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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
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And yet all this were but a shadow of Grace, in comparison of the love and rich Grace of God in Christ, in the justification of a sinner. 2. Consider, we are freed from the guilt of sin in justification: Now this is the eternal debt of sin, that remaineth after sin,1 that none can wash away but Christ, and that this remaineth after sin is acted. 2. That it remaineth for eternity. 3. That it is a misery we are only in justification delivered from, is clear in Scripture: 1. Because sin is a debt: After the borrowed money is spent and gone, somewhat in Law and justice remaineth, and this is debt or obligation to make payment to the Creditor. 2. So the Scripture speaketh, Jer. 2.22. For though thou wash thee with Nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thy iniquity is marked before me. Borith, is an herb that Fullers use for washing and purging, yet is sin such a Leopard-spot, that no Art, ⟨p. 283⟩no industry of of the creature can remove it, Jer. 17.1. The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and the point of a diamond, it is graven upon the table of their heart, and the horns of your Altars. There is writ remaining after sin is acted. 2. Writ written with a pen of iron, and diamond, to endure for eternity. 3. Not written only, but engraved, and indented upon the conscience, 1 Sam. 24.5. When David rent the rob of Saul, his heart smote him, so that it left a hole, or the mark of the stripe behind it; as when a burning iron is put on the face of an evil-doer, it leaveth behind it a brand, or a stigma. 2. This is terrible, that this brand is eternal; as the Prophet prayeth, Psal. 109.14. Let the iniquities of his fathers be remembered with the Lord: and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out. 15. Let them be before the Lord continually. O dreadful! The sins of wicked men shall stand up in heaven before the justice of God, so long as God shall live, and that is for ever and ever: So the Lord sweareth, By the excellency of Jacob; That is, by himself,