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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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2. Our esteem of Christ is to be pure, chaste,§2 spiritual, and so to work purely; that is, the formal reason why we esteem of Christ, must be because he is Christ, and not because Summer goeth with Christ; nay, not because he comforteth, but because he is God, the Redeemer, and Mediator; its a chaste love, and a chaste esteem, if the wife choose to love her husband, because he is her husband, as the sense esteemeth white to be white under the notion of such a colour. The operation of every faculty is most pure, and kindly, when it is carried toward its object, according to its formal reason, without any mixture of other respects, extraneous and by-reasons, are more whorish, less con-natural, not so chaste; there is some wax in our honey, and this we should take heed unto; the elective power is a tender piece of the soul.
2. Our esteem of Christ is to be pure, chaste,§2 spirituall, and so to work purely; that is, the formall reason why we esteem of Christ, must be because he is Christ, and not because Summer goeth with Christ; nay, not because he comforteth, but because he is God, the Redeemer, and Mediatour; its a chaste love, and a chaste esteem, if the wife chuse to love her husband, because he is her husband, as the sense esteemeth white to be white under the notion of such a colour. The operation of every faculty is most pure, and kindly, when it is carried toward its object, according to its formall reason, without any mixture of other respects, extraneous and by-reasons, are more whorish, lesse con-naturall, not so chaste; there is some wax in our honey, and this we should take heed unto; the elective power is a tender piece of the soul.
3. Estimation produceth love, even the love of Christ; and love is a great Favourite, and is §3much at Court, and dwelleth constantly with the King; to be much with Christ, especially in secret, late and early, and to give much time to converse with Christ, speaketh much love