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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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1. The wisdom or folly of any man is most seen in the estimative faculty, for it denominateth a man wise; many are great Judges, and learned, as the Magicians of Chaldea, and Philosophers, who know wonders, hidden things, and causes of things, and yet are not wise, but fools, Rom. 1.21. and vain in their imaginations, because there is a great defect in their estimative faculty, in the choice of a God, ver. 22.23. the practical mind is blinded, and they choose darkness for light, evil for good, a creature for their God. By faith, Moses, when he was come to age, 1refused to be called the son of Pharaohs daughter; and chose, rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, then to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season. And how is his faith made faith? And how is it evident, that he was not a raw, ignorant and foolish child when he made the choice? But a man ripe, come to years, and so as wise as he was old: It is proved, because his estimative faculty was right, v. 26. Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches then the treasures of Egypt. He is a wise man, who maketh a wise choice, and for thi• cause Esau is called, Heb. 12.26. [Greek or Hebrew], a profane man, from [Greek or Hebrew] confudit, he had not wisdom ⟨p. 295⟩to put a difference between the excellency of the birth-right, and a morsel of meat; so Ezech. 22.8. [Greek or Hebrew], is to confound Gods Sabbath with another day: A profane wicked man hath not wisdom to esteem God and Christ above the creature, but confoundeth the one with the other.
1. The wisdom or folly of any man is most seen in the estimative faculty, for it denominateth a man wise; many are great Judges, and learned, as the Magicians of Chaldea, and Philosophers, who know wonders, hidden things, and causes of things, and yet are not wise, but fools, Rom. 1.21. and vain in their imaginations, because there is a great defect in their estimative faculty, in the choice of a God, ver. 22.23. the practicall mind is blinded, and they chuse darknesse for light, evill for good, a creature for their God. By faith, Moses, when he was come to age,