as boatmen labour with oars to promove their course in sailing, even when the wind, sails and tide are doing somewhat to promove the course; so doth faith, which purifieth the heart, set the soul on work to perfect holiness in the fear of God, and believeth also, that God shall work both to will and to do.
7. Faith chargeth us to believe that Grace shall at length finally subdue sin, and as boatmen labour with oars to promove their course in sailing, even when the wind, sails and tide are doing somewhat to promove the course; so doth faith, which purifieth the heart, set the soul on work to perfect holinesse in the fear of God, and believeth also, that God shall work both to will and to do.
Its not then good Physic for many exercised in conscience, especially after their first conversion, to apply only the honey and sweetness of consolations of the Gospel, as if there were not any need of humiliation and sorrow for sin: Yet it is to be cleared,